# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruth-marie-terry
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:21:26.692Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruth-marie-terry"
name: "Ruth Marie Terry"
slug: "ruth-marie-terry"
description: "Ruth Marie Terry, also known as Lady of the Dunes, was a formerly unidentified murder victim found on July 26, 1974, in the Race Point Dunes near to Provincetown, Massachusetts, United States. Her body was exhumed in 1980, 2000, and 2013 in efforts to identify her. On October 31, 2022, the FBI field office in Boston announced that Terry had been officially identified. Her husband, Guy Muldavin, was officially named as her killer on August 28, 2023."
tagline: "Solved cold case"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruth_Marie_Terry_(1936-1974)_portrait.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1936-09-08"
deathDate: "1974"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.86
  momentum:             3.382914847161572
  historical:           8.219718666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%9C%B2%E7%B5%B2%C2%B7%E7%91%AA%E9%BA%97%C2%B7%E7%89%B9%E9%87%8C"
    title: "露絲·瑪麗·特里"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AC_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8"
    title: "লেডি অব দ্য ডিউন্স"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CF%86%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A1%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B8_%CE%9C%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF_%CE%A4%CE%AD%CF%81%CF%81%CF%85"
    title: "Δολοφονία της Ρουθ Μαρί Τέρρυ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Ruth_Marie_Terry"
    title: "Murder of Ruth Marie Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asesinato_de_Ruth_Marie_Terry"
    title: "Asesinato de Ruth Marie Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_the_Dunes"
    title: "Lady of the Dunes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_the_Dunes"
    title: "Lady of the Dunes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassinato_de_Ruth_Marie_Terry"
    title: "Assassinato de Ruth Marie Terry"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_of_the_Dunes"
    title: "Lady of the Dunes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16007658"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump