1987 Murder Suspect Held Without Bail

BOSTON, MA – A former Boston man was be arraigned Thursday on a first-degree murder charge dating back to 1987.

James Paige, 49, waived rendition proceedings last week, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley, and was arraigned for the alleged murder of Dora Jean Brimage in 1987.

At the request of a Suffolk County assistant district attorney, Paige was held Thursday without bail.

Brimage, 19, was found badly beaten, sexually assaulted and strangled to death in a vacant Warren Street storefront on Sept. 7, 1987. Decades later a DNA profile match directed Boston Police to Paige, now living in Manchester, NH. He submitted his genetic material due to an unrelated felony charge.

He will next appear before the court on Aug. 24.