Elias Syriani
Elias Syriani | |
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الياس حنا سرياني ܐܠܝܐ ܚܢܢܐ ܣܪܝܝܐ | |
Undated NCDAC mugshot of Syriani | |
| Born | Elias Hanna Syriani 7 January 1938 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 18 November 2005 (aged 67) Central Prison, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupations | Soldier (former), machinist and singer |
| Criminal status | Executed by lethal injection |
| Spouse(s) | Teresa Syriani (c. 1970s–1990; her death) |
| Children | 4 |
| Motive | Domestic violence |
| Conviction | First degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Jordan |
| Branch | |
| Service years | c. Nine years |
Elias Hanna Syriani (7 January 1938 – 18 November 2005) was a Palestinian immigrant to the United States, a former Jordanian soldier, and a convicted murderer, who was executed by the U.S. state of North Carolina by lethal injection. He was convicted of the 28 July 1990 murder of his wife, Teresa Yousef Syriani, in Charlotte. At 67, he was one of the oldest people executed in the United States since 1976.