Murder of Ruth Marie Terry
Ruth Marie Terry | |
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| Born | Ruth Marie Terry September 8, 1936 |
| Status | Identified after 48 years, 3 months and 5 days |
| Died | c. July 1974 (aged 37) |
| Cause of death | Homicide by blunt force trauma |
| Body discovered | July 26, 1974 Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Resting place | Saint Peters Cemetery, Provincetown, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Other names | "Provincetown Jane Doe" |
| Known for | Former unidentified decedent |
| Height | 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m) - 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) (approximate) |
| Spouse | Guy Rockwell Muldavin |
Ruth Marie Terry (September 8, 1936 – c. July 1974), also known as Lady of the Dunes, was a formerly unidentified murder victim found on July 26, 1974, in the Race Point Dunes near to Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States. Her body was exhumed in 1980, 2000, and 2013 in efforts to identify her. On October 31, 2022, the FBI field office in Boston announced that Terry had been officially identified. Her husband, Guy Muldavin, was officially named as her killer on August 28, 2023.