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Elias Abuelazam ((アラビア語:الياس أبو عزام), (ヘブライ語:אליאס אבו אל עזאם), born August 29, 1976) is an Israeli-Arab convicted murderer, and suspect of racial〔(Israeli Elias Abuelazam appears in US court accused of racist murders ) ''The Guardian'' August 13, 2010〕 serial killing and multiple stabbings. He is suspected in a string of 18 stabbing attacks in the spring and summer of 2010 which resulted in five deaths. Most of the alleged attacks occurred in Genesee County, Michigan (particularly in and around Flint). Five stabbings occurred outside of Michigan: three in Leesburg, Virginia and another in Toledo, Ohio, and one in his native home in Ramla, Israel. Abuelazam is also suspected in an unsolved March 2009 homicide in Leesburg. All of Abuelazam's 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 him "The Genesee County Serial Slasher" (or alternately "The Genesee County Serial Stabber").〔 Abuelazam was and weighed at the time of his booking.〔 Abuelazam has been convicted in one of the murders, that of 49-year-old Arnold Minor in Flint, Michigan which occurred on August 2, 2010.〔 He is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for that crime.〔 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.〔(On hold: Future trials for accused serial killer Elias Abuelazam suspended ) ''The Flint Journal'' via MLive.com, October 5, 2012〕 He is currently incarcerated at the Michigan Reformatory in Ionia, Michigan, inmate number 842658.〔(Elias Abuelazam ) Michigan Department of Corrections〕 == Personal life == Abuelazam was born in Ramla, in central Israel, to a well-to-do Christian Arab family.〔("Suspected Israeli serial killer arrested in U.S.," ) Haaretz August 12, 2010〕〔("Serial Stabbing Suspect a 'Gentle Giant,' But With Alleged History of Violence" ), CBS August 13, 2010〕〔("Israeli 'serial killer' described as 'bulky, frightening character'," ), Eli Senyor, Israel News August 12, 2010〕〔("Portrait of stabbing suspect emerges," ) MSNBC August 13, 2010〕 As a child, he moved to the United States with his family after his mother remarried, and acquired a Green Card, but never gained US citizenship. According to the US State Department, Elias Abuelazam changed his name to Elias Abullazam in March 1995.〔("Details about suspected serial stabber Elias Abuelazam," ) Published: Thursday, August 12, 2010, Flint Journal.〕 Until 2008, Abuelazam worked at Piedmont Behavioral Health Center, LLC, a psychiatric facility in Leesburg, Virginia (now called North Spring Behavioral Healthcare) as a mental health technician. He worked as a clerk at Kingwater Market in Beecher, Michigan from July 5 to August 1, 2010. Most customers knew him as “Eli.” He was cited for giving alcohol to a minor July 29, the same day a 59-year-old man was stabbed in Flint, Michigan. Abuelazam’s legal address is in Bradenton, Florida, according to the warrant. He previously lived in Grand Blanc, Michigan, according to Michigan Secretary of State records. Abuelazam most recently lived in a house that his uncle owns located on Maryland Avenue near Riegle Avenue on the east side of Flint, Michigan.〔 Abuelazam married Jessica Hirth (also known as Jessica Nimitz and Jessica Abuelazam) on July 30, 2004. His former mother-in-law, Kimberley Hirth, said her daughter and Abuelazam met in Texas while he was visiting cousins there. Kimberley said she was shocked and that Abuelazam was a "nice" person. His former father-in-law Jim Hirth said he was shocked, too.〔 In an August 2010 interview, Jim Hirth said that Abuelazam verbally abused his daughter. Abuelazam and Jessica divorced in 2007.〔 In total, he was married twice.〔 His ex-wife Jessica of Arlington, Texas, said that she was "shocked" at the news of his crimes.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elias Abuelazam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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