A violent New Hampshire cold case has been solved, with the murderer being identified as the original suspect, who was never arrested because a flawed FBI report “thwarted” the investigation.

Judith Lord, 22, was found dead inside her Concord apartment on May 20, 1975, months after moving in, Attorney General John M. Formella said Monday.

A building manager discovered Lord dead in a bed upstairs while he was looking for her unpaid rent.

Lord’s 20-month-old son was found alive and unharmed in a crib in an adjacent room.

She died of homicidal strangulation, according to an autopsy.

Evidence around the disarrayed room pointed to a violent struggle and a sexual assault, with hairs found on Lord’s body and bed, while seminal fluid was found hardened on top of a still-damp towel.

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