lady of the dunes

Two longtime Provincetown Police detectives who worked the Lady of the Dunes murder case believe the case may have been solved years ago. For the first time, they’re speaking out about missteps in the investigation.  They say key evidence was thrown away and contaminated and believe mistakes and roadblocks stalled the case and may have prevented a killer from...

The “Lady of the Dunes” case, which involved what had been Massachusetts’ longest-unidentified homicide victim, has been officially closed after nearly 50 years as investigators declared Monday that she was killed by her husband.

A detective pivotal in helping to solve the “Lady of the Dunes” case has retired from the police department in Provincetown, Massachusetts, after being blacklisted by the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office. District Attorney Robert Galibois sent a letter to the Providence Police Department, notifying it that his office had placed Detective Meredith Lobur on its Brady list,...

The NBC10 Boston Investigators have been looking into the disturbing writings of Guy Muldavin, the main suspect in the Lady of the Dunes murder case. The woman was found dead 49 years ago in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It was a disturbing scene in the Race Point Dunes on July 26, 1974. A woman’s body was discovered, and her identity was unknown…

The family of murder victim Ruth Marie Terry travelled across the country to Provincetown, Massachusetts, for a final goodbye. Our team was invited on their private journey into the dunes where her body was found.

NBC10 Boston was there as Richard Hanchett visited Provincetown and scattered some of the ashes of his mother, Ruth Marie Terry, who was only recently identified as the Massachusetts murder victim known only as the “Lady of the Dunes.”