Ruth, who was killed with a fatal blow to her skull before her killer sexually assaulted her and attempted to behead her, was named as Massachusetts' longest-unidentified homicide victim
A woman who was brutally murdered has finally been identified by police nearly five decades after her grim death. Ruth Marie Terry's lifeless corpse was uncovered on a beach with both of her hands cut off on July 26, 1974.
Investigators said at the time that the sickening killing could have taken places weeks before her body was found, as there were no indicators of a struggle near or on her corpse. FBI officials, who had referred to Ruth as the 'Lady of the Dunes' throughout the chilling case, officially named her on October 31, 2022, which would have been her 86th birthday.
"It was a brutal death, and for the last 48 years, investigators with the Massachusetts State Police and Provincetown Police Department have worked tirelessly to identify her through various means. We also realise that while we have identified Ruth as the victim of this horrific murder, it does not ease the pain for her family.' Nothing can. But hopefully it answers some questions while we continue to look for her killer.
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