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

The trial of a suburban Chicago landlord accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in a 2023 attack on a Palestinian American woman and her young son is set to start Tuesday. Joseph Czuba,

Joseph Czuba is charged with stabbing his tenant, Hanan Shaheen, and her 6-year-old son, Wadee Al Fayoumi, killing the boy, in an alleged hate crime that drew national attention. His trial is set to begin Monday at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet.

The trial for the Illinois man charged in the fatal 2023 stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in what prosecutors call a hate crime is set to begin in Will County on Monday.

A suburban Chicago landlord will go on trial starting Monday for allegedly killing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy and injuring his mother in an attack law enforcement described as a hate crime.