DNA from saliva collected on a sidewalk led to the arrest of a Massachusetts man in connection with the 1988 murder of Karen Taylor, officers said.

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.

A significant breakthrough has been made in the case of a young Boston mom who was killed nearly 40 years ago, with authorities finally charging a 65-year-old man with her murder.

Karen Taylor's 3-year-old daughter was present when the young mother was found fatally stabbed in 1988. The post Boston man charged in young mother’s 1988 cold case murder appeared first on Boston.com.

A man who spit on the sidewalk outside of his home in Boston is now charged with an unsolved 35-year-old murder.

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.