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flag A 1975 New Hampshire murder was solved using DNA, linking neighbor Ernest Gable to the rape and strangulation of 22-year-old Judy Lord, though he died in 1987.

flag A 50-year-old murder in Concord, New Hampshire, has been solved using modern DNA testing, identifying Ernest Theodore Gable, Judy Lord’s next-door neighbor, as the killer. flag Lord, 22, was raped and strangled in her apartment on May 20, 1975. flag Though Gable was a prime suspect with fingerprints at the scene and a history of predatory behavior, flawed FBI hair analysis in 1975 prevented charges. flag New DNA evidence from semen on towels matched Gable, confirming his guilt. flag He died in 1987, but investigators linked him to the crime through forensic advances and criminal history. flag The case, reopened in 2003, brings closure to Lord’s son and highlights how outdated forensic methods once obstructed justice.

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