Joseph Czuba, 73, is charged in the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 2023. Authorities said the family was targeted because of their Islamic faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas that erupted on Oct. 7, 2023 with a Hamas attack on southern Israel.

Opening statements start Tuesday morning in a trial that is expected to last about a week.

Czuba has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder and other charges. His defense attorney, George Lenard, declined to comment before the end of the trial.

  • @kikutwo
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    I hear he’s just been cast in the next Poltergeist sequel.

    • HeyListenWatchOut
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      I was just gonna say - he looks like the Nazi in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade about halfway through his visual effect death after he drinks from the wrong grail :

      • @kikutwo
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        Perhaps a Jim Carrey fire Marshal Bill