The Lady of the Dunes. On July 26, 1974, a woman’s body was found in Race Point Beach in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The woman was lying on a beach towel with her head on top of a pair of folded jeans and a blue bandana. The woman was estimated to have been there anywhere from 10 days to three weeks. She was almost decapitated and missing her hands. Nobody could identify her for years, until recently.

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/lady-of-the-dunes

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