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Joseph Czuba has been convicted of murdering 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi, a hate crime fueled by the Plainfield landlord's hostility toward Palestinians and his anger over the Hamas attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
A Will County jury deliberated for for just over an hour before reaching a verdict of guilty. Czuba did not display any visible signs of emotion when the verdict was read.
The panel also found him guilty of attempted murder of the boy's mother, two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of committing a hate crime.
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