Fifty years ago, an unidentified woman’s body was found in the dunes of Provincetown. The NBC10 Investigators explain what it took to find answers for the “Lady of the Dunes.”

The NBC10 Investigators bring you the story of the “Lady of the Dunes,” a woman found murdered in a Cape Cod town in July 1974. Decades later, she and her killer would be identified.

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The NBC10 Investigators found that evidence was thrown away and a detective was accused of other misconduct, though she said she did nothing wrong

Former detectives on Cape Cod say evidence was thrown away and contaminated years before a slain woman was identified as Ruth Marie Terry.

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...

Investigators determined that Ruth Marie Terry was killed by her husband, Guy Muldavin.

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.

Meredith Lobur retired from the Provincetown Police Department after the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office placed her on the Brady list over the Lady of the Dunes’ exhumation in 2013.

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…