A person of interest was taken into custody in connection to the fatal stabbing of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll in October, police said on Sunday, the second such arrest in just over a month.
“DPD can confirm that a person of interest has been taken into custody in furtherance of the investigation into the murder of Samantha Woll,” Detroit police said in a statement, according to CBS News.
“In an effort to ensure the integrity of this ongoing investigation, no further details will be released at this time. Additional information will be released in the near future,” police added.
Woll, the 40-year-old president of Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue, was found stabbed outside her home on the morning of October 21 and pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities.
As reported by the Detroit Free Press, police said Woll attended a wedding the night before she was slain, and there were no signs of forced entry at her home.
Authorities also shared how officers observed a “trail of blood leading officers to the victim’s residence” in the Lafayette Park neighborhood where they believed the crime took place.
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Detroit police announced in early November that a male suspect from Kalamazoo, Michigan — roughly 140 miles away from Detroit — had been taken into custody, stressing at the time that details of the investigation would remain confidential to “ensure the integrity of the important steps that remain.”
The suspect’s lawyer told media outlets a couple of days later that the man had been released from custody. The Free Press reported at the time that the suspect was released without being charged. A reward of $15,000 for information leading to an arrest was offered soon after.
Woll was killed at a time of increased concerns for the safety of Jewish people in the United States and abroad as Israel went to war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the group launched terrorist attacks on Israeli soil on October 7.
In an update shortly after Woll was found fatally stabbed, Detroit Police Chief James White said no evidence had “surfaced suggesting that this crime was motivated by antisemitism.”
Woll, who became a leader of the Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue in 2022, had done work for high-powered Democrat officials from Michigan over the years and advocated for Jewish-Muslim solidarity.
Her funeral reportedly drew hundreds of people from different faiths, races, and nationalities. Dr. Monica Woll Rosen, the late Woll’s sister, said her late sibling was the “kindest, most generous human I’ve ever met” and “so deeply wanted peace for this world.”