Cops release person of interest in slaying of Michigan neurosurgeon Devon Hoover
The person of interest taken into custody last week in connection to the mysterious shooting of a well-known Michigan neurosurgeon has been released, police said.
The individual suspected of having information about the brutal killing of Dr. Devon Hoover was released following a prosecutorial review, the Detroit Police Department announced on Tuesday.
At a press conference on Friday, Detroit Police Chief James White confirmed that the person of interest, who has not been named, had been arrested on unrelated charges.
“We’re confident this person has information about what transpired,” White said.
“This was not a random act.”
Hoover, 53, was found wrapped in a plastic sheet in the attic of his historic mansion in Detroit’s ritzy Boston-Edison District on April 23.
His car was later discovered abandoned on the city’s west side.
Authorities initially said they thought the killing was the result of a domestic dispute.
One week later, police were called to a break-in at the $1.2 million property.
It was not clear if anything was stolen.
Hoover was remembered locally as a respected neck and back specialist for Ascension Health at St. John Hospital.
“Not only was he a fantastic surgeon but just a wonderful human being,” Adam Walder, a patient of 20 years, told WXYZ last week.
“Those three days in the hospital [after surgery], he’d come in the morning to check on you, call you after your discharge to check on you. You just don’t see that anymore.”
