BOSTON — Boston police are seeking help identifying a man seen on video surveillance moments before a fatal January stabbing of a 70-year-old man in Roxbury.
The video shows a man wearing a black North Face jacket walking near what appears to be a liquor store on Blue Hill Avenue just before 70-year-old Edward Mowring, of Roxbury, was stabbed to death on Jan. 12, 2018.
Officers had responded to a call for a medical emergency at 49 Blue Hill Ave., around 10 p.m. that night, and found Mowring dead from multiple stab wounds, according to police.
Anyone who recognizes the man pictured in the footage or has any information is asked to contact homicide detectives at 617-343-4470 or anonymously through the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).
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