Prosecutor: Forensic investigation leads to arrest in 1988 Roxbury murder – Boston 25 News

BOSTON – A Dorchester man will go on trial Friday for murder in connection with the 1988 stabbing death of a Roxbury woman, Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced Thursday.

James Holloman, 65, is facing charges in Suffolk Superior Court of first-degree murder in connection with the death of 25-year-old Karen Taylor, Hayden said.

Taylor's mother found her daughter lying in a pool of blood in their Roxbury apartment after Taylor's daughter said she couldn't wake her mother. Hayden says Taylor was found with 15 stab wounds to her chest, head and neck.

Investigators used forensic testing on fingernail swabs from Taylor's right hand to create a full profile of an unknown male suspect. Last year, Boston police obtained a DNA sample from Holloman and compared it to DNA found on Taylor's fingernails.

Holloman was arrested by the Boston Police Department's Detective Unit on Thursday afternoon.

“This is an example of the outstanding investigative work of detectives and prosecutors using modern forensic science, but most importantly, it is an opportunity for Karen Taylor's family to see someone answer for her death after so many years of unanswered questions,” Hayden said in a statement.

The public prosecutor's office says further details will be announced at the indictment on Friday.

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