Samantha Woll murder: Judge denies motion to quash
DETROIT (FOX 2) - On Friday, a judge denied a motion to quash requested by a man accused of killing well-known Metro Detroit Jewish leader Samantha Woll.
Michael Jackson-Bolanos is charged with first-degree premeditated murder, as well as home invasion and lying to police in connection with the October 2023 murder.
Evidence in Samantha Woll murder revealed in court, including jacket with blood and phone location
The well-known Jewish leader's blood was found on a jacket owned by the defendant, which he was seen wearing the night of Samantha Woll's murder, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Woll was found stabbed to death outside her home in the 1360 block of Joliet Place in Detroit. Jackson-Bolanos was arrested several weeks after the murder.
The motion to quash was brought about based on the defense's assertion that the district court judge abused his discretion when binding Jackson-Bolanos over for trial. Judge Marget Van Houten said that based on eveience she has reviewed, binding the suspect over was appropriate.
The hearing was a continuation of a hearing last week when the judge ruled some phone evidence admissible in court.
Jackson-Bolaons is scheduled to return to court on May 31 before his June 10 trial.