The head of a Jewish synagogue in Detroit was the victim of a murderous attack, yesterday Saturday, outside her home. Samantha Wall, 40, was stabbed repeatedly and there were trails of blood leading to her home where she was found dead, according to CBS Detroit.

The death of Wall, a senior adviser to the Democratic Party and head of the Isaac Agree Synagogue, was confirmed by the Jewish community through a post on social media platforms. “We are shocked and saddened to hear of the untimely loss of Samantha Wall, our board president,” the synagogue said in a statement. “At this time, we do not have more information, but we will share it when it becomes available,” it noted.

Detroit police have launched a manhunt to locate the killer, while the motive for the crime remains unclear so far.

“Sam was one of the kindest people I’ve ever met,” Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wrote in a post on Platform X (formerly Twitter).

Elisha Slotkin, a member of the House of Representatives, for whom Samantha Wall had worked in the past, said she was “devastated”.