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The Canadian Press
Posted July 31, 2025 10:47 pm
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A Winnipeg man has been sentenced to 10 years in jail after he admitted to strangling a lady in New Jersey practically three a long time in the past.
Robert Allen Creter pleaded responsible earlier this 12 months to first-degree aggravated manslaughter within the 1997 dying of Tamara (Tammy) Tignor, whose physique was discovered on a mud highway close to Washington Valley Park.
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Prosecutors had agreed to a 10-year jail sentence, with 85 per cent of it to be served with out parole, in change for the responsible plea.
The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Workplace says he was formally sentenced final week.
A break within the chilly case got here in 2023 when proof was resubmitted for DNA testing and pointed to Creter, who had moved to Winnipeg in 2002.
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A social media publish from the prosecutor’s workplace says when Creter was arrested in Winnipeg in 2024, he mentioned, “I’ve had nightmares about this present day taking place for nearly 30 years.”
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The workplace thanked the RCMP and regulation enforcement within the space for his or her assist in the case.
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