A landlord sentenced to decades in prison after he killed a Palestinian American boy and wounded his mother has died. Three months ago, Joseph Czuba was sentenced to 53 years behind bars for the attack.

The Plainfield landlord convicted of killing a 6-year-old Muslim boy and injuring his mother in a brutal hate crime attack in October of 2023 has died in custody just

Joseph Czuba died in Illinois Department of Corrections custody on July 24, a spokesperson for the Will County Sheriff's Office said.