BOSTON, April 4, 2008—Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the arrest of a suspect in the homicide of Richard Stroman in his Elm Hill Avenue apartment last October.LARRY NELSON, 50, is expected to face arraignment on a murder charge this afternoon in Roxbury District Court. Investigators obtained a warrant for Nelson’s arrest in the midst of an ongoing probe by Boston Police homicide detectives and Suffolk county prosecutors that included DNA analysis of biological evidence at the scene; he surrendered himself to Boston Police late this morning.
Davis stated, “This arrest is an excellent example of what our investment in forensic science can yield. I commend the collaborative effort of our crime lab technicians, homicide detectives and Suffolk County prosecutors.”
“The investigation into Mr. Stroman’s death made use of high technology and shoe-leather detective work,” Conley said. “We use every available resource when we approach our task, and that determination paid off.”
Shortly after noon on Oct. 12, 2007, Boston Police assigned to Area B2 responded to a radio call to investigate the premises at 62 Elm Hill Ave. in Roxbury. On arrival, they located the victim, later identified as Stroman, suffering from multiple trauma in his first floor apartment. Stroman was pronounced dead at the scene and his death was ruled a homicide.
Evidence suggests that Stroman had suffered multiple stab wounds some time prior to the officers’ arrival and had been dead for several days.
Nelson is the fourth murder suspect arrested this week and the third to be arrested for a 2007 murder. THOMAS MANNING, 22, was arrested Monday for the March 31 shooting death of Luis Ortiz in Allston, while SHAWN “SHANKS” DAUGHTRY (D.O.B. 5/14/80) and DEMETRIUS “DEMEET” WARDSWORTH were arrested Tuesday for the Sept. 20, 2007, shooting death of Urel Duncan in Roxbury.
All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.

BOSTON, April 4, 2008—Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis and Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley today announced the arrest of a suspect in the homicide of Richard Stroman in his Elm Hill Avenue apartment last October.LARRY NELSON, 50, is expected to face arraignment on a murder charge this afternoon in Roxbury District Court. Investigators obtained a warrant for Nelson’s arrest in the midst of an ongoing probe by Boston Police homicide detectives and Suffolk county prosecutors that included DNA analysis of biological evidence at the scene; he surrendered himself to Boston Police late this morning.
Davis stated, “This arrest is an excellent example of what our investment in forensic science can yield. I commend the collaborative effort of our crime lab technicians, homicide detectives and Suffolk County prosecutors.”
“The investigation into Mr. Stroman’s death made use of high technology and shoe-leather detective work,” Conley said. “We use every available resource when we approach our task, and that determination paid off.”
Shortly after noon on Oct. 12, 2007, Boston Police assigned to Area B2 responded to a radio call to investigate the premises at 62 Elm Hill Ave. in Roxbury. On arrival, they located the victim, later identified as Stroman, suffering from multiple trauma in his first floor apartment. Stroman was pronounced dead at the scene and his death was ruled a homicide.
Evidence suggests that Stroman had suffered multiple stab wounds some time prior to the officers’ arrival and had been dead for several days.
Nelson is the fourth murder suspect arrested this week and the third to be arrested for a 2007 murder. THOMAS MANNING, 22, was arrested Monday for the March 31 shooting death of Luis Ortiz in Allston, while SHAWN “SHANKS” DAUGHTRY (D.O.B. 5/14/80) and DEMETRIUS “DEMEET” WARDSWORTH were arrested Tuesday for the Sept. 20, 2007, shooting death of Urel Duncan in Roxbury.
All defendants are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.