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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.

Wold then allegedly "snatched off the mother’s head scarf and used it to beat the mother as well as kicking her to keep her away while forcing her daughter’s head underwater," CAIR said.
Elizabeth Wolf, accused of the attempted drowning of a 3-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim girl, poses for an undated police booking photograph in the Dallas suburb of Euless, Texas, U.S. Euless Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
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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.