MANCHESTER, N.H. —

Officials announced Monday that they have solved a 50-year-old murder case in which a 22-year-old woman was found dead in her apartment in Concord, New Hampshire.

Attorney General John Formella said a review of the 1975 death of Judy Lord determined that she was killed by her neighbor, Ernest Theodore Gable.

"I'm proud to say but also solemnly say that we can bring long-awaited closure to this case," Formella said.

He said Gable will not face justice in the case because he was stabbed to death in 1987 in Los Angeles.

Lord was 22 years old when she was found strangled to death inside her home at the Royal Gardens apartment complex on May 20, 1975. She was living with her 20-month-old son at the time, and the baby's cries led the building's apartment manager to disc

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