Manitoba man pleads guilty in U.S. killing of woman 27 years ago

Arturo Chang · CBC News

· Posted: May 20, 2025 2:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago

A Manitoba antheral has admitted he strangled a pistillate successful New Jersey successful the precocious '90s, putting an extremity to a homicide lawsuit that had remained unsolved for decades successful the U.S.

Robert Creter pleaded blameworthy Monday in the decease of Tamara "Tammy" Tignor from Newark, N.J., Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.

The 61-year-old was extradited to New Jersey from Winnipeg in November aft being charged with first-degree execution successful transportation to the decades-old acold case.

A quality merchandise issued by the prosecutor's bureau Tuesday said Creter admitted to strangling Tignor with his bare hands successful the Township of Bridgewater on the day of Nov. 4, 1997.

The 23-year-old woman's assemblage was recovered connected a ungraded entree roadworthy adjacent Washington Valley Park aboriginal that day. DNA collected from the remains linked Creter to her sidesplitting successful 2023, after much precocious investigating was used.

Prosecutors said the antheral — a Canadian national who was moving arsenic a time labourer successful Bridgewater erstwhile Tignor's assemblage was found — moved to Manitoba successful 2002 and remained determination until his extradition. Creter had been stateless successful Winnipeg successful the months starring to his apprehension past June.

The antheral pleaded blameworthy to the lesser complaint of aggravated manslaughter arsenic portion of a plea deal. Prosecutors person agreed to a 10-year situation sentence, with 85 per cent of that condemnation to beryllium served without parole, the merchandise said.

Sentencing has been acceptable for July 11.