The FBI's Oct. 31 announcement of Terry's identity brought the long-unsolved murder case to a sharp focus on Terry's husband, Guy Rockwell Muldavin, now dead, whose history of evading a double murder charge in 1960 makes him a prime suspect. Though three appeals have been denied, he now has a new legal team, and they have filed another motion for a new trial. She had long auburn hair pulled into a ponytail, blue Wrangler jeans, a blue bandana and was about 5-foot-6. But The Lineup notes that Costa was only arraigned on three counts of murder. The four of clubs card shows Dixon, who was found in Cotuit onSept.19, 1994, with a shotgun wound to the back of the head. She would be proved wrong. Muldavin was discovered in Greenwich Village and taken into custody for questioning. Arnold later told police little Ava was trying to nurse. Arnold's story was that he had simply dropped by the house at 4:30 that afternoon to return a flashlight and instead got the shock of his life. Days went by and the clock ticked on without a verdict. 2007 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. Also, he had given police his DNA, voluntarily, more than a year earlier. Police say that's when his story changed. He began serving his sentence at the Massachusetts Correctional InstitutionCedar Junction (formerly known as MCI-Walpole) in 1970. Costa's life and crimes continue to fascinate. "As infamous as he was forty-seven years ago, the winds of time have swept away his dilapidated buildings, his alleged crimes and his memory, Rule wrote. The New York Daily News reported he had three wives and many sweethearts by 1960 and was known around Greenwich Village for his nightly soirees with beatniks, art lovers, celebrities and celebrity hunters, all bound by Muldavins magnetism and offbeat philosophy.. It wasn't going on then, 'cause we would have heard about it. And the baby was very enchanting," says Susan Jackett. First, as reported by The Lineup, Costa was driving to California when he picked up two women Bonnie Williams and Diane Federoff and offered to take them to Pennsylvania on his way. Suddenly, there was a match, a suspect and an arrest, all announced to the world by District Attorney Michael O'Keefe, three and a half years after the crime. Christopher McCowen's interview at the police barracks lasted about six hours and for whatever reason, he declined to have it recorded, so the only record of this crucial interview is a report some 20 pages long that the detectives wrote, from their notes, about a week later. Soon after his convicton, the verdict was called into question when several jurors made allegations of racial bias during their deliberations. Maine's oldest unsolved murder case is that of 13-year-old Mary Catherine Olenchuk. A month later, the police found a head and torso of Mary Anne Wysocki and the bodies of Patricia Walsh and Sydney Monzon. And that's the defense's explanation for the damning DNA evidence: that Christa Worthington voluntarily had sex with McCowan, probably that Thursday, his day for picking up the trash, and that later, someone else came along and killed her. Although the grisly murder scene was huge news in Cape Cod, no one came forward with the womans identity. "Now when they found the DNA, for 39 months you will hear they were looking to speak to Christa's last lover," George said in court. But Frazier supplied an alibi. Years later, Tony reported seeing his father entering his room at night. / CBS News. As noted by authors Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan, the Cape Cod area attracted a large population of hippies and had a steady supply of drugs flowing through it. And next thing I know I'm calling him and talking to him about it," Williams recalls. Incredibly, he'd been right under their noses from the start. The womans identity remains unknown to this day and many have speculated over the years as to who the woman was. And he said 'No worse.' Yes! "Muldavin has introduced programs dealing with homosexuality, the erosion of culture and his belief that killing has become a habit," the article reads. The Cape Cod Vampire, was dangerously mentally ill. Murderpedia reports that he was diagnosed with a "schizoid personality" shortly after his arrest. The author lived in the same town, less than a mile from the crime scene. The public radio show was aimed at older residents and handled "topics such as cuts in Social Security, Alzheimer's disease and feelings about old people having sex.". A lot of people had no idea who McCowen was. In 1960, he made national news as a suspect in the disappearance of his wife Manzanita Mearns and her 18-year-old daughter Dolores Ann in Seattle. As a result, there was already a bit of a media circus going on when District Attorney Edmund Dinis (pictured) addressed reportersand made everything worse by making up most of the information he gave out. She was born in 1936 in rural Marion County, Tennessee to Johnny Terry and Eva Lois Keener. We believe that justice delayed does not need tobe justice denied. While Tim Arnold may have been at the top of the suspect list, early on, Ava's father, Tony Jackett, wasn't far behind. More murders across America are going unsolved, exacerbating the grief of families already reeling and worsening the largely cracked trust between police and the public, especially communities. Sources: Murderpedia; Kurt Vonneguts Life magazine article via Provincetown History Project; Mr. Know-It-All by John Waters; Twisted - Tony Costa: "The Cape Cod Casanova; Ptown: Art, Sex, and Money on the Outer Cape by Peter Manso. Even author Stephen Kings son, Joe Hill, got involved in theorizing about the Lady of the Dunes. Your Privacy Choices (Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads). Related: Lake Bodom Murders: 60 Years Later, Finlands Infamous Unsolved Killings Remain a Mystery. Murderpedia states that the remains bore human teeth marks, and the coroner saw signs indicating possible necrophilia. The three of them had a relationship of sorts, with Ava at its center. Tony, as he was known to friends and family, began showing signs of predatory violence at the age of 16, according to a Murderpedia entry that references Michael Newton's Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers. Sign up forThe Lineup's newsletter, and get our most terrifying investigations delivered straight to your inbox. SF tourists go in droves to In-N-Out. Williams says. According to Boston.com, when it was explicitly stated that the bodies had teeth marks on them implying that the murderer had bitten the victims the media almost immediately came up with the vampire nickname, and it stuck. So he blames the worst part of it on someone else," O'Keefe says. McCowen seemed smart enough, when Brown gave him an intelligence test, linking "relativity" with Einstein, labeling Gandhi as the "spiritual leader of India.". I also want to get Early Bird Books newsletter featuring book deals, recommendations, and giveaways. These are just some of the bizarre unsolved mysteries we've covered on The Lineup. "We're still taking DNA from people, dozens of people. (Photo from Google Maps). They had footprints that were unidentified, they had palm prints that were unidentified, and they had unknown male DNA from three individuals under her fingernails!" Writer Joe Hill thinks there's a chance. He was immediately arrested on suspicion of murder. The horror began in the summer of 1974. Tony Costa was an enthusiastic user, which according to The Lineup, caused his marriage to disintegrate. Meanwhile, whole books were being written about this unsolved murder; investigators, under intense pressure, still would rule no one out, including Tony Jackett. And everyone in town's had an opinion. Costa was questioned about their disappearance and told police he'd taken the two women all the way to California and dropped them off. Put all the puzzles together as you travel along with the characters, make decisions that affect the plot of the mystery game, complete the mini-games and puzzles, and find out how the next . 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A deputy in the sheriff's office told the Eureka Humboldt Standard that Muldavin had been a resident of Fortuna, but was "believed to have left this area several weeks before the Table Bluff mystery occurred. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. He was found April 9, 2011. Only the random DNA round-up got much public attention. And if we so chose we will turn your life inside out,'" Amato testified. When the victims of the Cape Cod Vampire were discovered it was a shocking scene. Another theory for why Costa's fellow criminals would go to the trouble of murdering him could be the bizarre "factual novel" he wrote detailing his version of how the crimes were committed, which may have offended the other prisoners. The murder remains unsolved. His father died in World War II not long after his birth. Boston Globe . He's a little suspicious about what really happened to get that juror removed. Local | This mysterious Bay Area beach is covered in broken ceramicsFood | Is San Francisco tiki bar the Tonga Room actually good?Culture| This SF restaurant was the blueprint for Bobs Burgers'Music| Nirvana's Cow Palace show was once panned. It's usually up to the authorities to reassure citizens that the situation is under control and to ensure that accurate information is given out. That's the enduring tragedy of the whole thing," Arnold adds. she remembers. But he doesn't want to bring himself to admit that he killed her. Now, it's revered. Anyone holding tickets for April 28 or April 29 may email info@falmouththeatreguild.org or leave a message at the box office, 508-548-0400, for an alternate date . Under a new initiative byMassachusetts State Police, they can be used to solve murders, too. "Let's hear about the consensual relationship. The flip side of the card has tip line information and a mailing address. That crazy brush with someone now known to be a serial killer propelled Vonnegut to take a very strong interest in the caseand in Costa himself. "It's just needle in a haystack kind of stuff. Police said Clark was not the target and was accidentally shot. 2017. Worthington, a 40-year-old Vassar grad, had lived what seemed a life in the fast lane, covering the runways of New York, London and Paris for top fashion magazines, scoring an interview with fashion superstar Yves St. Laurent when she was just 26 years old. Officials hope the cards could inspire someone with information to come foward. Frazier told jurors he did have a few beers at the party. Amanda Clark (left) and Tangela Clark, the stepmother and mother of homicide victim Tamara Clark, stand in front of a banner during a vigil to stop gun violence in Springfield. For five agonizing days, the jury, including two African Americans debated that very question. Now, it's revered. Cold case. "She was mysterious, enigmatic, somewhat of a loner.". However, in February and March of that same year, the mutilated remains of four young women were discovered in shallow graves near that very spot. But police refused to rule anyone out, and the suspect list was expanding to Agatha Christie-size proportions, at times even including Tony's then son-in-law, Keith Amato, who had taken an outside shower or two at Christa's house near the beach. But as his drug use increased, Tony became abusive towards Avis and his children, even sexually assaulting his wifethough she did not consider it such at the time, because they were married (and at the time husbands could not be charged with sexual assault against their wives). I dont believe this is a twist and turn who did it situation, Smiths mother, Jeanne Smith said in an interview with MassLive in 2016. Had they not, who knows what terrors she would have suffered at Costas hands. A true crime series on a Cape Cod serial killer is in development with Robert Downey Jr. and Casey Sherman "Helltown" tells the story of two legendary American authors and their obsession. Then, on day six, there was a shocker, when the judge announced he was throwing one juror off the panel -- a white woman whose boyfriend was arrested in an unrelated crime. Whatever Dinis intended to do, what he actually did was create a media frenzy surrounding the case. "I think about it a lotI think about it just about every day," he acknowledges. Costa's stories were believable because of the rising hippie and drug culture of the late 1960s. Victims on the cards were chosen by district attorneysacross Massachusetts. You can't help but wonder how a man so obviously disturbed was able to operate so freely in a tight-knit community and get away with his crimes for so long. Very well, Moulty replies. I don't want this anger in me. During his 30 years with the Cape and Islands District Attorney's office, O'Keefe has tried dozens of murder cases. The Crazy True Story Of The Cape Cod Vampire, According to authors Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan, As noted by authors Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan, Authors Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan explain, an earlier diagnosis as a "schizoid personality,", cash in on his horrific alleged crimes with "If I Did It, submitted it to publisher Houghton Mifflin, according to The Provincetown Independent, Authors Liza Rodman and Jennifer Jordan note. During an early attack in November of 1961, Costa broke into an apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, where he lurked over the bed of a sleeping teenage girl. The State Police Unresolved Cases Unit headed the project, according to a press release from the agency. Avis filed for divorce in 1968 as a result of Tony's increasingly erratic behavior and abuse. The male Clark had stopped to speak with was also struck by gunfire in the shooting, but survived his injuries, officials said. The results were disappointing to police, because the DNA from Christa didn't match Tim Arnold or Tony Jackett, or any other suspect the police had. Unsolved Massachusetts murders, disappearances Boston, MA 02108 46 Mostly Cloudy 2% Change MORE No Alerts & Closings in Your Area Sign Up to Get Future Alerts 1 / 2 Advertisement TOP PICKS. The Grafton girl disappeared from a Sturbridge cottage she and her family were vacationing at on Aug. 5, 1993. Jean Bones-Colon. Four of the unsolved homicide cases featured in the deck are murders that happened on the Cape: one in Sandwich, one in Cotuit, and two in Mashpee. The victims: A man and a woman beaten and stabbed to death inside a locked up home. "We were just like electrified. Courtesy of the Martha's Vineyard Museum. Soon, all of Truro knew what had happened. Interviewed twice, both times he had denied knowing Christa Worthington. "There was no evidence of the indications of rape," he says. A medical examiner determined that the body belonged to a young woman, around 19 to 27 years old, who was approximately 5 feet, 4 inches tall and had dirty blond hair. They noted that the car hadnt been reported stolen, and they didnt see anything strange in the area. "I felt there was reasonable doubt all over the place," he tells Spencer. As noted by author Marc Leeds, Vonnegut's daughter Edith had spent a "crazy summer" in Provincetown and knew Costa very wellshe had even turned down his invitation to see his secret garden. His attorney theorized that Tony resisted the advances of other inmates and was killed as a punishment.