A new “person of interest” was arrested in connection with the slaying of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll on Sunday, a month after another person was picked up and questioned by investigators, but later released, according to police and reports.
“[The Detroit Police Department] can confirm that a person of interest has been arrested in the ongoing investigation into the murder of Samantha Woll,” the department said in a statement to The Post.
“In an effort to ensure the integrity of the ongoing investigation, no further details will be released at this time. Additional information will be released in due course.”
Woll, president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue, was found stabbed to death outside her home on October 21.
A suspect was arrested in November but later released without charge.
Police tape blocks access near the scene where Isaac Agree, president of the Samantha Woll Downtown Synagogue, was found dead in Detroit on October 21, 2023. AFP via Getty Images
The latest possible suspect, an unidentified man, is not an acquaintance of Woll’s and appears to be a stranger, the Detroit News reported, citing two sources familiar with the investigation.
The man arrested Sunday is also not the same person arrested last month, sources confirmed to the newspaper.
Woll, 40, was killed as the US faced a wave of antisemitism following the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict, but authorities insisted the killing was not motivated by hatred.
Woll was found stabbed to death outside her home in Lafayette Park on the morning of October 21, 2023. Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue
The source also told the Detroit News Sunday there was no evidence his killing was a hate crime.
Woll was at a wedding just hours before her murder. Police believe he was stabbed inside his home before stumbling outside.
A 911 call reporting an unresponsive person at the address came in around 6:30 a.m., police said. Woll had left the wedding at about 123:30 a.m., according to friends and police.
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