Samantha Woll's ex-boyfriend: 'I began to believe that I was responsible for her death'
Samantha Woll was stabbed eight times in the head and neck in her Detroit town home in October.www.detroitnews.com
Is this enough for reasonable doubt?
I recall when the judge allowed this case to go to trial, he made a comment, something to the effect that he wondered if there was really enough to convict this guy.
IMO only, but after reading the article linked here, I wonder what the purpose is of noting that Samantha Woll had a fairly active dating life/dating history. The fact that it’s been brought up in court that she’d dated several men (and had a sexual relationship with at least one of the guys she saw on a casual, on-and-off basis) makes me feel like the defense might be trying to suggest she was somewhat promiscuous (it makes me angry even to write that) and that she therefore could’ve been the victim of any number of the guys she had been seeing.Samantha Woll's ex-boyfriend: 'I began to believe that I was responsible for her death'
Samantha Woll was stabbed eight times in the head and neck in her Detroit town home in October.www.detroitnews.com
I don't see why this causes concern. The ADT data shows that Sam came home at 1am and the system eventually went idle at 1:24am -- meaning no further movement was detected ... until 4:20am, when MJB was there. There is no question that MJB was there at 4:20am and came into contact with Sam's blood and was seen 3-4 minutes later crossing the Monroe Street bridge. So we know that MJB could run from Sam's house to the Monroe Street bridge in that timeframe. A lot of people seem to think that this attack required several minutes, but how long does it take to stab someone 8 times? 10 seconds? 30 seconds? Furthermore, he whoever did this did not stab her to death--they stabbed her and left her for dead; she did not die right away.
I think it's relevant to show that there are several people besides MJB who could've had the opportunity and motive to kill her. The ex-bf (Jeff) was a jilted former lover who was "unhappy" about their breakup. The old guy (Aaron) who she was also romantically involved with in the months leading up to her murder was portrayed as "aggressive" in his communication, would stop by unannounced, had a key to Sam's condo and was not forthcoming about any of this when first contacted by police. On the night Sam was killed she was dancing with and gave her number to an intoxicated man she met at the wedding. She was also romantically connected to a married man (Bob) in Lansing -- although the testimony hasn't shed much details on that relationship, it's conceivable that a married guy would have some motive to hurt his affair partner (which I'm sure is the insinuation). There are other men that have been mentioned by name but there hasn't been much evidence/testimony about their relationship. On top of everything else, she left her door OPEN on the night she was killed, which may suggest that she was expecting someone to come over -- the guy from the wedding? Aaron? Someone else?
The blood indicates that Sam was initially attacked on the couch and that she collapsed in the foyer near the front door and stayed there for a while before making it outside. There is no evidence of a prolonged struggle. The non-knife injuries she sustained (bruising/abrasions) are consistent with falling down and crawling, and are not necessarily indicative of a drawn out fight.
I'm not confident about a conviction in this case. We may very well be looking at acquittal or a hung jury. JMO
The pathologist testified that there was no arterial spray -- the knife missed the main arteries.
Is their contention that he entered her place at 4:20AM? Why could he have not entered at 1AM? Maybe he returned at 4:20 looking for something he dropped.
The whole idea that the neighbor heard "something" at "1:30" and the idea that someone entered her condo at 1am don't make sense because: (1) Sam was actively on her phone until 1:36 a.m. and (2) her alarm system stopped detecting motion at 1:20-something -- meaning she was alive and well and home alone at 1:36 and until motion was detected again at 4:20.
Though I understand why this would anger people, I just look at it objectively.
I don't know why the 4:20 timeline is hard for people to grasp? We KNOW she was alive at 1:36 a.m. (because she was using her phone from 1:29 to 1:36. We also know that she was on the couch at that time and that her security system stopped detecting motion at 1:20-something. Therefore, she was alive and alone at 1:36...until at least 4:20a.m. when her security system detected motion again. Not incidentally, 4:20a.m, is the exact time that MJB was on the scene wearing surgical gloves, having just broken into the Mercedes in Sam's parking lot that had the tires stabbed several times; the guy with Sam's blood on his jacket and backpack.
