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JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl more than half a century ago has died, authorities said. Barry Lee Whelpley, 79, was found unresponsive early Friday in his cell at the Will County Jail in Joliet. He was transported to a Joliet hospital where he was pronounced dead, Deputy Chief Dan Jungles of the Will County Sheriff’s Office said. Whelpley was arrested in 2021 and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated criminal sexual assault in the 1972 death of Julie Ann Hanson of Naperville. DNA evidence linked him to the case.

Persons: Barry Lee Whelpley, Dan, Whelpley, Julie Ann Hanson, Hanson Organizations: Arlington Heights Daily Herald, Naperville High School Locations: JOLIET, Ill, Minnesota, Chicago, Will, Joliet, Arlington Heights, Naperville

☆ Illinois Man Who Shot 8 People to Death Was Family to Most of His Victims
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Steve Gorman(Reuters) - A man who fatally shot eight people in Illinois over the weekend before taking own life as law enforcement closed in on him in Texas was a family relative to most of his victims, but his motives remain a mystery, police said on Tuesday. The suspect, 23-year-old Romeo Nance, shot himself to death on Monday night as U.S. marshals gave chase outside a gasoline station near San Antonio, Texas, ending a manhunt that began 24 hours earlier about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the north outside Chicago, police said. Will County sheriff's deputies tied that slaying to the getaway car used in the nearby shooting of another man who survived his attack with a leg wound. Dan Jungles, deputy chief sheriff, said Nance had an "extensive criminal history" but that getting answers to the killings may ultimately confound investigators. "We may never know the truth of the motive behind these senseless killings," he said.

Persons: Steve Gorman, Romeo Nance, Nance, Williams Evans, Evans, Dan, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters, Joliet Police Locations: Illinois, Texas, San Antonio , Texas, Chicago, Joliet , Illinois, Nigerian, Will County, Los Angeles

☆ Police in Illinois Hunt for a Suspect in Fatal Shootings of 8
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Livia Albeck-Ripka | More About Livia Albeck-Ripka | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The police in Joliet, Ill., were searching on Monday for a suspect in the fatal shooting of eight people, seven of whom were found dead in two homes on the same block on the city’s east side, the authorities said. The suspect, Romeo Nance, 23, was believed to be driving a red Toyota Camry, and “should be regarded as armed and dangerous,” the Joliet Police Department said in a statement posted to Facebook. The authorities said that they had discovered seven of the bodies — two in one home, and five in another — on Monday, and that they believed that a fatal shooting on Sunday afternoon about four miles southeast was connected. The police were notified of the seven bodies by the Will County Sheriff’s Office just after 12 p.m. Monday, Chief William Evans of the Joliet Police Department said at a news conference on Monday evening. The motive for the killings was unclear, but the police believe that Mr. Nance knew the victims, who appeared to have been related to one another, Chief Evans said.

Persons: Romeo Nance, William Evans, Nance, Evans Organizations: Toyota, Joliet Police Department, Facebook, Joliet Police Locations: Joliet , Ill, Joliet, Will

☆ Palestinian student shot in Vermont paralyzed from the chest down from lodged bullet, mother says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Hisham Awartani, one of the three Palestinian college students who were shot while walking in Vermont over Thanksgiving weekend, is paralyzed from the chest down after a bullet became lodged in his spine, his mother said. Elizabeth Price told CNN on Tuesday her son had an “incomplete spinal injury,” meaning he can feel his legs but can’t move them. Awartani, Abdalhamid and Ahmad have been friends since grade school, Price told CNN on Monday from Ramallah. Abdalhamid told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Friday he was shot in the back while running away moments after the other two students were shot. “This absolutely was a hateful act,” Murad told CNN Monday.

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☆ Illinois man pleads not guilty in fatal stabbing of Muslim boy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Police say Joseph Czuba, 71, the family's landlord, targeted them for their religion and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas, police said. He is charged with the fatal stabbing of Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, and the wounding of his mother Hanaan Shahin, 32, on Oct. 14, in Plainfield Township, about 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Chicago. The boy was stabbed 26 times with a military-style knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) serrated blade, the Will County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The Department of Justice has also opened a federal investigation into Al-Fayoume's death. Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Editing by Mark PorterOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Joseph Czuba, George Lenard, Wadea, Hanaan Shahin, Lenard, Czuba, Rich McKay, Mark Porter Organizations: Reuters, Police, Hamas, NBC News, of Justice, Al, Thomson Locations: Israel, An Illinois, Chicago, Plainfield Township, Will, Joilet, Atlanta

☆ Mother of 6-year-old Palestinian American boy who was fatally stabbed is set to speak
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Eric Levenson | Whitney Wild | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The landlord accused of fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy near Chicago over two weeks ago is set to be arraigned in court Monday on murder and hate crime charges. On October 14, Wadea Al-Fayoume was stabbed 26 times at his home in Plainfield Township, Illinois, by his family’s landlord, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said. His mother, Hanaan Shahin, 32, also suffered more than a dozen stab wounds but survived, authorities said. Moments before the attack, Czuba told Shahin he was angry at her for what was going on in Israel, the mother told investigators, according to court documents. The fatal stabbing of Wadea has been widely condemned by officials, including President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden.

Persons: Wadea Al, Fayoume, Hanaan Shahin, Joseph M, Czuba, Shahin, “, ” Shahin, Ahmed Rehab, Wadea’s, Wadea, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, ” Biden, ” Organizations: CNN, West Bank, Council, Islamic, ’ Locations: Chicago, Plainfield Township , Illinois, Will, Israel, ’ Chicago, United States, Gaza, America

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A man accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian-American woman and her son was indicted Thursday by an Illinois grand jury. Czuba, who is in jail, is expected to return to court Monday in Joliet, 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Chicago. She asked the public to “pray for peace” and said her son was her best friend. The stabbings are part of rising hostility against Muslims and Palestinians in the U.S. since Hamas attacked Israel. Elsewhere in Illinois, a Chicago-area man was charged with a hate crime in an assault against two Muslims, and an Islamic day school canceled class after receiving threats.

Persons: Joseph Czuba, Wadea, Hanaan, Shahin, Czuba, ” Shahin, George Lenard, ” Organizations: Authorities, Islamic Locations: JOLIET, Ill, Illinois, Hanaan Shahin, Plainfield, Will County, Israel, Joliet, Chicago, U.S

☆ Plainfield stabbing: Mother of 6-year-old killed in alleged anti-Muslim attack near Chicago released from hospital after being stabbed over a dozen times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Chris Boyette | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Chicago-area woman who was stabbed multiple times in an alleged anti-Muslim attack that left her 6-year-old son dead last week has been released from the hospital, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Chicago office. The family was “targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the ongoing Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis, the sheriff’s office said. Shahin was rushed to the hospital with more than a dozen stab wounds, the sheriff’s office said. CNN has reached out to CAIR Chicago and the sheriff’s office for more information. Shahin is from a village in the West Bank, according to Ahmed Rehab, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Chicago.

Persons: Hanaan Shahin, Wadea Al Fayoume, Shahin, Wadea, Joseph M, General Merrick Garland, Ahmed Rehab Organizations: CNN, Islamic, ’, Office, CAIR, CAIR Chicago, Justice, West Bank, Islamic Relations Chicago Locations: Chicago, ’ Chicago, Plainfield Township , Illinois, Will, Israel, Gaza, Shahin

Wadea was stabbed 26 times at his home by his family’s landlord on Saturday, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said. Wadea Al-Fayoume's father speaks at a vigil service at the Prairie Activity & Recreation Center in Plainfield, Illinois, on Tuesday. The boy’s family lived in the house for two years without “previous notable issues” with Czuba, the Council on American-Islamic Relations said. In his final moments, Wadea offered words of comfort to his mother, the man who called himself something of a grandfather said Monday. He is in a better place.”The boy’s mother could not attend his funeral services Monday as she remained in the hospital, Rehab said.

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☆ Wadea Al Fayoume: Palestinian-American boy fatally stabbed near Chicago had just celebrated his 6th birthday
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —In the photograph that introduced millions of people to Wadea Al-Fayoume for the first time, the kindergartener is seen celebrating his sixth birthday at his home near Chicago. In his final moments, Wadea offered words of comfort to his mother, a family member revealed Monday. He is in a better place.”Wadea Al-Fayoume seen here in an undated picture. Wadea Al-Fayoume seen here in an undated picture. Mourners surround the casket of Wadea Al-Fayoume being carried by his family out of Mosque Foundation where mourners attended a funeral prayer.

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☆ Chicago-area stabbing: 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy who authorities say was fatally stabbed by his landlord will be buried today
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Chris Boyette Keith Allen Lauren Mascarenhas | Chris Boyette | Keith Allen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A funeral and burial will be held Monday for the 6-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed when his Chicago-area landlord allegedly attacked him and his mother because the family is Muslim. The attack, which also left Wadea’s mother seriously injured, is being investigated by the Department of Justice as a hate crime. Czuba was taken to the Will County Adult Detention Facility and is awaiting his initial court appearance, according to the sheriff’s office. “He was a 6-year-old boy, he loved everything,” Rehab said of the child, recalling how Wadea’s father had described his son. In response, Israel has pounded Gaza with airstrikes that have killed more than 2,750 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

Persons: Al Fayoume, Joseph M, Carole Cheney, Czuba, “, General Merrick Garland, ” Garland, Will, Wadea, Hanaan Shahin, ”, Ahmed Rehab, Shahin, ‘, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, JB Pritzker, –, Wadea Al, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Rehab, Wadea’s, ’ Organizations: CNN, Islamic Relations, Department of Justice, The, Department, Justice, ”, ” CAIR, Chicago, Czuba, Chicago Mayor, CAIR, West Bank, Twitter, CAIR National, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, Palestinian Foreign Ministry, Palestinian Locations: Chicago, Will, Joliet , Illinois, Plainfield Township, Illinois, America, United States, Gaza, Israel, York City

On Saturday, the 32-year-old mother called 911 to report that her landlord had attacked her with a knife. She ran into a bathroom and kept fighting him off, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said. Attempts to reach Czuba or a family member were unsuccessful Sunday, and the sheriff’s office and county public defender's office did not immediately return messages about Czuba's legal representation. The Justice Department opened a hate crime investigation into the events leading up to the attack, Attorney General Merrick Garland said. ___Associated Press reporters Jesse Bedayn in Denver and Eric Tucker in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report.

Persons: Joseph Czuba, Wadea, Fayoume, Yousef Hannon, ”, Hannon, “, J.B, Pritzker, General Merrick Garland, Joe Biden, Chris Wray, Jesse Bedayn, Eric Tucker Organizations: CHICAGO, Hamas, Palestinian, Islamic, Democratic, The Justice Department, Sunday, FBI, Bureau, Associated Press, Washington , D.C Locations: Israel, Chicago, Will, Plainfield, Joliet, America, Denver, Washington ,

☆ Funeral for slain Palestinian boy to be held outside Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The funeral will be held in a community known as "Little Palestine" for its heavy concentration of Palestinian Americans. The conflict has put Jewish and Palestinian Muslim communities in the United States on edge and fearful of a potential backlash against them. Iman Negrete, a Palestinian American who lives in Plainfield, is from the same town in the occupied Palestinian territories as the mother. The boy celebrated his sixth birthday just weeks ago, CAIR's Rehab told a press conference on Sunday. The boy's mother came from the West Bank to the United States 12 years ago and his father immigrated nine years ago, Rehab said.

Persons: Wadea Al, Wadea, ”, Ahmed Rehab, Hanaan, Iman Negrete, Joseph Czuba, Oday, Czuba, Fayoume, Rehab, Merrick Garland, Brendan O'Brien, Bernadette Baum, Deepa Babington Organizations: Reuters, CAIR, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Palestinian, Services, Council, Islamic Relations, Chicago, Police, West Bank, Daily, Sunday, U.S . Justice, Czuba, Thomson Locations: Israel, Chicago, Bridgeview , Illinois, Gaza, United States, Hanaan Shahin, Plainfield Township, Palestinian American, Plainfield, Will, Czuba

Joseph M. Czuba poses for a police booking photograph after being arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office in Illinois, U.S., in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023. Will County Sheriff/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsOct 15 (Reuters) - An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes for stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy to death and wounding his mother in an attack that targeted them for their religion and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas, officials and Muslim rights activists said on Sunday. The boy was stabbed 26 times with a military-style knife with a 7-inch (18-cm) serrated blade, the Will County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. The suspect, Joseph Czuba, 71, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, two counts of hate crime and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, the sheriff's office said. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) identified the boy as Wadea Al-Fayoume and said the woman, Hanaan Shahin, was his mother.

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CNN —A Chicago-area landlord was arrested and charged with murder and hate crimes after authorities said he stabbed and killed a 6-year-old boy and seriously wounded his mother, allegedly because the tenants are Muslim. Authorities were called to the residence in unincorporated Plainfield Township, roughly 40 miles southwest of Chicago, shortly before noon Saturday after a woman called 911 saying her landlord had attacked her, according to the sheriff’s office. The boy was stabbed 26 times and succumbed to his injuries, the sheriff’s office said. In response, Israel has pounded Gaza with airstrikes that have killed more than 2,600 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry. “He was a 6-year-old boy, he loved everything,” Rehab said of the child, recalling how Wadea’s father had described him.

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CNN —Police in a quiet community outside Chicago who are investigating the shooting deaths of a family of four, including two children, in their home Sunday night say it wasn’t a random incident. The two adults, their two children and their three dogs were found with gunshot wounds in their home in Romeoville, Illinois, about 30 miles southwest of Chicago, officials said. Two adults and two children were found dead with gunshot wounds at their home in Romeoville, Illinois, police announced Monday. WBBMThe Will County Major Crimes Task Force has been brought in to assist investigators with gathering evidence and reviewing video, according to Burne. “Our entire community is grieving with the family over this tragic incident,” Romeoville Mayor John D. Noak said Tuesday.

Persons: Chris Burne, ” Burne, Alberto Rolon, Zoraida Bartolomei, Burne, “, Carol Love, Dan Lugo, Rachel Kinder, ” Kinder, ”, John D, Noak Organizations: CNN — Police, Police, Romeoville Police Department, Force, CNN, WBBM, Hill Elementary Locations: Chicago, Romeoville , Illinois, Will, Concord

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