Authorities in Massachusetts on Monday concluded a woman whose mutilated body was discovered on Cape Cod nearly 50 years ago was killed by her husband.
The announcement by the Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois Monday brings to a close one of the state's most famous cold cases. It was only in October that officials announced they had identified the woman, known as the "Lady of the Dunes," as Ruth Marie Terry of Tennessee. She was 37 when she was killed in 1974 by what authorities concluded was blunt force trauma to the skull.
After they married, state police learned that the couple had traveled to Tennessee to visit her family. "When Mr. Muldavin returned from that trip, he was driving what was believed to be Ms. Terry's vehicle and indicated to witnesses that Ms. Terry had passed away," Galibois said in a statement. "Ms. Terry was never seen by her family again."
The death of the "Lady of the Dunes" was one of the most enduring and frustrating murder mysteries in Massachusetts. Joseph Bonavolonta, special agent in charge of the FBI's Boston division, said at news conference in October that Terry, who was originally from Tennessee, was identified using investigative genealogy, the use of DNA analysis in combination with traditional genealogy research and historical records.
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