Police say they have made an arrest in connection with a fatal stabbing in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood two weeks ago.
Boston police said they responded to a report of a person stabbed on Rugby Road shortly before 11 a.m. on Oct. 19 and found a man outside suffering from a stab wound.
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Emergency personnel treated the man at the scene and he was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The victim was identified as 78-year-old Jean Casseus, and an arrest was made on the afternoon of Oct. 29, according to police.
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Marc Scutt, 29, of Boston, is expected to be arraigned on Monday, Oct. 30, on a murder charge, police said.
"At this time, preliminary investigation indicates the suspect and the victim may be known to each other," Paul McLaughlin, deputy superintendent of the Boston Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division, said on the day of the stabbing.
Police have not publicly commented on a possible motive.
"I think at this point it's so early in the investigation that we haven't determined exactly how it started. We're still interviewing witnesses," McLaughlin said. "That kind of info will come and start to unfold as the day goes by."
A Honda CRV was seen being towed away from the scene, but police wouldn't say if the vehicle belonged to the victim or the suspect.
Anyone with information about the stabbing is asked to call police at 617-343-4470. Anonymous tips can also be called in to 1-800-494-TIPS.
