Arrest made in 1997 NJ cold case homicide of Tammy Tignor in Bridgewater Township [Video]

BRIDGEWATER TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (WABC) — Police announced the arrest of a 60-year-old man from Canada in connection to the 1997 cold-case murder of a woman in New Jersey.

Tamara Tignor’s body was discovered on a dirt road around 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 4, 1997.

The 23-year-old’s manner of death was determined to be homicide but her murder was never solved.

In January 2023, detectives determined that evidence collected in the investigation could be resubmitted for DNA testing that was not possible in years past.

As a result, in April of that year, Robert Creter, 60, was determined to be a likely match.

Creter was 33 years old in 1997, when investigators believe he picked up Tignor, sexually assaulted her and then strangled her, leaving her body in the woods near Washington Valley Park. where it was spotted hours later by someone riding an ATV.

Detectives said Creter relocated to Winnipeg, Canada, in 2002, but charges …