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Samantha Woll, an adviser to Democratic politicians and
president of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, was found stabbed
to death outside her home in the Lafayette Park neighborhood of
Detroit on Saturday.
On Sunday afternoon, Detroit Police Chief James E. White said in
a statement that "no evidence has surfaced suggesting that this
crime was motivated by antisemitism." Police were investigating
with the FBI, but the statement did not say whether a suspect
had been identified.
In an obituary published on the website of the Hebrew Memorial
Chapel, where the funeral was held, Woll, 40, was remembered as
a patron of theater, opera and music and a keen hiker of
mountain trails.
The Detroit Police Department said Woll's body was found in the
1300 block of Joliet Place, where a trail of blood led to her
home.
Woll's death sparked an outpouring of grief in Jewish and
Democratic circles.
U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin, on whose election campaign
Woll worked, said in a statement she "dedicated her short life
to building understanding across faiths, bringing light in the
face of darkness."
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel remembered Woll as being
driven by "her sincere love of her community, state and
country."
"Sam was as kind a person as I've ever known," Nessel wrote on
X, formerly called Twitter.
(Reporting by Maria Caspani, Sharon Bernstein and Jonathan
Allen; Editing by Josie Kao)
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