Ruth Terry

After nearly a decade, the 'Lady of the Dunes' is officially identified
In the summer of 1974, the sands of Provincetown, Massachusetts, held a grim secret. On July 26, a young girl discovered the body of a woman, later identified as 37-year-old Caucasian female Ruth Terry. For nearly half a century, she was known only as the "Lady of the Dunes," the oldest unidentified homicide victim in the state. Her death was violent; she had suffered a crushing blow to the head, the cause of death, and was nearly decapitated. To further obscure her identity, her hands and one f ...

'Lady of the Dunes' Ruth Marie Terry killed by husband Guy ...

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