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50-Year-Old Murder Case Solved: DNA Identifies Killer

11/25/2025

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New Hampshire officials resolved the 50-year murder case of Judy Lord, found dead in Concord in 1975.
Attorney General John Formella said Ernest Theodore Gable, Lord's neighbor, was identified as her killer by new DNA analysis, despite an FBI hair analysis that had excluded him.
Gable died in 1987, and would have faced first-degree murder charges if alive.
Formella expressed hope the announcement would bring closure to Lord's family.

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New Hampshire officials resolved the 50-year murder case of Judy Lord, found dead in Concord in 1975.
Attorney General John Formella said Ernest Theodore Gable, Lord's neighbor, was identified as her killer by new DNA analysis, despite an FBI hair analysis that had excluded him.
Gable died in 1987, and would have faced first-degree murder charges if alive.
Formella expressed hope the announcement would bring closure to Lord's family.