Global InformationElias Abuelazam information
Elias Abuelazam | |
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 Mugshot for misdemeanor assault, Arlington, Virginia | |
| Born | Elias Abuelazam August 29, 1976 Ramla, Israel |
| Other names | Elias Abullazam |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) |
| Conviction(s) | First degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole |
| Details | |
| Victims | 1 (convicted) Suspected in 17 further attacks, resulting in another 4 deaths. |
Span of crimes | March 2009 – August 2010 |
| Country | U.S. |
| State(s) | Michigan, Ohio, and Virginia |
Date apprehended | August 11, 2010 |
Elias Abuelazam (Arabic: الياس أبو العظام, Hebrew: אליאס אבו אל עזאם, born August 29, 1976), also known as Elias Abullazam, is an Israeli convicted murderer, and a suspect of serial killings and stabbings with a racial motive.[1] He is suspected in a string of eighteen stabbing attacks from May to August 2010 which resulted in five deaths. Most of the alleged attacks occurred in Genesee County, Michigan (particularly in and around Flint). Five stabbings occurred elsewhere: three in Leesburg, Virginia, one in Toledo, Ohio, and one in his native home in Ramla, Israel. All of his alleged victims were described as "small framed" (e.g. short, thin, non-muscular) men, most of them African Americans.
During the investigation, Michigan media dubbed Abuelazam the "Flint Serial Slasher"[2] and the "Flint Serial Stabber".[3] He was 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and weighed 280 pounds (130 kg) at the time of his booking.[4] Abuelazam has been convicted in one of the murders, that of 49-year-old Arnold Minor, which occurred on August 2, 2010, in Flint.[5] He is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for that crime.[2] As a result, Genesee County prosecutors have announced Abuelazam will not stand trial for the other crimes in their jurisdiction, nor will authorities in Toledo or Leesburg try him.[6] On May 2, 2017, Abuelazam confessed to a 2009 murder in Leesburg.[3]
- ^ Israeli Elias Abuelazam appears in US court accused of racist murders The Guardian August 13, 2010
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sentencewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Flint serial stabber Elias Abuelazam confesses to Virginia killing The Flint Journal, via MLive.com, May 2, 2017
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minorverdictwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ On hold: Future trials for accused serial killer Elias Abuelazam suspended The Flint Journal via MLive.com, October 5, 2012