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The stabbing death of a 6-year-old boy in Plainfield Township, a town of 34,000 people, quickly reverberated across the country, Muslim Americans told ABC News. A week after the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the killing of a 6-year-old boy, in what authorities say is a targeted hate crime in reaction to the co NFL ict, is alarming many Muslims and Arab Americans who worry that the co NFL ict could fuel a rise in hate crimes against them. Six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume was killed when he was stabbed 26 times and his 32-year-old mother, Hanaan Shahin, was stabbed over a dozen times inside their Chicago-area home, according to the Will County Sheriff's Office. Both are Palestinian Americans. Officials said their 71-year-old landlord, Joseph M. Czuba, allegedly targeted them "due to them being Muslim and the on-going Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis." Czuba appeared in court for the first time on Monday for a detention hearing and has been assigned a...

Yousef Hannon tells ABC News that the alleged killer had previously treated the boy "like a grandson" and there were no signs that he harbored any anti-Muslim views. A 6-year- old Muslim boy was stabbed to death and his mother was seriously injured in what police said was a hate crime linked to the ongoing co NFL ict between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East. The Justice Department opened a federal hate crimes investigation into the alleged murder of the boy, who was identified as Wadea Al-Fayoume, and wounding of his mother, Hanaan Shahin, according to a statement. Joseph Czuba, the family's landlord, alleged ly stabbed the boy 26 times with a " Military -style knife" and his mother more than a dozen in the incident at their home in the Chicago suburb of Plainfield, Illinois. Wadea's uncle, Yousef Hannon, spoke to ABC News on Tuesday, saying the family was shocked over the alleged murder because Wadea was previously "like a grandson" to Czu...

Incomplete homicide autopsy reports continue to pile up in Mississippi even as state leaders have touted tough-on-crime governance this year heading into the Nov. 7 general election JACKSON, Miss. -- Incomplete homicide autopsy reports have continued to pile up in Mississippi - despite tough- on -crime talk by state leaders ahead of the Nov. 7 general election. Police officers and prosecutors rely on medical examiners' autopsy reports to investigate violent crimes and hold perpetrators accountable. Families look to the reports to make sense of a loved one’s death. Without death certificates, families often have to wait to collect insurance and settle the deceased’s affairs. Delays in completing autopsies of the dead remain an ongoing problem. The National Association of Medical Examiners, the office that accredits U.S. death investigations offices, dictates that 90% of autopsy reports should be returned within 60 to 90 days. Homicide autopsies in Mississippi continue to lag behin...

A 71-year-old man has been charged in the stabbing death of a 6-year-old boy on Saturday in the Chicago suburb of Plainfield, Illinois. A 71-year-old man was charged Sunday in the stabbing death of a 6-year-old boy in the Chicago suburb of Plainfield, Illinois. Authorities said in a news release that the suspect, landlord Joseph Czuba, stabbed the boy 26 times on Saturday. A 32-year-old woman was also stabbed multiple times and is expected to survive, the sheriff's office said. "Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis," the Will County Sheriff’s Office said. No further details were made available regarding what the sheriff's department alleged was the suspect's motive. The booking photo of Joseph M. Czuba (PHOTO CREDIT: Will County Sheriff’s Office) Will County Sheriff’s Office MORE: 'Three's C...

State charges including attempted murder have been dismissed against a white woman accused of stabbing an Indiana University student of Chinese descent on a public bus BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- State charge s including attempted murder have been dismissed against a woman accused of stabbing an Indiana University student of Chinese descent on a public bus, court records show. Billie R. Davis, 56, of Bloomington, who is white, still faces a federal hate crime charge in the stabbing of the 18-year-old woman with a folding knife on Jan. 11. The victim from Carmel, Indiana, was waiting to exit the bus in downtown Bloomington, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Indianapolis. Online court records show state charge s of attempted murder, aggravated battery and battery by means of a deadly weapon were dismissed April 25. Davis had pleaded not guilty to the charge s. Court records show defense attorney Jeffrey Kehr argued the facts supporting the state charge s were the same as those behind th...