Admitted killer arrested near Boston City Hall in July beating death

A man who served over a decade in prison for fatally strangling his pregnant fiancée in Worcester was arrested Thursday for allegedly killing a man in Boston last month, officials said.

Taylor Hurst, wanted on a murder charge, was taken into custody outside Boston City Hall on Thursday afternoon, according to Boston police. The 42-year-old Foxborough resident was ordered held without bail at his arraignment in West Roxbury District Court Friday, where a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf.

Hurst is accused of killing Stephen Gomes, whose body was found under a bed in an apartment on Patten Street in Jamaica Plain on Sunday, July 6, Suffolk Assistant District Attorney Jillian Bannister said at the arraignment. His face had “significant and multiple fractures,” and there were other signs of head trauma…

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