Samantha Woll murder trial jury restarts deliberations

DETROIT – The reshaped jury in the Samantha Woll murder trial is starting from scratch.

After a month’s worth of testimony and three days of deliberations, the trial took another turn Tuesday, July 15.

Woll was stabbed to death at her Lafayette Park condo last October. Jackson-Bolanos was arrested a month later.

He’s now on trial for first-degree murder, home invasion and lying to a peace officer. The trial included dozens of witnesses and has been going on for a month now. Closing statements were delivered Tuesday, July 9.

The jury had to restart deliberations in the case against Jackson-Bolanos after being deadlocked for several days. The fourth day of deliberations was different, as Juror No. 3 was excused due to a pre-planned vacation and was replaced by an alternate juror.

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The judge said she is not ready to declare a mistrial.

Deliberations are set to resume Thursday, July 18, after taking Wednesday off.