A person of interest in the slaying of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll is in custody, police said Sunday.
The person was not publicly identified, and police declined to explain why the person was a focus. They also declined to say whether the person of interest was the same person whom they initially arrested but then released in the slaying.
“In an effort to ensure the integrity of this ongoing investigation, no further details will be released at this time,” Detroit police said in a statement late Sunday.
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It happened just two weeks after Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, sparking a war. In the wake of the fighting, antisemitic and anti-Arab attacks in the U.S. have been on the rise, and leaders in Jewish and Arab American communities have condemned domestic violence and hateful speech.
She wasn’t inside her home when she died but the blood trail going into the house indicates she was inside when the attack began and tried to escape, so we’re at either a break-in or someone she knew and trusted enough to invite into her home as the culprit.