A 65-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday in the unsolved 1988 murder of a Boston woman, the Boston Police Department confirmed.
James Holloman was linked to the crime after DNA from his saliva on a sidewalk outside his home last year matched DNA from the crime scene, Boston 25 News reported.
A possible suspect's DNA was found under Karen Taylor's fingernails and on a bloody sweatshirt and a cigarette when she was found stabbed 15 times in her Roxbury home in May 1988.
Holloman's paycheck was also reportedly found at his home.
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A 65-year-old Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday in the unsolved 1988 murder of a Boston-area woman, the Boston Police Department confirmed. (Boston Police Department)
“My understanding is that they collected a DNA sample from the ground after he spit, and that's how they claim to have matched all of this up,” defense attorney Anthony Ellison told Boston 25.
Holloman was wanted on a Suffolk Superior Court murder warrant for Taylor's death when he was arrested by the Boston Police Department's Fugitive Unit.
He pleaded not guilty in court on Friday, Boston 25 reported.
On May 27, 1988, Taylor's 3-year-old daughter answered the phone when her grandmother called, telling her her mother was sleeping and she couldn't wake her up, the station reported, citing the Suffolk District Attorney's Office.
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Taylor's mother later found his body at home in a pool of his own blood.
Holloman pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court on Friday. (Mass.gov)
“This is an example of the excellent investigative work done by detectives and prosecutors using modern forensic science, but most importantly it is an opportunity for Karen Taylor's loved ones to see someone answer for her death after so many years of unanswered questions,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said, according to Boston 25.
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Holloman had previously told officials he had not seen Taylor for weeks before her murder, but recently allegedly admitted to seeing her the day before her death, the station reported.
