Grafton Thomas

Josef Neumann had reportedly been in a coma since the Hanukkah attack.

'It was very touch and go; it wasn’t constantly. And it just worsened and worsened and worsened.'

Police in Ramapo had spoken to the man before while investigating a prior violent crime against a Jewish man.

However, Grafton Thomas' family insists he is not anti-Semitic and says he suffers from mental illness.