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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier and Sheila Flynn

‘Lady of the Dunes’ killer identified after nearly 50 years

Massachusetts State Police

After nearly 50 years, the mystery of the “Lady of the Dunes” case has finally been solved with police concluding that the woman whose mutilated body was discovered on Cape Cod was killed by her husband.

For decades, the victim had been known only as the  “Lady of the Dunes” before she was finally identified in October as 37-year-old Ruth Marie Terry, following the use of genetic genealogy.

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