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Authorities say 1975 killing of 22-year-old N.H. woman has now been solved
Boston.com ^ | November 25, 2025 | By Madison Lucchesi

Posted on 11/30/2025 6:12:55 AM PST by jerod

The initial suspect, Judith Lord's neighbor, has been found responsible for her murder.

The 1975 murder of Judith Lord in New Hampshire has now been solved through modern forensic science, the state Attorney General’s Office announced Monday.

On May 20, 1975, Judith “Judy” Lord, 22, was found strangled to death in her home at the Concord Garden Apartments. The buildings operations manager, who went to Lord’s apartment to collect overdue rent, entered after hearing a baby’s persistent cries and discovered Lord lying unresponsive in an upstairs bedroom with a blue plastic sauna suit covering her face, officials said.

Lord’s 20-month-old son was found safe in his crib in an adjacent room.

The crime scene showed evidence of a violent struggle and a sexual assault, according to authorities. Hairs and towels containing seminal fluid were found on and near Lord’s body.

Law enforcement initially identified Lord’s neighbor, 24-year-old Ernest Theodore Gable, as a suspect, but he was ruled out after a flawed forensic report issued by the FBI in 1975 incorrectly ruled that he could not have contributed the hairs found at the scene, authorities said.

That incorrect ruling contradicted other evidence, including Gable’s fingerprints being found on Lord’s window and witnesses saying Lord feared him and that Gable had a “predatory interest” in her, the AG’s office said.

“Decades later, with the benefit of modern forensic science, new DNA testing conducted on biological material collected from the scene correctly identified Ernest Theodore Gable as the source,” officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...


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KEYWORDS: coldcase; crime; ernesttheodoregable; genealogy; helixmakemineadouble; judithlord; newhampshire

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Another bang on detective job by the FBI... Thankfully this SOB met his demise by being murdered himself... Lets hope it hurt... A lot.
1 posted on 11/30/2025 6:12:55 AM PST by jerod
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To: jerod

“Gable died from a stab wound on Feb. 1, 1987, in Los Angeles.”


2 posted on 11/30/2025 6:20:10 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris; Uncle Miltie; Governor Dinwiddie

BooBoo finished off BooBoo in ‘87, and Furry shat himself...


3 posted on 11/30/2025 6:22:13 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: kiryandil

Reminded me of the Kevin Green incident

https://www.facebook.com/crimetrue2024/videos/forensic-files-ii-memories/726726269482048/


4 posted on 11/30/2025 6:25:03 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: jerod

I first thought, probably a black guy. Then, New Hampshire fifty years ago? not likely.

First thought was right.

A lot of old cases where a white woman was raped and killed and it was the black neighbor.

With DNA testing are they less likely to hunt where they live now?


5 posted on 11/30/2025 6:32:21 AM PST by heartwood (Please blame all ridiculous or iinappropriate words on autocorrect. Thank you. )
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To: SaveFerris

A number of the cases I remember were military wives.


6 posted on 11/30/2025 6:39:47 AM PST by heartwood (Please blame all ridiculous or iinappropriate words on autocorrect. Thank you. )
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To: heartwood
With DNA testing are they less likely to hunt where they live now?

Don't dismiss the 'true pandemic'... /s

7 posted on 11/30/2025 6:41:51 AM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 "/!i!! &@$%&*(@ -')
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To: kiryandil
BooBoo finished off BooBoo in ‘87

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another misdemeanor murder in the hood

8 posted on 11/30/2025 7:01:04 AM PST by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: heartwood

“I first thought, probably a black guy. Then, New Hampshire fifty years ago? not likely.

First thought was right.”

I had exactly the same thought. Four years after this murder a person who looks very much like this guy killed by cousin in a robbery (in Virginia).


9 posted on 11/30/2025 7:13:45 AM PST by suthener ( I do not like living under our homosexual, ghetto, feminist government.)
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To: heartwood

Oh...


10 posted on 11/30/2025 7:16:42 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: jerod
What a terrible story! Glad he didn't kill the baby as well.

Forensic genealogy is solving a lot of these old cases - and Thank God for that.

Mother:

6-A8-A442-A-46-D2-49-E5-95-BD-D9-FE79-BBCE42-4-5005-c

Killer:

CBAD1-CB1-77-FF-4-AB0-9-F39-72214-EF8-ADD1-4-5005-c

11 posted on 11/30/2025 7:20:31 AM PST by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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To: Fury

Over here!


12 posted on 11/30/2025 7:35:20 AM PST by Uncle Miltie (Communism and islam: failed in every country in modern history.)
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To: jerod

Who’s the black guy in the picture? The sign he’s holding up does not say “Ernest Theodore Gable”.


13 posted on 11/30/2025 7:49:22 AM PST by libertylover (The HBM (Has Been Media) is almost all AGENDA-DRIVEN and HATE-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: libertylover

Good point... Boston.com probably has a file photo entitled ‘black guy’ that they just when no other photo is available... LOL

My guess... Since he was a murderer and rapist, changing his name from time to time was an occupational necessity.


14 posted on 11/30/2025 8:05:21 AM PST by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: heartwood

Blacks obsessively hunt down white women for sex and rape. This is known worldwidefrom America to Zimbabwe and everywhere in between. Look at the black on white rape rates for decades.


15 posted on 11/30/2025 8:19:01 AM PST by libertarian66
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To: SaveFerris

The trial won’t be long.


16 posted on 11/30/2025 8:41:52 AM PST by DownInFlames (P)
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https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/judy-lord-new-hampshire-cold-case-solved-b2872520.html


17 posted on 11/30/2025 8:55:23 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Kudos to the Admin Moderator, reason: "Randspam" [ 4354167 ])
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To: DownInFlames

The trial won’t be long.

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You mean it will happen quickly or
the days of the trial will be few?


18 posted on 11/30/2025 9:21:47 AM PST by deport
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To: libertylover

That was one of his aliases.


19 posted on 11/30/2025 9:39:27 AM PST by x
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