Bail for Irving Pierre, 40, was set at $25,000 for the Arboretum attack in West Roxbury court, the DA's office reports, adding he will be arraigned for the Morton Street attack in Dorchester court. The cases had lain dormant until January of this year, after police submitted DNA samples from both cases to the FBI's national DNA database. The database showed the same man was likely responsible for both cases, but did not match any men already in the database, according to the DA's office. In January of this year, the database found a match between the DNA samples in the two cases. Pierre turned himself in yesterday at the West Roxbury police station, police report, adding they are now looking for evidence that might link Pierre to other attacks.

Source: New York Times May 14, 2022 01:12 UTC