A suspect who was taken into custody for the fatal stabbing of a prominent Detroit synagogue leader was released without charges after 72 hours, according to reports.
Police arrested the man late Tuesday in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and let him go Friday without being charged in the Oct. 21 killing of Samantha Woll, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Sources told the outlet that the man was close with Woll and attended her funeral.
The release came after police executed a search warrant at the suspect’s house this week.
Michigan law states suspects can not be held without charges after three days.
The man’s defense team, Allison Kriger and Mark Kriger, confirmed his release, The Detroit News reported.
Investigators are continuing looking into an “ambiguous statement” he made to police about the stabbing.
Police declined to comment on the case and would not name the man.
“The details of the investigation must remain confidential, including the name of the suspect,” the Detroit Police said Thursday in a statement on X. “Investigators are at a critical juncture in this case and are working tirelessly toward bringing this matter to closure.”
The day before, Detroit Police Chief James White said the arrest did not “represent the conclusion” of the work in the case.
Woll, the president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue and a “politically connected” activist, was found dead outside her home in the city’s Lafayette Park neighborhood, east of downtown.
Her murder shook the city’s Jewish community, though investigators say they do not believe it was the result of a hate crime.