Detriot police officers fell “somewhat short” of naming a suspect in the gruesome murder of synagogue leader Samantha Woll on Monday, while insisting there was no evidence to suggest the heinous act was the result of a hate crime.
“We’re about to call one of the people a suspect,” Detroit Police Chief James White said at a news conference.
“But we are working towards it and we will be there. But again, it just takes time… there is a lot of information to analyze.”
The shocking crime has shaken the Jewish community and stunned family and friends who called Woll “the most beloved person in Detroit.”
Detroit police said they found Woll’s body around 6:30 a.m. Saturday when they responded to a 911 call about an unresponsive person.
Woll was at a wedding Friday night and left around 12:30 a.m., according to police and friends.
There were no signs of forced entry at his home in the Lafayette Park section of the city, and no one else in the community is at risk, police said.
The body of synagogue leader Samantha Woll was discovered on Saturday.AP-02-1
Police did not reveal whether Woll knew her killer or whether she left the wedding alone. Authorities also refused to reveal a possible motive for the heinous crime.
“We have to be very, very cautious about the information we share,” White said.
Police have been careful about the details they have released about Woll’s murder, but insisted there was no evidence the murder was linked to anti-Semitism or the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
“We believe that this particular incident was not motivated by anti-Semitism and that this suspect acted alone,” White said. “There are several factors that have led us to this conclusion. “We are not in a position to discuss them all at this time.”
Police tape restricts access to the scene where the president of the Isaac Agree Downtown synagogue, Samantha Woll, was found dead in Detroit, on October 21, 2023. AFP-via-Getty-Images-1 Woll, president of the synagogue of Detroit, was found murdered outside her home with multiple stab wounds on Saturday, police said.AP-01-1
“There are some very intricate details about this case that, if revealed, could really damage what we are trying to achieve. “There are some facts that only our suspect knows, so I can’t get into causality at this time.”
White also did not say how many times she had been stabbed.
“It’s important that we keep that number close,” he said. “It could be the only evidence that opens the case if we talk to the right suspect who knows.”
Detroit Police Chief James White says the department is “a little ways” away from naming a suspect. Isaac-Agree-Center-Synagogue-1
But he did say police believe Woll, who had led the Isaac Agree Synagogue in downtown Detroit since 2022, was attacked inside the home and then stumbled outside after being seriously injured.
“That’s where the blood trail seems to lead us,” the chief said.
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