On the night of May 19, 1975, 22-year-old Judy Lord attended a volleyball game at the Royal Gardens apartment complex in Concord, New Hampshire. She returned to the second-floor apartment she shared with her seventeen-month-old son Gregory after having a soda with a neighbor. Neighbors later reported hearing a scream in the early morning hours, but no one called police.

A building employee collecting rent entered the apartment with a spare key about 12:30 p.m. on May 20 after hearing the child crying and finding no answer at the door. Judy Lord was found dead in a bedroom; an autopsy determined she had been raped, strangled, and suffocated. Her son was unharmed. Investigators processed the apartment for more than two days and interviewed friends, neighbors, and acquaintances. There were no signs of forced entry.

Authorities identified several people of interest, including Judy’s ex-husband and a neighbor, Earnest Stanberry. Judy had told co-workers she feared Stanberry and said he had entered her apartment weeks earlier. Investigators found fingerprints on a window and hairs on the bedsheets similar to his, but no arrest was ever made. Stanberry was reportedly stabbed and killed in California in 1987, and the homicide remains unsolved.

If anyone knew Judy, her routines, or saw activity at Royal Gardens that night, please share information that could help finally close this case.