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The ‘Lady of the Dunes’: A nearly decapitated, handless woman lay unnoticed on a Massachusetts beach for weeks. It took 28 years to solve the mystery

Stephen King's son even weighed in with a theory.

We Got This Covered · Oct 30, 2025

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

Guy Rockwell Muldavin, who died in 2002, married Ruth Marie Terry just a few a months before her mutilated body was found on a Cape Cod beach in 1974

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Lady of the Dunes’ late husband has been linked to two other deaths - now his friend speaks out

When the ‘Lady of the Dunes’ was identified last year, after almost half a century, as Tennessee woman Ruth Marie Terry, suspicion quickly centred on the man she’d married shortly before her death. The revelation, along with further details about his questionable past, left a family friend ‘speechless’ – and…

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022

'Lady of the Dunes' identified nearly 50 years after killing

Officials used investigative genealogy to identify a woman whose mutilated body was found on the Cape Cod National Seashore nearly 50 years ago, solving the mystery of the “Lady of the Dunes” that had stumped authorities for decades

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022

FBI identifies ‘Lady of the Dunes’ nearly 50 years after mutilated body found on seashore

Agents used forensic genealogy to identify Ruth Marie Terry of Tennessee

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022