Joseph Czuba, a 73-year-old Illinois landlord convicted of murdering six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, a Palestinian boy, has died in custody. Czuba was serving a 53-year sentence for the brutal 2023 stabbing that also left the boy's mother, Hanan Shaheen, seriously injured. The attack was motivated by anti-Muslim hatred following the outbreak of war in Gaza, with Czuba targeting the family he had previously rented a room to. His death comes just months after his conviction and sentencing, and has reignited conversations about Islamophobia and hate crimes in the United States.