Suspect in bloody 1988 murder of Roxbury mother faces judge for first time - Boston News, Weather, Sports

Suspect in bloody 1988 murder of Roxbury mother faces judge for first time - Boston News, Weather, Sports

36 years after young mother Karen Taylor was found dead in her Roxbury apartment, a suspect is in custody. When Taylor’s mother called her in the afternoon on May 27, 1988, she was surprised to hear her 3-year-old granddaughter answer the phone. The young girl told her grandmother that her mother “was sleeping and she could not wake her up”, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said in a statement. “The mother went to Taylor’s apartme…

Dorchester man arrested today for 1988 Roxbury murder

A Dorchester man is scheduled for arraignment Friday on charges he murdered Karen Taylor, 25, by repeatedly stabbing her at 37 Williams St. in Roxbury on May 27, 1988, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. According to the DA's office, a Suffolk County grand jury indicted James Holloman, now 65, on a charge of first-degree murder today. According to the DA's office: In the late afternoon of May 27, 1988, Taylor's mother called t…