(New York) The president of a progressive synagogue in Detroit, in the north of the United States, also close to local elected officials of the Democratic Party, was found stabbed to death in front of her home on Saturday, the press and the police said. without giving a motive.
Called to the scene in a neighborhood of this large Michigan city, police officers and doctors discovered that a person “was lying on the ground, unconscious” before being “declared dead on the spot”, notes the local police in a press release. .
The newspaper Detroit Free Press identified the victim as Samantha Woll, 40.
“On site, the police noticed a trail of blood which led them to the victim’s home where the crime apparently was committed,” continued the city police.
The first “examinations on the victim’s body revealed multiple knife wounds and the investigation was thus entrusted to the criminal homicide squad”, added the police, specifying that “the motive for this murder remained unknown “.
Detroit’s Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue said on its Facebook page it was “shocked and saddened to learn of the sudden death of Samantha Woll, our board president,” without elaborating.
According to the Detroit Free Press,Mme Woll had led the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue since 2022, previously worked for Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and was on Michigan Attorney Dana Nessel’s re-election campaign.
Both women are Democrats.
Mme Nessel spoke personally on her X account (formerly Twitter) to say she was “shocked, saddened and horrified by the violent murder of Sam.”
“She was the kindest person I have ever met, driven by her sincere love for her community, her state and her country.”
“Sam really relied on his faith and his activism to create a better living space for everyone,” greeted the prosecutor without going into detail about the investigation that had just begun.
The United States, particularly New York, is shaken by demonstrations, tensions and some reported violence between Jewish and Muslim groups, fueled by the war in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel.