Officials close nearly 50-year ‘Lady of the Dunes’ murder mystery by identifying husband as the killerBy Olivia Land
August 29, 2023
The so-called “Lady of the Dunes” murder mystery has finally been solved after nearly 50 years — with prosecutors identifying her now-dead husband as the killer.
Ruth Marie Terry, 37, was only formally identified last fall as the woman whose bludgeoned and almost decapitated body was found in sand dunes in Provincetown in July 1974.
That breakthrough finally allowed investigators to eye Terry’s husband, Guy Rockwell Muldavin, as the killer, Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois told NBC10 on Monday.
“Based on the investigation into the death of Ms. Terry, it has been determined that Mr. Muldavin was responsible for Ms. Terry’s death in 1974. Mr. Muldavin passed away in 2002,” Galibois said in a statement.
The case is now officially closed, Galibois added.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/29/lady-of-the-dunes-was-murdered-by-husband-officials/
