A 71-year-old Chicago-area landlord has been charged with a hate crime on accusations of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old boy and wounding his 32-year-old mother over their Muslim faith and the ongoing war in Israel.
Will County Sheriff’s OfficeProsecutors on Monday alleged that Joseph Czuba, the 71-year-old white man accused of fatally stabbing a Palestinian mother and boy in a Chicago suburb over the weekend, had become paranoid listening to conservative radio segments about the war between Israel and Hamas. Czuba was arraigned on Monday, making his first court appearance in an orange jumpsuit with matted hair, The New York Times reported. He faces charges of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree mur