of her belongings had been sold and that she had left the state of her own will. He also said that she had become involved with a religious cult. In the two decades prior to her identification Terry was listed as deceased in family obituaries. Carole Terry, her sister-in-law, theorized that she was in a witness protection program and could not contact her family. Discovery On July 26, 1974, a 12-year-old girl was chasing a barking dog, which had found the decomposing body of an unidentified woman in the Race Point Dunes of Provincetown, Massachusetts. The dog had wandered off, and the girl followed and spotted what she thought was a dead deer but soon realized it to be a human body. The remains were just yards away from a road and had a significant amount of insect activity. Two sets of footprints led to the body, and tire tracks were found from the scene. The woman may have died two weeks beforehand. The victim was lying face-down on half of a beach blanket. There was no sign of a struggle; police theorized she either knew her killer or had been asleep when she died. A blue bandanna and pair of Wrangler jeans were under her head. She had long auburn or red hair pulled back into a ponytail by a gold-flecked elastic band. Her toenails were painted pink. Police determined the woman was approximately tall (initially believed to have been ), weighed , and had an athletic build. She also had dental work – including crowns – worth $5,000-$10,000, which dentists called the "New York style" of dental work. Several of her teeth had been removed. Both hands and one forearm were missing. Most sources say she was between 25 and 40 years old. However, she could have been as young as 20 or as old as 49. The woman was nearly decapitated, possibly from strangulation; one side of her head had been crushed possibly with a military-type entrenching tool. This head injury was the cause of death. There were also signs of sexual assault, likely postmortem. Some investigators believe that the missing teeth, hands, and forearm indicate the killer wanted to hide either the victim's identity or their own. The woman was buried in October 1974 after the case went cold. In 2014, one of the case investigators raised funds for a new casket, because the original thin