40 years after a North Miami Beach woman’s murder, police say they found her killer

In June 1986, Shirley Brant was in her North Miami Beach office working as a real estate broker when she was shot in the face and killed. Now, nearly four decades after her murder, police say they have finally found her killer.

Jeffrey Taylor, 64, was jailed Friday in connection with Brant’s death. Authorities say new fingerprint technology helped them match Taylor’s prints to evidence collected at the scene, according to his arrest warrant.

On June 13, 1986, Brant was working at Brant Realty Corporation on Northeast 18th Avenue. She was talking on the phone with a friend while a coworker was nearby, entering data into a computer, according to police…

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