Samantha Woll, 40, was the president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue.

A Detroit synagogue president was found fatally stabbed outside her home Saturday morning.

Samantha Woll, 40, led the congregation of Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue. The synagogue confirmed Woll’s death Saturday in a statement writing, “We are shocked and saddened to learn of the unexpected death of Samantha Woll, our Board President.”

“May her memory be a blessing,” the statement continued.

Authorities said a 911 call was made to Woll’s home early Saturday, reporting an individual lying on the ground unresponsive. Police discovered multiple stab wounds on Woll’s body and found a trail of blood leading to her house, where they believe the crime occurred.

An investigation is underway. At this time, the motive for the crime remains unknown.

  • hiddengoat
    143•1 year ago
    • Attempted robbery
    • Hate crime
    • Targeted attack by someone with a personal vendetta unrelated to Woll’s religion
    • Random attack by a nutter

    Among any number of other potential motives. There’s a definite hierarchy of probability but random blind assertions in public are not how you build an actual fucking criminal case.

    • athos77
      67•1 year ago

      You missed the most obvious one: most women are murdered by men they know, and largely by current or former intimate partners. Especially since

      [Police] found a trail of blood leading to her house, where they believe the crime occurred.

    • @Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world
      21•1 year ago

      Thank you. Also worth noting is that this is Detroit, so, while death is always tragic, it’s not unheard of in the city.

    • circuscritic
      -31•1 year ago

      Nope. All available evidence you need is in the article, didn’t you read it? Her religion. That’s it, case closed.

      But… I guess if that’s somehow not enough, we could just to sprinkle some crack on her.

      Edit: I assumed the Dave Chappelle sprinkle crack callback would make the sarcasm clear. Apparently not.

    • @pimento64@sopuli.xyz
      -52•1 year ago

      When you take everything you read literally and as Very Serious Business, do you do it as a studied effort, or are you just like this?

      • @thefartographer@lemm.ee
        -7•1 year ago

        I know it’s sometimes hard to decipher sarcasm from written word, but holy shit people took your joke insanely seriously.

        Stay away from stand-up comedy, someone might discover you own a PlayStation as well.

        FWIW, I chuckled. What a sad fucking story and what a sad fucking state that you’re consoling humor went so unappreciated.

        • @dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org
          12•1 year ago

          Or maybe sarcastically implying that a murder was a hate crime when we know literally nothing about the situation is a shit joke. Immediately screeching like a toddler after very mild pushback isn’t a good look either.

          • @thefartographer@lemm.ee
            2•1 year ago

            I’m just not reading it as screeching, but what do I know? I misread tone all the time.

            Either way, I’m morbidly curious what they’re going to find about this. Stabbing murders tend to be incredibly personal, which could imply that this was done by someone close to her or someone wanted to delight in her suffering.

            I’m no detective, just some random internet dude, but if not a hate crime, whoever murdered this poor lady certainly had some strong feelings about her.