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

A landlord who was jailed for decades after he attacked a Palestinian American boy and his mother has died. JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A landlord jailed for decades after he attacked a Palestinian American boy and his mother has died.

Joseph Czuba, a 73-year-old landlord, died in prison after being sentenced to 30 years for the hate crime murder of 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and 20 years for the severe injuries he caused to the boy's mother,