Alamance County cold case murder of Tammy Sue Abridge solved 45 years later

ALAMANCE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A 45-year-old cold case murder in Alamance County has been solved.

The Alamance County Sheriff's Office made the announcement on social media Thursday during a press conference.

20-year-old college student Tammy Sue Aldridge was abducted and found murdered in 1979.

Investigators said her body was found in the middle of a road with her ankles bound, and that she had been sexually assaulted.

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No suspect was ever charged. DNA technology in 2024 was able to identify Gary Laframboise as a suspect in the case.

Authorities said Laframboise was around 19 years old at the time of Albridge's murder, and he lived just a few miles from where her body was found.

Laframboise died in 2020 and officials were not able to make an arrest in connection with this case.