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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Detroit police arrest suspect in murder of Jewish communal leader Sam Woll
Samantha Woll, president of the board at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, in Detroit, was found dead outside her near-downtown home on October 21. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)
Police in Detroit have arrested a suspect in the murder last month of Sam Woll, a prominent Jewish leader in the city.
A statement from Detroit Police Chief James White says that “a suspect has been taken into custody for the murder of Samantha Woll.”
White says that this is an “encouraging development” but it “does not represent the conclusion of our work,” and said that details of the investigation will remain confidential.
Woll was found stabbed to death outside her home more than two weeks ago. Despite a spike in antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war, police said that they did not believe the murder was a hate crime.
