Dorchester man arrested for 1988 murder of Karen Taylor

The statement did not describe Holloman's relationship with Taylor, but a prosecutor's office spokesman said in an email that Holloman was no stranger to Taylor.

Prosecutors said more details would be released at Holloman's arraignment.

Taylor's three-year-old daughter was with Taylor's body when it was discovered late in the afternoon of May 27, 1988. Taylor had been stabbed 15 times, prosecutors said.

When Taylor's mother called the apartment, her granddaughter answered the phone. The girl told her grandmother that her mother was sleeping and she could not wake her, the statement said.

Taylor's mother went to the apartment at 37 Williams Street. When she couldn't get into the building, she climbed through the window of her daughter's first-floor apartment, prosecutors said.

Taylor's mother found her daughter lying face down in a pool of blood in the apartment, the statement said.

Taylor was stabbed multiple times in the chest, head and neck, prosecutors said.

A Suffolk Superior Court grand jury indicted Holloman on first-degree murder charges Thursday, and Holloman was arrested by Boston Police Detectives that 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,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in the statement.

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