Lady of the Dunes
"Lady of the Dunes" | |
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.jpg) One of the most recent reconstructions of Lady of the Dunes, created in 2010. | |
| Born | 1925 – 1954 |
| Status | Identified |
| Died | c. July 1974 (aged 20–49) |
| 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.[1] |
| Other names | "Provincetown Jane Doe" |
| Known for | Unidentified victim of homicide |
| Height | 5 ft 6.5 in (1.69 m) - 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)(approximate) |
| Website | Facebook page |
Lady of the Dunes (also known as Lady in the Dunes) is the nickname give for Ruth Marie Terry, a woman whose dead body was discovered on July 26, 1974 in the Race Point Dunes, Provincetown, Massachusetts. Her body was exhumed in 1980, 2000, and 2013[2] in efforts to identify her and her murderer. The murder is unsolved.[3][4][5]
The case was featured on the television series Haunting Evidence in 2006.[6]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Boston Globe
- ↑ de Sturler, Alice (April 22, 2014). "Book Alert: the Skeleton Crew". defrostingcoldcases.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
- ↑ Richardson, Franci (March 24, 2000). "Police exhume 'Lady of Dunes' in hopes of DNA ID". The Boston Herald. Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2014.(subscription required)
- ↑ Allen, Ernie (February 10, 2012). "Computerized Skull Reconstructions". Retrieved March 24, 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "New clues in Provincetown's Woman in the Dunes case point to Bulger connection". wickedlocal.com. March 1, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ↑ "Haunting Evidence: Season 1, Episode 9". IMDb.com. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
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