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.

  • pimento64@sopuli.xyz
    7165·
    1 year ago

    At this time, the motive for the crime remains unknown.

    Unknown? Clearly this prominent Jewish community leader in Detroit was viciously stabbed to death for her playstation, there was no other reason possible.

    • hiddengoat@kbin.social
      1406·
      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@kbin.social
        652·
        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
        222·
        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@lemmy.ca
        1339·
        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
        245·
        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
          49·
          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.

    • thefartographer@lemm.ee
      143·
      1 year ago

      You can’t make any assumptions in these situations. If police are known for anything, it’s being level-headed and unbiased.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      55·
      1 year ago

      Well, that is the prevailing theory (by the anti self defense crowd anyway) for why home invasions occur and is commonly used as the reasoning for why self defense is bad.

      In my opinion this is a case for why self defense is necessary (because clearly not everyone is “just here for your TV”), but Everytown would prefer this outcome to her shooting the stabber, so…