Lady of the Dunes
A brutally murdered woman has been unidentified for 46 years.
On July 26, 1974, 13-year-old Leslie Metcalfe followed her friend’s dog to the Race Point Dunes in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The dog was excited and seemed to have caught a scent in the air. The young girl was shocked when the dog led her to a decomposing body. Leslie immediately told an adult.
Sandra Lee, now an author, claims to have found the body two days prior to Leslie. At the time she was 9-years-old and camping with her family in Provincetown. While walking her dog she came across the body but was too scared to tell anyone.
The naked body was located 15 feet from the nearest access road and there were tire tracks nearby. There were also two sets of footprints that led to the body. These steps disappeared into the nearby sand.
The body was that of a caucasian female that had been dead anywhere between 10 days to three weeks. She was lying face down on a green beach towel. Under her head were a folded pair of Wrangler jeans and a blue bandana. Her toenails were painted pink.
Despite several of her teeth being missing, she had what was described as “New York style” dental…
