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Man arrested for murder in 27-year-old cold case
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Authorities say new technology helped in arrest for murder of Tamara “Tammy” Tignor
The arrest of Robert A. Creter, a resident of Winnipeg, Canada for the murder of Tamara “Tammy” Tignor 27 years ago was announced Monday by Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. The body of Tignor was found on Nov. 4, 1997 on a dirt access road near Washington Valley Park. Tignor was 23 years old.
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Man arrested for murder in 27-year-old cold case
Clip: 12/2/2024 | 1m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
The arrest of Robert A. Creter, a resident of Winnipeg, Canada for the murder of Tamara “Tammy” Tignor 27 years ago was announced Monday by Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald. The body of Tignor was found on Nov. 4, 1997 on a dirt access road near Washington Valley Park. Tignor was 23 years old.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAlso tonight, justice is served in a decades old cold case murder.
Law enforcement in Somerset County today announced they arrested a 60 year old Canadian man and charged him with the 1997 strangulation murder of Tamara Tammy Tignor, an old bridge woman who was just 23 when her body was found dumped off a dirt road near a park in Bridgewater.
Authorities today said new technology helped them reanalyze DNA gathered from the crime scene at the time, enabling them to make a direct match with Robert Allan Crater, a day laborer who's lived in Canada since 2002 but was adopted by an American family as a child and lived in Middlesex and Somerset County areas at the time of his death.
New Jersey State Police Colonel Pat Callahan today commended the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office for staying on the case, and never giving up in their pursuit of justice.
The women and men and every aspect that you see up here and far beyond the walls of this prosecutor's office that treated her like they were her own sister.
They treated her like they would want a family member's killer to be treated, and went out and did every single thing that they could do.
And that's why we're able to stand here today, 27 years later, to make this announcement.
This is what collaboration look to looks like in seeking justice for the most vulnerable amongst us.
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