Mother testifies her 6-year-old son watched in horror as attacker stabbed her before killing boy
She was the first witness to take the stand in the trial of Joseph Czuba, 73, who is accused of killing the Palestinian American boy amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Palestinian American mother testifies during murder trial: ‘My son screaming, screaming, screaming'
Hanan Shaheen was the first witness called to testify in the trial of Joseph Czuba, the Plainfield landlord charged with attacking her and killing her 6-year-old son, Wadee Al Fayoumi.
Mother of Palestinian boy killed in US says they were targeted for being Muslim
The mother of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy killed in October 2023 in Illinois in a stabbing that authorities called a hate crime testified on Tuesday that her son's alleged attacker said they must die because they were Muslims.
Palestinian American boy's mother testifies during murder trial: 'I start hearing screaming'
Hanan Shaheen was the first witness called to testify in the trial of Joseph Czuba, the Plainfield landlord charged with attacking her and killing her 6-year-old son, Wadee Al Fayoumi.
Slain Palestinian boy's mother testifies in landlord's hate crime murder trial
Prosecutors have said Joseph Czuba attacked his two tenants, Hanan Shaheen and her 6-year-old son, Wadee Alfayoume, because they were Muslim.
Slain 6-year-old boy's mother, injured in stabbing, 1st to testify in Will County hate crime trial
The mother of a 6-year-old Muslim boy who was stabbed to death was the first to take the stand Tuesday in his accused murderer's trial.
Mother of slain Palestinian American boy testifies in landlord’s trial in suburban Chicago
Joseph Czuba, 73, is charged in the stabbing death of 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of his mother, Hanan Shaheen, on Oct. 14, 2023.
In Hate Crime Trial, Mother of Slain Palestinian American Boy Testifies
Prosectors argued that the 2023 killing of Wadee Alfayoumi, 6, in suburban Chicago was motivated by anti-Muslim hate.
Mother of Palestinian American boy slain in suburban Chicago hate crime testifies at trial
An Illinois landlord charged with murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in a 2023 attack on a Palestinian American mother and her young son is expected at trial.
Police Video and 911 Call Play Key Role in Trial of Man Accused in Palestinian American Boy's Murder
A harrowing 911 call, police video and other crime scene evidence are expected to play a key role as the murder and hate crime trial for an Illinois landlord accused of killing a 6-year-old Palestinia
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Daily Herald opinion: Legal lessons ahead: Understanding the American legal system a key part of our democracy
Two high-profile trials began Monday in the suburbs, both springing from crimes that made national headlines and rocked their ...
'The Landlord Is Killing Me And My Baby': Plainfield Murder Trial
Hanan Shaheen, now 33, is the first witness for Will County prosecutors in their hate crime murder trial of landlord Joseph ...
Joseph Czuba Murder Trial Begins Today in Illinois: What to Know
Authorities allege that Czuba targeted Hanan Shaheen and her 6-year-old son, Wadee Alfayoumi, because of their Islamic faith.