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.

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.

Prosecutors said DNA technology helped investigators crack the cold case and charge a suspect in Karen Taylor's 1988 stabbing death.

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,

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.