the report found.<\/a><\/p>\nThe last known photo of Judith Lord taken on May 17, 1975. New Hampshire DOJ<\/p>\n
Ernest Gable was identified as Lord\u2019s killer 50 years after her murder. New Hampshire DOJ<\/p>\n
Other evidence contradicted the analysis results, with Gable\u2019s fingerprints being found at the scene and witnesses revealing Lord had feared him.<\/p>\n
During their investigation, detectives discovered Lord had been afraid of both her husband and Gable for some time because of his \u201cpersistent and unwanted advances.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cJudith told her sister she was afraid of both her husband and her African American neighbor next door, indicating Mr. Gable, because he \u2018had made remarks to her about wanting to see her nude,’\u201d the attorney general\u2019s report found.<\/p>\n
Lord had moved into the Concord Gardens apartment complex with her husband, Gregory, and their son three months earlier after moving back from Germany.<\/p>\n
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Gregory Lord was stationed in the European country for several months before going on leave and returning to the US.<\/p>\n
The couple lived together until Lord was assaulted by her husband on May 4, 1975, 16 days before her murder.<\/p>\n
Gregory Lord was arrested and immediately entered a guilty plea for simple assault and was fined $100.<\/p>\n
He moved out of the shared apartment, relocating to his grandmother\u2019s across the street, taking everything with him besides Lord, their son, a bed and a crib.<\/p>\n
Concord Gardens apartment in 1975. New Hampshire DOJ<\/p>\n
Gregory Lord was initially the primary suspect but was cleared after his brother and grandmother corroborated his alibi.<\/p>\n
Lord resigned from her job at a nearby nursing home after the assault and was left without anything.<\/p>\n
She cashed her final paycheck the day before her death and returned to the apartment complex to hang out with neighbors.<\/p>\n
She returned home just before midnight. Gable\u2019s wife told police she heard Lord in the shower minutes later.<\/p>\n
A purple towel found inside Lord\u2019s apartment with DNA evidence. New Hampshire DOJ<\/p>\n
A damp white towel, investigators found evidence on inside Lord\u2019s bedroom after her murder. New Hampshire DOJ<\/p>\n
At around 12:50 a.m., neighbors reported hearing screaming from Lord\u2019s apartment before sounds of moaning, believed to be intercourse, resonated through the walls.<\/p>\n
After Lord\u2019s murder, several witnesses came forward and revealed Lord\u2019s disturbing interactions with Gable, including when he knocked on her door at 2 a.m. while his wife was out of town, asking his future victim if she \u201cwanted to party with him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne coworker specifically recalled Ms. Lord saying that this man was \u2018always bothering her and hanging around her doors and windows,’\u201d the report detailed.<\/p>\n
Gable was never charged with the murder.<\/p>\n
He was fatally stabbed nearly 13 years later on Feb. 1, 1987, in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n
If he were alive today, Gable would\u2019ve been charged with First Degree Murder, both for knowingly causing Lord\u2019s death during the commission of aggravated felonious sexual assault, and for purposely causing her death by strangulation, Formella said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is my hope that this long-awaited conclusion will finally bring peace and closure to Judy Lord\u2019s family and the entire Concord community after nearly five decades of delayed justice,\u201d Formella said. \u201cThis resolution proves that no cold case is ever truly closed until the truth is found.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A violent New Hampshire cold case has been solved, with the murderer being identified as the original suspect,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":405389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,55671,27813,991,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,17258,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-405388","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-cold-cases","10":"tag-murders","11":"tag-new-hampshire","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-sexual-assaults","19":"tag-united-states","20":"tag-united-states-of-america","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115614678368793522","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}