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Detroit synagogue president found stabbed to death outside home

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Police in Detroit are looking for clues after they said the president of a synagogue was found stabbed to death outside her home. The president of a Detroit synagogue was found stabbed to death outside her home Saturday morning, police and the synagogue said. The Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue put out a statement later in the afternoon identifying the victim as board president Samantha Woll. Detroit police responded to a 911 call of an unresponsive person around 6:30 a.m. and found a body outside a home on Joliet Place. The woman, who was not immediately identified by investigators had suffered multiple stab wounds, police said. "At this point, we do not have more information, but will share more when it becomes available. May her memory be a blessing," the synagogue said in a Facebook post. In this image posted to the Facebook account of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, Samantha Woll is shown. Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue The police did not have any information on...

Homeless man charged with capital murder and rape in death of a 5-year-old girl

A homeless man has been charged with murder and rape in the killing of a 5-year-old girl in Topeka, Kansas TOPEKA, Kan. -- A 2 5-year- old homeless man was charged Thursday in the rape and killing of a 5-year- old Kansas girl who died despite firefighters' efforts to save her life in a gas station parking lot. Mickel Cherry faces one count of capital murder — which would allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty — and one count each of first-degree murder and rape in the death of Zoey Felix on Monday. He was jailed in Topeka on a $2 million bond, and his next court appearance has not yet been determined. Shawnee County District Attorney Michael Kagay told reporters that a decision about seeking a death sentence won't be made until after a preliminary hearing to determine whether Cherry stands trial. That is standard in capital cases. Mark Manna, of the Kansas Death Penalty Defense Unit, said his office would represent Cherry, but that he had no further comment. Cherry’...