DNA, murder and Boston
Accused killer's DNA tied to 1988 Boston murder after spitting on sidewalk, prosecutors say
A man who spit on the sidewalk outside of his home in Boston is now charged with an unsolved 35-year-old murder.
36 years later, Boston man’s DNA found on his spit leads to murder charge in 1988 cold case
Forensic evidence found on fingernail scrapings from a woman slain in her Boston apartment ultimately led to the murder indictment this week of James Holloman, who is now charged in her death.
US Man Spits Outside His Home, DNA Match Later Leads To His Arrest In 36-Year-Old Murder Case
A decades-old cold case has been solved with the arrest of a man accused of murdering a young mother in Boston. James Holloman has been charged with the 1988 stabbing death of Karen Taylor after DNA evidence linked him to the crime scene, People reported.
Man Spits on Ground Outside of His Home, DNA Match Later Leads to His Arrest in 1988 Stabbing Murder of Boston Woman
James Holloman was charged with the stabbing murder of Boston mother Karen Taylor after police used a sample of his spit to match his DNA to DNA found at the 1988 crime scene.
DNA match leads to arrest in 1988 cold case killing of Boston woman Karen Taylor
Authorities said Holloman is facing a first-degree murder charge after being indicted and arrested by the Boston Police fugitive unit on Thursday in connection to the 1988 stabbing death of 25-year-old Karen Taylor, a resident of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood.
Prosecutors say Boston cold case murder solved after suspect spits on the ground
A 65-year-old man accused of stabbing a young mother 15 times back in 1988 hid behind a door as he was arraigned for her murder. A Suffolk County grand jury on Thursday indicted James Holloman, of Dorchester,
Massachusetts man arrested in 36-year-old cold case after spit on sidewalk links him to murder of woman
A 65-year-old man was arrested after his DNA was linked to the 1988 murder of a 25-year-old mother who was found stabbed at her Boston home, police said.
DNA match leads to arrest in Boston woman's 1988 stabbing death
A Dorchester man is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in the 1988 stabbing death of a Boston woman after new DNA technology linked him to the decades-old murder, officials said. James Holloman, 65, was arrested by the Boston Police fugitive unit Thursday after being indicted earlier in the death of 25-year-old Karen Taylor in Roxbury.
Boston man charged in young mother’s 1988 cold case murder
Prosecutors said DNA technology helped investigators crack the cold case and charge a suspect in Karen Taylor's 1988 stabbing ...
DNA from sidewalk spit allegedly connects man to 36-year-old murder
A man was arrested in connection to a 1988 murder after police said they found matching DNA evidence in spit on the sidewalk ...
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James Holloman Arrested for Murder of Karen Taylor
Holloman was taken into custody pursuant to a murder warrant issued by Suffolk Superior Court for the murder of Karen Taylor.
DA: Man to be arraigned in cold-case murder of young mother found stabbed 15 times in Boston home
The victim's mother found her daughter lying face-down in a pool of blood suffering from 15 stab wounds to the chest, head, ...