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Michael Jackson-Bolanos Charged In Samantha Woll Murder

Michael Jackson-Bolanos is a man from Detroit Michigan who has been charged in the murder of Samantha Woll

According to court documents Michael Jackson-Bolanos would allegedly break into the of Samantha Woll who would be stabbed to death on October 21 2023. Police believe it was a random attack and that Michael Jackson-Bolanos and Samantha Woll were strangers to each other

Samantha Woll was a popular synagogue leader in Detroit

Michael Jackson-Bolanos has been charged with felony murder, home invasion and burglary

Detroit police had arrested another suspect in the Samantha Woll murder however he was released with no charges pending

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A suspect has been charged in the killing of Detroit synagogue leader Samantha Woll, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced Wednesday.

Michael Jackson-Bolanos, 28, of Detroit, was charged with felony murder during a first-degree home invasion and is believed to have acted alone in the Oct. 21 slaying.

Worthy said the suspect did not know Woll. He allegedly entered her Lafayette Park home and stabbed her to death multiple times using a “straight edge cutting instrument,” Worthy said. That same day, he also allegedly lied to detectives about stealing and attempting to steal from cars from the area of Woll’s home.

Michael Jackson-Bolanos has retained an attorney, who maintained his client’s innocence following a Wednesday arraignment hearing — noting that police had previously fingered a different suspect in the killing.

“It’s pretty significant that they originally arrested an individual prior to arresting my client, I’m going to be looking at the circumstances around that,” said attorney Brian Brown. “Truthfully, I think it was a lot of publicity this case was receiving, a lot of pressure on the Detroit Police Department to hopefully come up with somebody and my client maintains his innocence — and I think he was just a victim of circumstance and not an individual who perpetrated this crime.”

Woll’s family expressed gratitude after charges were announced Wednesday.

“Our family is sincerely grateful to the hard-working women and men of the DPD Homicide Task Force who worked around the clock for weeks to thoroughly investigate this tragic crime,” the family said through its lawyer, Brian Legghio.

“Through their dedication and tireless efforts we firmly believe that they have successfully solved this senseless crime. We cannot thank them enough.”

Woll’s family also thanked “everyone” for their support and prayers before asking for privacy: “Samantha’s death is an unspeakable tragedy that has affected not only her family and friends, but also those who knew her as a devoted, community activist, leader and bridge builder. She was loved deeply and her light spread far and wide.”

Woll was discovered dead outside of a neighbor’s apartment in the 1360 block of Joliet Place, surrounded by a pool of blood. A trail of blood led detectives to Woll’s home.

Despite previous statements from Detroit police that there were no signs of forced entry, Worthy said Wednesday that the front door to Woll’s home “was ajar and unlocked, and a significant amount of blood was inside.”

Michael Jackson-Bolanos was also charged with home invasion and for lying to police officers.

He previously spent two years on probation after being convicted of receiving and concealing a stolen motor vehicle in 2019, and four years in prison for a similar offense in 2013, according to the Michigan of Department of Corrections.

Brown, the attorney, said Jackson-Bolanos was employed full-time prior to his arrest.

Worthy described Woll’s death as “extraordinarily sad and tragic,” one that has left Detroiters and local faith communities bewildered in the weeks since.

Detroit Police Chief James White said Jackson-Bolanos had appeared on Detroit police’s radar within the last three weeks.

Michael Jackson-Bolanos was identified for suspected criminal activity in the area; police were curious about his actions, White said. Police linked him to a few larcenies and brought him in for questioning, White said.

“What had transpired during questioning was concerning,” White said.

Without more evidence, Michael Jackson-Bolanos was released but then monitored.

“We knew where he was, we knew his whereabouts, we knew his movements, at no time was anyone in our community at risk,” White said. “We knew where he worked, we knew his phone traffic.”

Detroit police had confirmed Tuesday that charges were requested against the suspect, who was apprehended as a “person of interest” on Sunday.

Earlier Tuesday, Detroit police were on and around East Lafayette Street — near where Woll lived — searching for evidence, Detroit police confirmed, though they would not say whether the search was tied to the Woll case.

“We’re not going to rush this, we’re not going to make mistakes. We were methodical and tenacious in our investigation,” White said Wednesday.

An initial suspect — different from the one taken into custody Sunday — was previously apprehended last month, but charges against him never materialized and he was released. Authorities no longer consider him a suspect.

“This takes time, and for our part we never want to rush to judgment,” Worthy said.

“We have to investigate every avenue even though we may think that we have the right person in custody — we know that we do today — we have to investigate any and all suspects or persons of interest that may come forward,” Worthy continued. “We don’t want to leave any stone unturned. And that means we may have to look at other people, even if it’s believed at the time that they’re not the right one for this case.”

Woll had attended a wedding the night before her death. The killing made national headlines and sent shock waves throughout Jewish and interfaith communities in metro Detroit. She was the president of the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue and founded the Muslim-Jewish Forum of Detroit.

She was also well known among Michigan Democratic leadership, having worked for U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, and on the reelection campaign of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Those who knew Woll described her as a leader whose kindness and dedication to justice were among some of her best qualities.

Some had speculated that Woll’s death was motivated by antisemitism amid ongoing fears within Arab, Muslim, and Jewish communities in the United States as war rages abroad between Israel and Hamas. White has maintained he is confident, based on the evidence so far, that the killing was not motivated by a hate crime.

Worthy reiterated Wednesday that the killing was not motivated by antisemitism.

“There’s not a shred of evidence that points to the fact that this was a hate crime,” Worthy said.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2023/12/13/samantha-woll-murder-update/71911261007/

Kenneth Law Charged With 14 Murders

Kenneth Law is a former Chef from Canada who has been charged with fourteen counts of second degree murder and could face many, many more

According to police reports Kenneth Law use to be a Chef at the Royal York in Toronto Canada however he is now being called the Chef Of Death as he is believed to be responsible for mailing out suicide kits that would lead to the deaths of fourteen people in Ontario Canada

Here is the thing though as authorities believed he sent out 1200 additional suicide kits around the world. Authorities believe they can tie him to 114 deaths so far around the globe. The suicide kits contained sodium nitrite which is a legal chemical normally used to preserve meats however at a high enough dosage is very lethal

If convicted in Canada he faces life in prison with no chance of parole between ten to twenty five years which is the maximum sentence

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A Canadian man accused of supplying a poisonous chemical to people who died by suicide is facing multiple murder charges.

Police in Canada have charged Kenneth Law, a 57-year-old former chef, with 14 counts of second-degree murder.

Kenneth Law was previously charged with aiding suicide in relation to deaths of people who had allegedly purchased the lethal chemical from him online.

British detectives have also linked Mr Law to 90 deaths in the UK.

In an emailed statement to the BBC, Mr Law’s lawyer, Matthew Gourlay, said his client intended to plead not guilty to the charges.

The murder charges announced by police on Tuesday mark an escalation in the prosecution of Mr Law in Canada, who has been the subject of a “very active and very complex” investigation involving 11 police agencies in the country’s largest province, Ontario.

Speaking on behalf of the multijurisdictional investigation, Simon James, an inspector with York Regional Police, said the new murder charges were related to a total of 14 victims in Ontario.

Mr James said that “evidence has come in that supports the charge of second-degree murder”, but declined to add further details as the investigation was ongoing.

Along with the murder charges, Kenneth Law faces 14 counts of aiding and counselling suicide in connection to the same Ontario deaths, for a total of 28 charges. He faces imprisonment for life if he is found guilty of second-degree murder under Canadian law.

Kenneth Law who remains in police custody, is also the subject of probes by police agencies in other parts of Canada and countries, including the UK.

Mr James said police in Ontario are cooperating with those international investigations.

Canadian detectives said Mr Law had run a number of websites offering equipment and substances to help people end their lives. Police believe he may have sent more than 1,200 parcels containing lethal substances to around 40 countries.

He was first arrested and charged in May with counselling or aiding suicide. In August, police brought additional counts against him, all linked to deaths that occurred in Ontario.

The ages of the people who died ranged from 16 to 36. Mr James said more than one victim was under the age of 18.

Many of Kenneth Law’s alleged victims were also based in the UK. There, the National Crime Agency (NCA) in London said Mr Law was known to have sent packages to 272 people.

The NCA, which is now investigating if any criminal offences were committed in the UK, said 90 of those recipients later died, though they could not confirm that a toxic substance was the direct cause of each death.

One individual died after police had carried out welfare checks on all the addresses which received a parcel, the agency added.

A spokesman for the NCA said: “This investigation will explore viable leads that help us identify evidence of crimes committed in the UK or against its citizens.”

The news of the charges were welcomed by David Parfett, whose 22-year-old son Tom bought the chemical from Mr Law and ended his life in October 2021.

“It sends a signal to other people who encourage vulnerable people to self harm and provide suicide kits that they’re not beyond the law,” Mr Parfett told the BBC.

And he said there are wider lessons for the authorities on what more needs to be done to protect people online.

“Actions like encouraging others to kill themselves that would be prosecuted in real life are tolerated online. That has to stop,” he said.

While this is a significant moment for many of the victims’ families, some said they still have outstanding concerns.

They worry there are other sellers out there who have taken Mr Law’s place and are still selling the poisonous chemical he allegedly supplied. Many also feel the UK government has not done enough to stop this type of crime.

Mr James of York Regional Police said one major challenge is that some of the websites used by Mr Law are based in countries outside of Canada, where Canadian law does not apply.

Families of victims said they also want action taken against those who set up and run a pro-suicide forum which encourages and instruct the vulnerable how to die. The BBC reported on the forum in October and even confronted one of its founders, who claimed he is no longer involved.

Many of the dead found out about Kenneth Law and other sellers through the forum, which the BBC is not going to name.

They followed detailed instructions posted there on how to end their lives.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67693318

Taylor Justin Schulz Charged In Robert Skafte Murder

Taylor Justin Schulz is an alleged killer from Minnesota who has been charged with the murder of Robert Skafte

According to court documents Taylor Justin Schulz entered the Oak Grove grocery store and put a number of items in a basket then headed to the check out area. Once there Schulz would attack the cashier Robert Skafte with a broken golf club before impaling Skafte causing injuries that would lead to his death

Taylor Justin Schulz was arrested following a long standoff with police and has been charged with murder

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A cashier died after a suspect impaled him with a golf club Friday afternoon at a small grocery store in Minneapolis’ Loring Park neighborhood, police said.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the assailant, a 44-year-old man, approached the counter of Oak Grove Grocery on the 200 block of Oak Grove Street just before 1 p.m., appearing to have items for purchase. The suspect then went behind the counter and started beating the worker behind the register with the golf club, eventually thrusting the weapon into the victim’s torso.

The victim, a 66-year-old man, was taken to the hospital but later died. A longtime friend identified him as Robert Skafte.

A spokesperson for the Minneapolis Police Department confirmed on Saturday morning that Taylor Justin Schulz, 44, was taken into custody on probable cause murder.

Taylor Justin Schulz barricaded himself in an apartment building across the street and remained there for about six hours while SWAT teams and crisis negotiators worked to make an arrest. He was eventually brought into custody without further incident, O’Hara said.

“We know this neighborhood is hurting tonight because of this absolutely horrific crime and just how senseless it was — an elder who is so well known and has worked in this grocery store for decades,” O’Hara said.

Minneapolis Police on Saturday said they are not looking for additional suspects at this time. Anyone who has additional information is urged to call 911. Anonymous tips can be submitted through CrimeStoppers.

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/minneapolis-police-shopkeeper-bludgeoned-impaled-with-golf-club-in-deadly-assault/

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Tributes have been paid to a well-loved and popular store worker who was horrifically killed when a customer allegedly stuck a golf club through the man’s chest.

Suspect Taylor Justin Schulz, 44, is in custody, following a six-hour standoff with cops at a nearby apartment unit where he barricaded himself inside. His alleged victim, Robert Skafte, was pronounced dead shortly after the unprovoked attack, which happened on Friday at Oak Grove Grocery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Taylor Justin Schulz, 44, allegedly brought several items to the counter just before 1pm then launched the unprovoked attack. Schulz impaled the 66-year-old dancer “through the torso” with the club before fleeing the building, the Minneapolis Police Department said.

According to the New York Post, neighbor Tony Gutoski walked into the store shortly after the horror incident and was able to alert authorities while Taylor Justin Schulz was still on the scene. At that point, he recalled, Skafte was still alive, and told him his attacker had come in earlier in the day before the fatal encounter.

Gutoski said: “He was speaking, he answered questions. He told me the dude that came in earlier that was acting crazy and yelling about st came back and attacked him.” He added that Schulz was “a f***g crazy person” who had called 911 just before the attack to demand to talk to the FBI.

Gutoski said that, like many other people in the area, he was also a friend of the victim and thought he was “a really good dude [who] never hurt no one”. Gutoski, one of the last people to see him alive, remembered him as “a fixture in the neighborhood”.

And that was a sentiment echoed by several others who have been left in shock by the man’s murder. Mourners have flocked to the shop since to leave tributes and wreaths at a growing memorial for Skafte, who was an accomplished dancer in the area’s tight-knit theater community.

Police chief Brian O’Hara issued a statement where he said officers tracked the suspect to the building after speaking to Gutoski and described the stand-off negotiators, the SWAT team, the drone unit and the bomb squad had to endure before they managed to get Schulz to surrender, after which SWAT officers took him into custody where he was then booked in the Hennepin County Jail on probable cause murder.

According to the Daily Mail, O’Hara said that he thought the murder was committed “in a very grotesque way”, and left behind a “senseless and horrific scene” that many will be forced to remember for years to come. He said: “We know this neighborhood is hurting tonight because of this absolutely senseless crime. Investigators are working to determine what transpired leading up to the murder.”

The chief then went on to say Skafte was “an elder who had lived in this neighborhood for decades”. And Myron Johnson, a friend of Skafte and fellow pro dancer, told MPRNews: “It’s tragic. It’s hard to even imagine that it’s real.”

While Stephanie Grey, who danced with Skafte at Minneapolis-based dance company Ballet of the Dolls, added: “He had the innocence of a child with the wisdom of an old soul. I can’t even begin to wrap my brain around the loss.”

The pair and several others revealed how Skafte took up work at Oak Grove Grocery several years after his dance career ended, and lived in a building right across the street. According to them the victim was best known for roles in Hello Dalí, a dance and musical production about the life of painter Salvador Dalí, as well as Carmen and a disco version of Giselle.

Officers said that first responders had tried to save Skafte’s life, but he died at Hennepin County Medical Center. There is a memorial with candles, flowers and photos set up outside the grocery store. The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has yet to issue charges in the case.

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/grocery-clerk-impaled-golf-club-232339

Rafael Govea Romero Charged In Lizbeth Medina Murder

Rafael Govea Romero has been arrested in Texas for the murder of sixteen year old Lizbeth Medina

According to police reports sixteen year old Lizbeth Medina was found murdered inside of her apartment in Edna Texas. A surveillance video was released a couple of days later which would lead to the arrest of Rafael Govea Romero

Rafael Govea Romero who is an undocumented male has been charged with capital murder

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Texas police have apprehended a suspect in the murder of 16-year-old Lizbeth Medina, who was found dead in her apartment on Dec. 5.

The Edna Police Department on Sunday announced the arrest of Rafael Govea Romero, an “undocumented male” whom officials believe is “the person responsible for the death of Lizbeth Medina,” in Schulenburg.

“Edna Police Department and Texas Rangers immediately traveled to Schulenburg where Rafael Govea Romero was placed under arrest for Capital Murder and transported to Jackson County Jail,” the department said in a Sunday morning press release. “Although Romero is apprehended, we recognize Lizbeth’s family and friends are grieving and still need support from the community. The citizens of Edna can now sleep in peace!”

When asked whether she knows or recognizes the suspect, Lizbeth’s mother, Jacqueline Medina, told Fox News Digital, “Not at all.” She is waiting for more information from police.

Lizbeth’s murder came as a shock to the Edna community last week as authorities hunted the teenager’s suspected killer

Jacqueline Medina told Fox News Digital last week that she came home on Tuesday evening to find Lizbeth dead in the bathtub of their residence at the Cottonwood Apartments after she had not seen or heard from the 16-year-old that afternoon.

“I decided to go look for her. And I kept calling her phone nonstop, and it would take me straight to voicemail… I called a bunch of people and nobody knew anything. It wasn’t until I walked into the restroom that I was on the phone with my friend asking him to come help me look for her – is when I [saw] her foot, and it was in the bathtub. And so I opened the curtains. There she was,” Medina said.

Medina left for work around 6 a.m. on Tuesday. She said she woke her daughter up before she left because she had to get ready for cheer practice. The last anyone heard from Lizbeth was around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Medina said. After that, friends and family assumed her phone must have died.

The Monday prior, Lizbeth had been sick from school, so friends did not find it unusual that she did not show up to school again on Tuesday.

Medina finished work on Tuesday afternoon to attend a Christmas parade that Lizbeth was supposed to be in. But she did not see her daughter at the parade and began asking friends and family to help locate her. That is when she returned to her apartment and found Lizbeth dead in their bathtub.

“I don’t understand why. My God, why would they do this to her?” Medina said. “She’s such a beautiful, smart, and amazing girl. There’s moments where I just can’t take it. And then there’s moments where I feel like I need to be strong for her.”

She and her daughter were living in the apartment complex temporarily after Medina moved from Nebraska to Texas for her job in renewable energy. She and Lizbeth were the only two people who had keys to the apartment, she said.

Rafael Govea Romero was arrested a day after Edna police shared security camera footage of a person of interest in the case.

Medina previously described her daughter as “an amazing, good girl.” She was “very mature” and cared deeply for her friends and family.

“I just want everybody to know that that was an amazing child,” Medina said. “She wasn’t a normal teenager getting in trouble for doing crazy stuff. She was very mature for her age. She was a caring and loving person who, as far as I know and from the messages I received, she changed a lot of people’s lives. I just want everybody to remember her that way and not the way that she was taken from me.”

The Medina family has created a GoFundMe for their efforts to find Liz’s suspected killer titled “Justice for Lizbeth Medina

https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-police-arrest-undocumented-suspect-16-year-old-cheerleader-lizbeth-medinas-murder

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13 Year Old Lydia Flowers Charged With Murder

Thirteen year old Lydia Flowers is an alleged teen killer from Mississippi who has been charge with the murder of her mother

According to police reports Lydia Flowers mother 48-year-old Lou Anda Jones was found dead inside of her home from a gunshot. Authorities believe she had been deceased for sometime

Lou Anda Jones daughter Lydia Flowers has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and accessory after the fact to attempted murder.

23-year-old Nathaniel Davis also is facing the same charges

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n Oktibbeha County teenager was arrested Friday in connection with her mother’s murder.

Lydia Za’nay Flowers, 13, is charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and attempted murder in the shooting death of 48-year-old Lou Ann Jones.

Deputies on Thursday arrested Nathaniel Jamar Davis, 23, of West Point, on the same charges.

Jones was found deceased in her home on A.W. Williams Road near Pheba at about 7 a.m. Tuesday. She had a gunshot wound to the back, and Watson said she had been dead “more than a little while.”

Flowers was last seen at the home about 9 a.m. Monday and was missing until authorities found her Wednesday afternoon.

Capt. Brett Watson, with the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office investigations unit, said he believes Davis and Flowers left together Monday morning. He did not release further details of the case Friday, including which suspect investigators believe was the shooter.

https://cdispatch.com/news/slain-womans-daughter-charged-with-murder/

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The 13-year-old daughter of an Oktibbeha County woman has been charged in her death.

Lydia Flowers was charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and accessory after the fact to attempted murder.

Her bond was $1.2 million.

These are the same charges filed Thursday against 23-year-old Nathaniel Davis of West Point.

Davis remains in the Oktibbeha County jail.

The charges for Flowers and Davis stemmed from the shooting death of Flowers’ mother, 48-year-old Lou Anda Jones.

She was found dead in her A.W. Williams Road home earlier this week.

We were told Jones was shot in the back.

Investigators said the case was still under investigation.

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Oktibbeha County investigators have charged a 13-year-old girl in connection with the death of her mother.

Lydia Flowers — who is being charged as an adult — faces first degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and attempted murder charges. She received a $1.2 million bond.

Her mother Lou Ann Jones was found dead on Tuesday, Dec. 5 inside her home on A.W. Williams Drive.

The teenager disappeared following her mother’s death but was eventually located.

The Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office has released no more details about Jones’ death.

Flowers is the second arrest made in the case.

Nathaniel Davis, 23, of West Point, faces first degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and accessory after the fact to attempted murder charges. He also received a $1.2 million bond.

As to how the two suspects know each other is unknown at this time.