Authorities in Michigan have revealed they have “persons of interest” in the ongoing investigation into the brutal stabbing of a synagogue leader over the weekend.
Forty-year-old Samantha Woll, who led the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue in Detroit, was found at her home around 6.30am on Saturday after someone called to alert police of a person lying on the ground unresponsive
Detroit Police Chief James White said that his agency is working in partnership with the FBI and Michigan State Police and has already identified persons of interest.
“We are working through what we have identified as some persons of interest ... but we are very early in the investigation,” he said during a press conference on Monday. “We have a number of people who give us interest, we are just short of calling one of the people a suspect.”
Chief White said there was no evidence suggesting the murder was a hate crime.
Woll, who once worked as a former aide to Democratic Rep Elissa Slotkin and campaign staffer for Attorney General Dana Nessel, was laid to rest on Sunday.
Loved ones remembered her as a community leader who worked to build bridges between Jewish and Muslim communities.