Arrest made in 1986 cold case killing of North Miami Beach real estate broker, police say - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Arrest made in nearly 40-year-old death of real estate broker in Miami

Old fingerprint evidence was the key to cracking the case, police said

Arrest made in 1986 cold case killing of North Miami Beach real estate broker, police say - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

Nearly 39 years after the fatal shooting of a real estate broker in her North Miami Beach office, police have arrested a suspect in the decades-old cold case. Jeffrey Taylor, 64, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with second-degree murder with a firearm in the 1986 killing of Shirley Brant, the owner of Brant Realty Corporation, North Miami Beach Police announced Friday. On June 13, 1986, Brant was shot while speaking on the phone in h…

‘Career criminal' arrested in 1986 cold case murder of mom, businesswoman in North Miami Beach

A man has been arrested and charged in the 1986 cold case murder of a real estate broker in North Miami Beach, thanks to DNA evidence and the tireless work of detectives, the police department announced Friday. It was on June 13, 1986, when Shirley Brant, a mother and owner of Brant Realty Corporation, was…