Boston Police Search For Suspect Wanted In Deadly Mattapan Stabbing

BOSTON — Boston police are searching for a man accused of stabbing a woman to death in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood Tuesday night.

Boston detectives in the Homicide Unit were ranted a murder warrant for Christopher Howard, 39, of Boston, Friday who is wanted in connection to the stabbing death of Terkeshia Boykins, 40.

On Tuesday night, officers responded to a report of a stabbing near Rosewood Street in Mattapan just before 10 p.m., and found Boykins suffering from apparant stab wounds. Officers at the Boston Police Department declared her dead at the scene.

Boston police did not disclose what Howard's relationship to Boykins was, but an initial report indicated that the incident was considered to be "domestic."

Anyone with information is urged to contact Boston Police homicide detectives at (617)-343-4470.