Lady of the Dunes was discovered on July 26, 1974 in the Race Point Dunes, Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Her naked, decomposing body was discovered by a teenage girl. Two sets of footprints were found leading to the body and tire tracks were located fifty yards from the scene. She was lying face down on a green towel, with folded Wrangler jeans and a blue bandanna placed under her head.
She had extensive and expensive dental work on her teeth, although several teeth were removed by the killer. Her hands had been removed; one at her wrist and the other at her elbow. She was nearly decapitated, possibly from strangulation. She had a massive wound on the side of her skull that was determined to be the official cause of...