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 ...
|
Click here: to donate by Credit Card Or here: to donate by PayPal Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. |
“Gable died from a stab wound on Feb. 1, 1987, in Los Angeles.”
BooBoo finished off BooBoo in ‘87, and Furry shat himself...
Reminded me of the Kevin Green incident
https://www.facebook.com/crimetrue2024/videos/forensic-files-ii-memories/726726269482048/
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?
A number of the cases I remember were military wives.
Don't dismiss the 'true pandemic'... /s
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
another misdemeanor murder in the hood
“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).
Oh...
Forensic genealogy is solving a lot of these old cases - and Thank God for that.
Mother:
Killer:
Over here!
Who’s the black guy in the picture? The sign he’s holding up does not say “Ernest Theodore Gable”.
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.
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.
The trial won’t be long.
The trial won’t be long.
***********
You mean it will happen quickly or
the days of the trial will be few?
That was one of his aliases.
When seconds count, the police are decades away. See, no need for firearms.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.