New Hampshire cold case solved 50 years after FBI Forensic Lab report let killer escape justice

Five decades aft the execution of a young parent successful Concord, New Hampshire, the lawsuit volition beryllium closed and identified arsenic "solved," according to a authorities lawyer general's report.

The 22-year-old woman, Judith "Judy" Lord, was recovered dormant successful her flat connected May 20, 1975, according to the report. 

An autopsy indicated that the origin of the young woman's decease was "homicidal strangulation."

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Some of the past known photos of Judith Lord were included successful the New Hampshire Department of Justice's report. (New Hampshire Department of Justice)

The slayer was identified arsenic Ernest Theodore Gable, who himself was murdered successful 1987 astatine 36 years old. 

"The convergence of irrefutable DNA evidence, fingerprint analysis, compelling witnesser testimony, and Mr. Gable’s ain incriminating behaviour and convulsive past establishes beyond immoderate tenable uncertainty that helium was the perpetrator," the study connected the lawsuit explains. "The archetypal probe was professionally conducted but yet thwarted by the limitations and flaws of forensic subject astatine the time, specifically the unreliable quality of microscopic hairsbreadth comparison. Modern DNA exertion has rectified that failing and brought clarity to this decades-old tragedy."

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A photograph of Concord Gardens Apartment Complex, Building 19, Apartment 4 dated May 20, 1975, amid the probe into Judith Lord's killing. (New Hampshire Department of Justice)

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The FBI Forensic Laboratory's decision regarding hairsbreadth hindered plans to prosecute prosecution against Gable.

The study explains that, "In a study dated December 16, 1975, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s ('FBI') Forensic Laboratory, utilizing the method of microscopic hairsbreadth comparison, concluded that the hairs from the country were 'microscopically different' from Ernest Gable’s and 'did not originate from [Gable].'" 

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Booking photos of Ernest "Ernie" Gable, besides known arsenic Ernie Stanberry, dated Dec. 6, 1979. (New Hampshire Department of Justice)

But DNA investigation conducted years aboriginal during the acold lawsuit reappraisal pointed to Gable.

"As portion of a acold lawsuit review, the semen-stained towels were subjected to modern DNA investigation with the New Hampshire State Police Forensic Laboratory yet confirming that DNA from the semen and sperm connected some towels was a statistical lucifer to Ernest Gable. The approximate frequence of the partial DNA illustration obtained from the grounds was 1 successful 6.5 cardinal successful the African American population," the study noted.