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Illinois landlord convicted in hate crime killing of 6-year-old Palestinian boy dies in custody

Joseph Czuba, 73, died less than three months after being sentenced to 53 years in prison for the October 2023 hate crime attack.

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Illinois landlord jailed for decades in hate-crime attack on Palestinian American family has died

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Illinois landlord who killed 6-year-old Muslim boy in 2023 hate crime has died, police say

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Illinois Man Convicted in Killing of Palestinian American Boy Dies in Custody

The case received global attention and stoked fear and outrage among the large Palestinian and Muslim communities in Chicago’s suburbs.

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Joseph Czuba, landlord convicted in murder of Palestinian American boy Wadee Al Fayoumi, dies in prison

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Illinois landlord who killed 6-year-ol Palestinian-American, injured his mother in hate crime stabbing dies in prison

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Gov. Pritzker says state of Illinois is seeing major drop in violent crime alongside Chicago

The crime numbers are shaping up to be the story of the summer in the city. Through this past weekend, homicides are down 30% from the same time period last year in Chicago.

Police investigating after man found dead in Madison, Illinois

At about 1:15 p.m. Saturday, Madison officers responded to a shots fired call and found a man laying dead in the intersection of Washington and Wayne Lanter avenues in Madison.

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ICE arrests illegal immigrant accused of decapitating Illinois woman after judge set him free

ICE agents arrested Jose Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez in Chicago after he was released from custody despite being charged with concealing the decapitated body of missing woman Megan Bos.

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Major Case Squad activated after death in Madison, Illinois

MADISON, Ill. – The Major Case Squad has been activated to investigate one person’s death in Madison, Illinois. Around 1:15 p.m. Saturday, the Madison Police Department responded to a report of shots fired near Washington and Wayne Lanter avenues. One victim, a male of an undisclosed age, was found lying in an intersection.