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Texas Woman Gets Five Years for Attempted Drowning of Palestinian-American Child

Prosecutors pursued the case as bias-motivated following a grand jury’s hate-crime enhancement.

Overview

  • Judge Andy Porter sentenced Elizabeth Wolf, 43, to five years in prison after she pleaded guilty to attempted murder and injury to a child.
  • The May 2024 attack occurred at an Euless apartment pool where Wolf confronted a mother in hijab, asked where the family was from, and tried to drown the 3-year-old while attempting to grab the 6-year-old.
  • The mother pulled her daughter from the water, medics evaluated both children, and authorities said they were medically cleared.
  • Wolf was initially arrested only for public intoxication and released on bond before being re-arrested and later indicted in September 2024 with a hate-crime enhancement.
  • The case drew national attention, including condemnation by then-President Joe Biden, as rights advocates point to rising threats against Muslims, Arabs and Jews since the Gaza war.