Robert Creter, a Manitoba resident, has admitted to strangling Tamara “Tammy” Tignor in New Jersey in 1997, closing a cold case that remained unsolved for over two decades. The 61-year-old pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter, a lesser charge as part of a plea deal, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
Creter was extradited from Winnipeg to New Jersey in November 2024 after being charged with first-degree murder. DNA evidence linking him to Tignor’s killing was confirmed in 2023 following advanced forensic testing. Tignor’s body was discovered on a dirt road near Washington Valley Park in Bridgewater Township on November 4, 1997.
Prosecutors noted Creter, a Canadian citizen, was working as a day laborer in Bridgewater at the time and later moved to Manitoba in 2002. He had been homeless in Winnipeg prior to his arrest in June 2024. Under the plea deal, Creter faces a 10-year prison sentence, with 85 percent to be served without parole.
Source: Swifteradio.com
