 Shaichat's body was discovered on July 28, 2003, after an intensive week-long search, in which hundreds of volunteers participated, by the 67-year-old Saleh al-Hayeb from Beit Zarzir, who used to serve in the IDF as an officer in one of the IDF's tracking units.An investigation was opened.At one point, three Israeli-Arab men, Yusuf Sabih, Sharif Eid, and Tariq Nujidat, were arrested for Shaichat's murder, and spent a total of eight months in prison before being cleared and released.