Shortly after being fired at Vaughan Foods, an Oklahoma food-processing plant, Alton Nolen used his work knife to behead a 54-year-old woman he had never met, Colleen Hufford.
The 30-year-old had multiple religious tattoos: Jesus Christ across his chest, praying hands on his right arm, and السلام عليكم— “AS-SALAAMU ALAIKUM” “Peace be unto you.” on his belly.
He had converted to Islam two years ago while in prison and had been actively evangelizing others at the Oklahoma plant.
He had posted an ISIS beheading video on his Facebook page, using the name Jah’Keem Yisrael. The page had photos of of Osama bin Laden and the burning Twin Towers and various jihadis with labels “With killers and boom,” “Jihad. Jihad. Jihad,”
and “Islam will dominate the world. Freedom can go to hell.”
ISIS pictures on the site had this message: “This do we find the clear precedent that explains the particular penchant of Islamic terrorists to behead their victims, it is merely another precedent bestowed by their Prophet,” and a citation from the Quran, “I will instill terror into the hearts of the Unbelievers; smite ye about their necks.”