Beaudin and Dawn, an infant at the time, had gone missing from their home in Manchester, New Hampshire just after Thanksgiving in 1983. She was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California, when her father was in the Marines. Associate N.H. Attorney General Jeff Strelzin identifies the three of the victims in the Bear Brook murder case. Terry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. The crime goes by many names, but one thing that is certain-it is one of the most horrendous and baffling crimes in American history. The focus from this day forward should be to find the family of that little girl, he said. Three of the victims would be identified, however, two years later, thanks to the obsessive amateur sleuthing of Rebekah Heath and Barbara Rae-Venter. Came to a dead end, Salamon said. Four bodies-one woman, and three little girls-found in two barrels years apart. Denise Beaudin has never been located. Honeychurch had an argument with her mother and left the residence, never contacting her relatives again. October 31, 2018 A child is abandoned. Ongoing genealogy efforts have revealed that Jane Doe's mother's relatives may have come from Pearl River County, Mississippi. ALLENSTOWN "Love conquers all things. A dedicated detective refused to stop digging after she solved the brutal murder of a chemist in California. He died in prison in 2010 after being convicted of her 2002 murder. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. The Bear Brook murders (also referred to as the Allenstown Four) are female American murder victims, two discovered in 1985 and two in 2000, at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire, United States. Investigators have concluded the woman and two of the children lived in the area where their bodies were found. The last time Honeychurch was seen by her family wasonThanksgiving 1978, according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. New methods of inquiry are used to crack other cold cases. Homicide", "Four Unidentified Allenstown Homicide Victims", "Allenstown, NH murder victims identified after nearly 40 years", "New rendering released for unidentified girl found in barrel in Allenstown", Original digital reconstruction of middle child, "3 bodies hidden in barrels remained unidentified for decades. According to investigators, the reason that it took so long for the second drum to be recovered is that it was located outside the proximity of the initial crime scene. of Corrections, he broke parole and fled, Gruenheid said. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! [8][10] He was arrested that November and pleaded no contest in 2003[12] to charges relating to her murder and dismemberment. The children both went through periods where they were in the custody of their fathers, but Marlyse would later regain guardianship. Four Bodies Are Discovered In Bear Brook State Park 15 Years Apart On Nov. 10, 1985, a hunter trekking through Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire came across a large, industrial steel drum. She went with Terry. My father's been outta my life since I was, like, 6 or 7, she said. For Bear Brook listeners, a full episode preview of Jason Moon's latest reporting project, Death Resulting. [3] He married in 1969, had four children and lived with his family in Phoenix and Redwood City, California. 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Most serial killers would never do that; it's the last thing they would do. Rebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. This is somebody who forms relationships and clearly is having social attachments. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? It is later learned that three of the four victims are . Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch (b. Known by a lengthy list of aliases, Terry Peder Rasmussen has been dubbed The Chameleon Killer for assuming so many different identities as he infiltrated families and destroyed lives in New Hampshire and California. A fourth victim in the . Years later, when Gruenheid took on the Eunsoon Jun missing-person case in 2002, she became determined to find out more about Rasmussens supposed daughter Lisa, who had been mentioned in his criminal history, including prior booking records. Came to a dead end. [13], Police released a video of a police interview of Evans in June 2017 in hopes of finding his true identity. [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. The woman, the oldest child and the youngest child . [2] He often worked as an electrician for oil and gas companies. [6] He was arrested in Cypress, California, in 1985 under the name Curtis Kimball for charges of driving under the influence and endangering the welfare of a child but failed to appear in court. [20] The organization later released an updated version of the child's facial reconstruction. The unidentified yo. Updates in the case of the Bear Brook Murders. When they reached out to Jenson again to finalize the adoption, he had disappeared. "The Bear Brook case was the . [4][14] The two were buried in an Allenstown cemetery with a tombstone that read: "Here lies the mortal remains known only to God of a woman aged 23-33 and a girl child aged 8-10. It's a blue 55-gallon steel drum. He was sentenced to 15 years to life in jail. I don't know if my mother knew his capacity for violence, but I don't believe that she knew about this His ability to kill women and children., If my mother wouldn't have left my father, it couldve been me, she said.Would have been me.. We're here today to bury my sister and my nieces, Salamon said at Honeychurch and Maries funeral. This is the story of the Allenstown Four. Sarah L. McWaters was 11 months old when she was last seen with her mother and sister around Thanksgiving of 1978. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? In 2014, police announced that DNA profiling had revealed through MtDNA that the woman, and oldest and youngest girls were maternally related. The mother of the middle child, the unidentified girl in the second barrel found at Bear Brook in 2000, who was determined to be Rasmussens biological daughter, has also never been found nor identified. He settled in New Hampshire sometime in the late 1970s. The hunt for a serial killer stretches to California as detectives unravel a tangled web of abuse and murder created by one man with many fake identities. Police and FBI agents conducted a search in Manchester after receiving an anonymous tip regarding Daneault in November 2017, after Rasmussen was announced as the Bear Brook killer. Together we have been able to uncover the identity of the Allenstown killer, a murderer who tried to erase his victims and hide in the process, tried to hide who he was and what he did, but ultimately he wasnt successful, Strelzin said, according to The Washington Post. The identification of three decomposing corpses discovered in barrels in a New Hampshire state park have led police to believe they've solved a decades-old crime. [Its because] there's still one victim out there, former Detective Cody said. His own taped confession. [42] In February 2020, a new rendering of the fourth victim was released by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and New Hampshire State Police. About a year later, Heath, who lives in Connecticut, was listening to a New Hampshire Public Radio podcast about the Bear Brook murders when information about the victims reminded her again of the . Police believe her answer indicates they may have been killed by Rasmussen, too. [3][4][11] This means that the woman could have been the girls' mother, aunt, or older sister. In the show's second season, host Jason Moon returns with a new, even more complex story: In 1989, New Hampshire police . A family tree begins to take shape. In 2016, this child was determined to be Rasmussens biological daughter. Vanner died in prison in December 2010 of natural causes. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? [20], In January 2017, it was announced that Denise Beaudin, who had been missing since 1981, was connected to the murders. In 1989, Jenson, later identified as Rasmussen, was arrested for child abandonment and was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. Beaudin's daughter was abducted by Rasmussen and taken to California, where he raised her under the pseudonym "Gordon Jensen". At the time, Morgan and his friends didnt know there were remains inside the barrel. This isn't the big news we're hoping to break - stay subscribed for another full episode of Bear Brook that we hope to bring you soon. If you have any information about these missing cases or others, please call the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) or visit its website at www.missingkids.org. Murders", "N.H. missing woman case linked to bodies found in steel drums in state park", "AG: NH cold cases linked to California murder", National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, "Video of police interview with 'Bob Evans' released; authorities hope for clues about killer", "Authorities reveal actual identity of killer known as 'Bob Evans', "True ID of 'Chameleon' Killer Revealed Terry Peder Rasmussen", "New Hampshire's Most Infamous Cold Case Leads to Unrelated 1985 Tenn. Police have not been able to link Rasmussen to other cases, according toStrelzin. One of the victims had been his daughter. Click here to donate $20. Since 2017, he has been named as a suspect in several other crimes. Ron Montplaisir, Jr., a former Allenstown, New Hampshire, police officer spoke to 20/20 about the hunter who found the first barrel in 1985. He abandoned her in 1986 and was subsequently imprisoned on child abandonment charges. 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Authorities have connected 5 murders to Rasmussen and they fear there are more. Advanced forensic testing showed the 2-to-4-year-old girl (since identified as Rasmussen's daughter) probably spent most of her childhood in either the upper Northeast or upper Midwest, perhaps Wisconsin. [6] He was paroled in 1990 and subsequently absconded. I was like, There is no way there is no way thats a coincidence,' Heath said, This is huge.'. He had an unofficial backyard marriage ceremony to Eunsoon Jun in Richmond that same year, though no marriage certificates were ever filed. Josh is charged under the federal death resulting law a new and growing strategy for prosecutors and faces a sentence of two decades or longer. As Heath was calling in the tip to authorities, investigative genetic genealogist Barbara Rae-Venter was also uncovering the three victims identities through a new technique that involves extracting DNA from the shaft of a strand of hair. He smoked constantly, Juns friend, Renee Rose, told 20/20. Larry would just grab and gobble up everything on the table and belch and eat more, and then he'd go sit on the couch.. It's just kind of sitting out in the woods., The brother that found the barrel went over to it and tried to lift the top of the barrel and when he did that, we were hit with a smell that was absolutely putrid. It was very surreal that a mother and daughter were actually inside the barrel itself, disposed of like common trash, John Cody, a former New Hampshire State Police detective, told 20/20.. They had been living with a man named Bob Evans. I do, my sister does, and my brother does., I do know that my mother tells me All that I can get from her is that he was the great love of her life, she said. As Evans, he dated Denise Beaudin, who disappeared in 1981. Bear Brook Starting February 20 Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. It had previously been thought impossible to recover autosomal DNA from hair strands that were no longer attached to the root, but a forensic lab in California had been working on a new method to reassemble the broken autosomal DNA found in rootless hair. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! [28] Beaudin disappeared from Manchester, New Hampshire, along with her young daughter and then-boyfriend Robert "Bob" Evans. Although the Allenstown barrels were discovered during his lifetime, Rasmussen was not named as the culprit until 2017, when DNA profiling connected him to the crime. Anyone with any information thought to be related to this case is encouraged to contact New Hampshire State Police. [6] The divorce was finalized in 1978. Let's talk about the Bear Brook murders. But as it turned out, that person had been several different people throughout his life. In November 2019, Honeychurch and her older daughter Marie Vaughn, were laid to rest together with a new headstone bearing their names in Allenstown, New Hampshire. He was just a really, really bad man, one of the worst, Jensen said. A chameleon is revealed. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former San Joaquin County Assistant Sheriff John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. We were playing a game of hide and seek, Morgan told 20/20. I was approached by one of the kids in the group that he had come upon a barrel out in the middle of the woods, which was off the trail. On an online message board, she connected with a woman who was looking for her missing family members: a woman and her two daughters whose ages and locations matched that of Honeychurch, Sarah and Marie. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth - and who gets to tell it? Now, the only question that remains is, who was the middle child, Terry Rasmussens daughter and fourth victim? Starring Terry P Rasmussen Genres Unscripted Subtitles None available Under a plea deal, an additional charge of child abuse was dropped. In October 2018, the New Hampshire Public Radio released a podcast called Bear Brook, which explored the bizarre, unique case. [15], Rasmussen lived a mile and a half away from 14-year-old Laureen Rahn when she disappeared from Manchester, New Hampshire, in April 1980. The woman also told Heath that her missing family member had once married a man with the last name Rasmussen. Beaudin's body has never been found and she is currently presumed dead, according to The Concord Monitor. A child is abandoned. [14] Denise Daneault, a 25-year-old woman who lived two blocks from the Rahn residence, went missing from a bar in June 1980. Do groundbreaking techniques come at the cost of genetic privacy? Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.. The remains of Marie and her mother, Honeychurch, were found in the first of two barrels that were discovered at Bear Brook State Park in November 1985. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona. [31], The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children subsequently announced that an unidentified man, known by the alias "Robert Evans," was found through DNA to be the father of the middle child (who was not related to the three other victims). It wasnt Rasmussens first time in prison, however hed just been using a different name. June 7, 2019 A clue is found buried on an internet message board. [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. We have his eyes. From left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. Evans later abandoned a young girl, "Lisa", at a campground, and she was found to not be his daughter. Salamon said he and his family call the girl Angel.. Rasmussen has been linked to five horrific murders and authorities fear there are more. In 1985 the plastic wrapped bodies of a woman and girl were discovered in a metal drum in a forest in Allenstown, New Hampshire. He pleaded guilty to the death of his partnerEunsoon Jun, landing him a 15 year prison sentence, according to The Los Angeles Times. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. Renee Rose spoke to "20/20" about her friend Eunsoon Jun. [35] He married in 1969, had four children, and lived in Phoenix, Arizona, and Redwood City, California. Investigators said they finally got a break in 2017, when a new forensic technique known as genetic genealogy pinpointed Rasmussen as the likely culprit. Deza was identified by Othram on February 23, 2023. Jensen told Gomulka at CrimeCon that Rasmussen put Jun's body in a 75-pound pile of kitty litter before he was able to dispose of her. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona.A mugshot of Terry Rasmussen from 1973. The case stumped investigators for years: four bodies, found dismembered, skeletonized, wrapped in plastic bags, and stuffed in two 55-gallon steel drums in the Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Thanks for your support. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. Timelines come together. The bones of a foot . Inside were the bodies of an adult female and young girl, wrapped in plastic. [8][39] It is believed that all four victims were murdered before 1981, as Rasmussen was known to have left New Hampshire after this time. Bear Brook murder victims remembered. Under his plea agreement, an additional charge of child abuse was dropped. Honeychurch was last seen in La Puente, California, on Thanksgiving day that year. February 20, 2023 Sharon Johnson's family and friends have spent the last 35 years coping with her brutal murder. He would say, Well she's busy taking care of her mother or She was going to get some therapeutic help, Rose said Vanner told her. I guess dying serves him right, Rose said. In 2003, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department opened a case to find Lisa's biological family. She said that she did, but they died from eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping, Deputy Headley said. DNA proved this child was fathered by Terry Peder Rasmussen. Police believe she died one to two years later, making her 26 to 27 when she died. How could it be bright and sunny when Eunsoon's dead?. But 15years later, a similar barrel was discovered in the same area, this time containing the remainsof two girls. The remains of a young girl, aged 2 to 4, was found in the second barrel with Sarahs remains in 2000. [38], Marlyse had previously married Marie's father in June 1971 and divorced by 1974. On November 10, 1985, a barrel was found by hunters on private property close to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. The Grisly Crimes Of Terry Rasmussen.#crime #truecrime #solvedcase #unsolved #realcrimeMusic Credit:. Police believe Honeychurch fled to New Hampshire with Rasmussen, who at that point had begun using the name "Bob Evans." [5], The guilty plea came as a surprise to the court; Contra Costa County homicide detective Roxane Gruenheid has stated that she thinks he pleaded guilty after overhearing her say that she was going to request a paternity test for Lisa. [5] His wife left him and took the children in 1975 after he was arrested for aggravated assault. Sarah is believed to have been 2 to 3 years old at the time she was killed, according to authorities. The New Hampshire Attorney General's office revealed that three of the victims in what became widely known as the "Bear Brook Murders" are Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch and her two daughters,.

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