Samantha Woll.Photo:Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue/Facebook
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue/Facebook
Samantha Woll, president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue, was found stabbed to death outside her home in Lafayette Park, Michigan, on Saturday morning. She was 40.
TheIsaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogueconfirmed her death in a Facebook post on Saturday: “We are shocked and saddened to learn of the unexpected death of Samantha Woll, our Board President.”
“At this point we do not have more information, but will share more when it becomes available,” the synagogue wrote. “May her memory be a blessing.”
Samantha Woll.Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue/Facebook
According to theDetroit Free Press, the Detroit Police Department said in a statement that officials pronounced Woll dead at the scene after they found her body with multiple stab wounds in the 1300 block of Joliet Place.
The FBI said in a statement to CNN that the agency is “aware of the incident, and we will assist the Detroit Police Department as requested.”
The Detroit Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
TheDetroit Free Pressreported that Woll worked for Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on her reelection campaign before she served on the board of the Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue.
Slotkin, who serves Michigan’s seventh congressional district,issued a statement on X(formerly known as Twitter) in response to the synagogue’s announcement of Woll’s death.
“I and all of Team Slotkin is heartbroken at this news,” Slotkin, 47, wrote. “Sam worked for me from nearly the moment I became a Congresswoman, helping us set up the office & helping to lead it for my full first term.”
Nessel shared a photo of her and Woll together,writing on X, “I am shocked, saddened and horrified to learn of Sam’s brutal murder."
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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said in astatementon X, “I was devastated today to learn of the loss of one of Detroit’s great young leaders - Samantha Woll.”
“Just weeks ago, I shared a day of joy with Sam at the dedication of the newly renovated Downtown Synagogue,” Duggan added. “It was a project she successfully led with great pride and enthusiasm.”
Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York’s 16th Congressional District,wrote on Xthat he is “sick to my stomach to hear about the stabbing death of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll.”
“As they investigate this horrific crime, I reiterate my call that we MUST focus on our humanity and look to love one another,” Bowman pleaded after noting some of her accomplishments.
“Enough suffering. May her memory be a blessing,” the congressman concluded the message.
source: people.com
