Her name was Ruth Marie Terry, and her body was found on July 26, 1974, on a beach in Provincetown. She was lying on a bath towel, naked, without arms, and her head was almost severed from her body. Investigators never recovered the tools, and there were no signs of a struggle at the scene.
Who was the “Woman of the Dunes”? Her identity was only known after 49 years
According to , the murderer cut off the victim’s hands and took them with him to make it difficult to identify the corpse with fingerprints. For many years, investigators have been trying to determine who the “woman of the dunes” was, but only succeeded last year, thanks to genetic genealogy. It turned out that her name was Ruth Marie Terry.
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She and her husband went on a honeymoon from which they did not return. The motive for the crime is still unknown
Ruth killed her husband, Muldavin. “Based on the investigation into Ms. Terry’s death, it has been established that Mr. Muldavin was responsible for her death in 1974,” said Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert J. Galibois. The couple would be married in the 1970s, and on their honeymoon they went on a trip where Ruth was last seen. Muldavin returned from his honeymoon alone. When the victim’s brother asked where the sister was, the man allegedly replied that they had quarreled, which is why Ruth did not return. The murderer escaped punishment for his crime because he died in 2002. Investigators have yet to find the murder weapon. The motive for the murder is also unknown.
Source: Gazeta
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