Enlarge / The body of Ruth Marie Terry as she was found in 1974 in Provincetown, Massachusetts.Public domain
A 12-year-old chasing after her barking dog discovered the mutilated body of a woman in the Race Point Dunes of Provincetown, Massachuestts, on July 26, 1974. Law enforcement was unable to identify the victim, who became known as the “Lady of Dunes.” Nearly 50 years later, on October 31, the FBI announced it finally identified the woman as Ruth Marie Terry, a native of Tennessee who was 37 at the time of her death.
The identification was made via genetic genealogy methods:
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