How to find out more about the 'Lady of the Dunes,' identified as Ruth Marie Terry

Claire Voeglein, Cape Cod Times
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Ruth Marie Terry has been identified as the Lady of the Dunes, a homicide victim found in the Provincetown dunes in July 1974. This photo was taken in the 1960s. Courtesy FBI

The FBI announced Ruth Marie Terry was identified as the Lady of the Dunes, a deceased woman found at Race Point Beach in July 1974. Police used investigative genealogy to identify her nearly 50 years after her body was discovered in Provincetown, said Joseph Bonavolonta, a special agent with the Boston bureau.

Terry was born in Tennessee in 1936, Bonavolonta said, and "was a daughter, sister, aunt, wife and mother." She had connections to California, Massachusetts and Michigan.

Many theories about who she was have been put forth over the years, including speculation that she may have been an extra in the 1975 movie "Jaws," which was filmed on Martha’s Vineyard in 1974.

How to watch: The Lady of the Dunes documentaries

A documentary titled 'The Lady of the Dunes' was released in April of this year, according to IMDb. There were two free showings of the movie at Cape Cinema in Dennis and at the Provincetown Theater, according to The Provincetown Banner.

BuzzFeed Unsolved Network on YouTube highlighted her case on an episode from 2020.

How to listen: The Lady of the Dunes podcasts

The Cape Cod Times and Wicked Local put together a four-episode podcast called 'Lady of the Dunes' in 2019. It can be found on Apple Podcasts and on YouTube.

The story of the Lady of the Dunes was the main story featured in the first season of The Reform Podcast, hosted by Kimberly Dudik.

The still-unsolved murder case has also been featured or mentioned on other various true crime podcasts including My Favorite Murder, Crime on Caffeine episode, UNSOLVED: The Lady of the Dunes, an episode of Wicked Crime, called Provincetown's Lady of the Dunes and others.

This article originally appeared on Cape Cod Times: 'Lady of the Dunes': How to watch, listen, learn more about the case