| Hussain Saeed Alnahdi | |
| Death Date: | (age 24) |
| Death Place: | Mayo Clinic, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Death Cause: | Murder |
| Occupation: | Student |
Hussain Saeed Alnahdi was a 24-year-old University of Wisconsin–Stout student from Sharurah, Saudi Arabia, majoring in Business Administration, who was murdered in Menomonie, in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States, in 2016.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Alnahdi was attacked, beaten and left unconscious[2] outside a pizza restaurant on Main Street East in downtown Menomonie at about 2am on 30 October 2016.[5] He died from his injuries the following day, Monday 31 October,[5] at the Mayo Clinic in Eau Claire, having been taken there by helicopter from the Mayo Clinic Health System in Menomonie.[2]
His body was laid to rest on 7 November in Sharurah, Saudi Arabia.[6]
A reward of $20,000 was offered for information leading to the arrest of his killer.[3]
On 18 November, police in Menomonie announced that they had identified a suspect for the killing, and that there was no evidence that it was a hate crime.[7] On 22 November, they recommended to the Dunn County district attorney's office that the suspect be charged with felony murder and substantial battery.[8] The suspect, whose name was not given, was said to neither be a student of the university nor a resident of Dunn County.[7]
On January 13, 2017, Cullen Osburn was charged with murder of Hussain,[9] and an April 2018 trial was scheduled.[10] In October 2018, a jury found Cullen Osborn guilty of aggravated battery, but acquitted him on the more serious felony murder charge.[11]
The Consulate of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Houston appointed a lawyer to handle all procedural, security, and judicial aspects of the case.[12]