[10] Jun disappeared in June 2002 and her body was found buried in cat litter in their home after having died from blunt force trauma to the head. 3, 2023 at 9:04 AM PST | Updated: 20 minutes ago. He abandoned her in 1986 and was subsequently imprisoned on child abandonment charges. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? Allenstown Four: The Decades-Long Mystery of the Bear Brook Murders For more than 30 years, that story has profoundly shaped the lives of many people. Investigators have concluded the woman and two of the children lived in the area where their bodies were found. Show 8 More Episodes. Police believe Terry Rasmussen, a man one expert deemed the worst serial killer, murdered the four women and children found stuffed into barrels in a New Hampshire state park decades ago. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care. The Bear Brook Murders - Billy Jensen Rebekah Heath, a research librarian who said shed become obsessed with the case, helped identify the woman and the two children through her own sleuthing. At the time, Morgan and his friends didnt know there were remains inside the barrel. She also may have suffered from anemia. On November 10, 1985, a barrel was found by hunters on private property close to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. The Bear Brook murders: Solved cold case from 1985 - Mary Hallberg First thing we need to do is find out who she is, because without knowing who she is, it's pretty hard to track back and find out where she stayed and who her relatives were and who she associated with, he said. [6] He was paroled in 1990 and subsequently absconded. [8], On November 10, 1985, a hunter found a metal 55-gallon drum near the site of a burned-down store at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. The Bear Brook Murders. On June 8, 2000, the remains of Marie and Honeychurch, which were still unidentified at the time, were exhumed from the grave by authorities for DNA testing. Police believe Honeychurch fled to New Hampshire with Rasmussen, who at that point had begun using the name "Bob Evans." Marlyse was excited to be a mom. I don't think they're ever going to find her, Beaudins father, Armand Beaudin, said. [21], The youngest girl, later identified as McWaters, was estimated to be 1 to 3 years old,[9][19] had long blond or light brown hair, was between 2ft 1in (0.64m) and 2ft 6in (0.76m) tall, and also had a gap between her front teeth.[22][23]. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. Serial killer Terry Rasmussen's victims, known and unknown DNA is wrestled from rootless hair. 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. [8][10] He was arrested that November and pleaded no contest in 2003[12] to charges relating to her murder and dismemberment. Beaudin's body has never been found and she is currently presumed dead, according to The Concord Monitor. The remains of a young girl, aged 2 to 4, was found in the second barrel with Sarahs remains in 2000. [2] The three girls were thought to also have some Native American heritage; they had light or European-American complexions. Jun disappeared from Richmond, California, in June 2002, approximately two years after Vanner met her family and friends. [11] Rasmussen was arrested under another alias, Gerry Mockerman, in 1988 for driving a stolen vehicle. THE CHAMELEON KILLER 'Bear Brook Murders' - Starcasm Rasmussen was convicted and sentenced for the murder in 2002 of his then-wife, Eunsoon Jun; he died in prison in 2010. A chameleon is revealed. There Were Two Barrels And Four Bodies In 1985, a hunter came across a steel drum containing the bodies of a woman between the ages of 23 and 33 and a girl between the ages of 5 and 11. He finds Rasmussen to be a particularly repulsive serial killer in fact, the worst, in his opinion. In the early days of the investigation, authorities publicized the case in the United States and some parts of Canada. Rasmussen has been linked to five horrific murders and authorities fear there are more. [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. Four bodies-one woman, and three little girls-found in two barrels years apart. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. The Mysterious Bear Brook Murders | Dispatches From The Middle [6], Rasmussen lived in a number of states including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Virginia, Texas, Ohio, Oregon, Hawaii and California. 13 Mysterious Details About The Allenstown Four - Ranker Bear Brook - Listen to All Episodes | True Crime | TuneIn [8], San Joaquin County, California Assistant Sheriff John Huber speculated that Rasmussen may have been responsible for killing Amanda Schumann Deza, In 1995, her body was discovered by scavengers inside of a refrigerator which had been dumped in a canal. [41] Sarah was laid to rest in Connecticut, closer to her father's family. So our suspect started in 1984 as Curtis Kimball. Then we had Gordon Jenson. Then he was using Larry Vanner. And now, it turns out, in the early 1980s back in New Hampshire, he was using Bob Evans, San Bernardino County, California, Sheriffs Deputy Peter Headley explained. Came to a dead end, Salamon said. [2][3][4], In 2017, investigators named Terry Peder Rasmussen as the most likely suspect. Beaudin and Dawn, an infant at the time, had gone missing from their home in Manchester, New Hampshire just after Thanksgiving in 1983. [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. The Grisly Crimes Of Terry Rasmussen.#crime #truecrime #solvedcase #unsolved #realcrimeMusic Credit:. 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. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? In 1985 and then again in 2000, police discovered the dismembered. In her free time, Heath began scouring the internet for any clues she could find. This is the story of the Allenstown Four. Thanks for your support. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth - and who gets to tell it? Two brothers were hunting in Bear Brook State Park on the 10th of November 1985. A family tree begins to take shape. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. [6] The divorce was finalized in 1978. Billy Jensen on the Bear Brook 4 Update and Remembering the Victims of Ted Bundy | CrimeCon, Debra and Terra Newell and Laura Richards Discuss Dirty John & Coercive Control, Nancy Grace Speaks About Fighting For Victims at CrimeCon 2019, Nancy Grace on Her New Oxygen Series Injustice, the Chris Watts Case, and More | CrimeCon, Photo: He was 62 years old when he passed away in prison. Ultimately, the body was identified as Jun, who police determined had died of blunt force trauma to the head. Rebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. The Deckers came to believe Lisa might have been abused. [8] A second barrel was found about 100 yards from the first one in 2000 containing the body of McWaters and an unidentified child aged between two and four years old. The Story of the Serial Killer Behind the "Bear Brook Murders" Lisa was born Dawn Beaudin in 1981, Armand Beaudin said. New methods of inquiry are used to crack other cold cases. But 15years later, a similar barrel was discovered in the same area, this time containing the remainsof two girls. She was previously known as San Joaquin Jane Doe and the Lady in the Fridge.[8][19]. Bodies In Bear Brook Barrel Murders Linked To 'Worst Serial Killer Out There' Police believe Terry Rasmussen, a man one expert deemed the worst serial killer, murdered the four women and children found stuffed into barrels in a New Hampshire state park decades ago. The Bear Brook murders: Two barrels, four bodies found 15 years apart . And the last story, the one that would tie them all together: the disappearance of a woman named Denise Beaudin from Manchester, New Hampshire. February 13, 2019 A son remembers his father, and searches for clues in his military paperwork. In the show's second season, host Jason Moon returns with a new, even more complex story: In 1989, New Hampshire police charged three men in the murder of a pregnant woman named Sharon Johnson. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Larry Vanner" in an arrest photo from 2002. She loved her kids dearly, Chagaris said. [12] On January 26, 2017, authorities publicly announced that Evans was a suspect in the disappearance of Denise Beaudin and the Bear Brook murders. The hunter had been stalking deer on a property adjacent to New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park. Where is she? Hodges remembered. The Bear Brook murders (aka the Allenstown Four) are four female American murder victims, discovered in 1985 and 2000, at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. [10] These bodies were also in a metal 55-gallon drum, and police believe that all four murders occurred at roughly the same time, despite investigators inexplicably missing the second drum in 1985. On Nov. 10, 1985, a hunter trekking through Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire came across a large, industrial steel drum. These versions incorporated their dental information, showing how their teeth could have affected the appearance of their faces. In 1985, there was a grim discovery made in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire: Two decomposing bodies found in a barrel. The bones of a foot . Timelines come together. [8] DNA evidence eventually found that he was not Lisa's father and the case spent years without any significant developments. Authorities were able to link him then, using his fingerprints, to the earlier child abandonment case. [4] They were found to have died of blunt force trauma to their heads. A family tree begins to take shape. A sister and two nieces.. 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.. "The Middle Child" was found on May 9, 2000 on private property next to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, NH. bodies found. The woman, the oldest child and the youngest child . Decades later, investigators discovered that Denise Beaudin was the mother of the child known as Lisa, a little girl Rasmussen claimed in the 1980s was his daughter, which DNA tests later confirmed wasnt true. Rasmussen is believed to be responsible for several other murders, including that of Denise Beaudin, his known girlfriend,[5] who disappeared in 1981. Terry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. But, I think until we know her identity, we're not going to solve the case.. She married Sarah's father in September 1974, and the two were separated by the time she was known to be dating Rasmussen. 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. We as a family would like to thank the community, for caring and loving our sister Marlyse and our nieces, Marie [and] Sarah., We have looked and searched for over 30 years for them, with no luck. Curiously, against the advice of his attorneys, Vanner pleaded guilty to the murder during his trial. One of his sons from this marriage provided the DNA sample that confirmed Rasmussen as Evans in June 2017. Apparently, Honeychurch had been with Rasmussen the last time she was seen. [5] Throughout 1980, he was arrested in Manchester three times for writing a bad check, theft, and diverting electric current. The poster claimed to be McWaters half-sister. [40], Sarah's younger half brother, who had never met her, created a post in 1999 on the Ancestry.com website in efforts to locate her. She was 2 to 4 years old at the time of her death, placing her birthdate between 1975-1977. On June 6, 2019, the New Hampshire Attorney General's office revealed that investigators had successfully identified three of the four Bear Brook murders victims. [10], Rasmussen resurfaced in December 1999 under the pseudonym Larry Vanner when California-based chemist Eunsoon Jun introduced him to her family. Never contacted nobody. Police believe she died one to two years later, making her 26 to 27 when she died. Rasmussen killed at least six people in a series of crimes that spanned decades and stretched across the continental United States. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! We believe we have our killer, said New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Strelzin at the time. DNA evidence then connected the man officially identified as Terry Rasmussen to the bodies found in Bear Brook. With the confirmation, police believe theycan officially implicate serial killerTerry Peder Rasmussen, who had passed away while in prison in 2010, in their deaths. Eunsoon Jun, a chemist from California, was the first victim authorities were able to tie to Rasmussen. When they reached out to Jenson again to finalize the adoption, he had disappeared. [29] Beaudin was not reported missing until 2016, when her daughter resurfaced alive and well in California after there was more publicity about the murders and Beaudin's disappearance. [13], Police released a video of a police interview of Evans in June 2017 in hopes of finding his true identity. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders And The Evidence That Points To The Chameleon Killer. an investigative journalist and the author of the book "Chase Darkness With Me." . Rebekah Heath, a research librarian who said shed become obsessed with the case, helped identify the woman and the two children through her own sleuthing. [36] The senior Rasmussen, known as the Chameleon killer, is believed to have used "at least five different aliases in a decades-long run of crimes across the country, including at least five homicides, and likely more. Why America is obsessed with the Alex Murdaugh murder trial The second child found in the second barrel has not yet been identified although DNA evidence has confirmed thatRasmussen wasthe parent of this unknown victim and that she was not biologically related to Honeychurch or her daughters. [15], The fourth victim's identity is not yet known, but investigators stated that through advanced DNA testing they could confirm the child was Rasmussen's. "[37], On June 6, 2019, New Hampshire investigators held a press conference regarding the case and revealed the identities of three of the victims. [3][4] Rasmussen enlisted in the United States Navy in 1961 and served until he was discharged in 1967. Marlyse Honeychurch was last seen around Thanksgiving 1978 with her two daughters, Marie and Sarah. 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. [4], While using the pseudonym Bob Evans, Rasmussen dated Denise Beaudin, who disappeared from Manchester, New Hampshire, after Thanksgiving of 1981 with her six-month-old daughter. I stood there for just a few seconds There was no odor. It was there that she introduced her family to her boyfriend, Terry Rasmussen, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. She left the group home after receiving a furlough, so she was not reported missing until police were seeking more information on Rasmussen in 2017. Rebekah Heath, a librarian and true crime enthusiast from Connecticut, was ultimately the one who made the link between "Bob Evans," Rasmussen, and the missing women, leading to a round of DNA tests which ultimately confirmed the identityof the victims thus solving the crime. Additionally, Huber said the womans remains bore the hallmarks of Rasmussens other victims. During the news conference, investigators detail the Bear Brook State Park murders; the killing of Eunsoon Jun in California; Lisa's abandonment; and Lisa's link to the still-missing Denise Beaudin, her mother. Anyone who is aware of a missing child or a missing child and her mother from the late 1970s to early 1980s can call New Hampshire State Police at 603-271-2663 or email coldcaseunit@dos.nh.gov.. He had settled in nearby Manchester, New Hampshire, under the alias "Bob Evans" in the late 1970s. Although this moment is bittersweet, they had their names back on this day. [6] A fingerprint match had confirmed that along with Vanner, he had previously used the aliases Jenson and Kimball,[5] linking him to the child abandonment case. [9] Beaudin was not reported missing at the time as her family believed she left town due to financial reasons. Sarah, her half-sister Marie and their mother, Honeychurch, were unknown persons until authorities announced their identities at a press conference on June 6, 2019. Bear Brook murders: An amateur sleuth helped authorities confirm - CNN From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. [12][6], Rasmussen died, aged 67, while imprisoned at High Desert State Prison[5] on December 28, 2010. He was sentenced to 15 years to life in jail. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. Upon Rasmussen's release from prison, according to the State of California Dept. One of the hunters looked inside the open barrel and saw a skull. In 2014, police announced that DNA profiling had revealed through MtDNA that the woman, and oldest and youngest girls were maternally related. [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. When Lisa was taken into protective custody in 1986, police asked her if she had any siblings. In 1981, Denise Beaudin went missing shortly after Thanksgiving with her 6-month-old daughter and her boyfriend, Rasmussen, who she knew as Robert T. Evans, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. Rasmussen fell off the radar after that but resurfaced in California under a different name in 2002 when police found adismembered body in his basement. Came to a dead end. The bodies were eventually buried in a nearby 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. Thanks for your support. Their hard work, along with that of a dogged researcher, ultimately unraveled a long trail of missing and murdered women and children all leading back, police say, to a serial killer. We have a few unidentified remains that we are trying to identify in different parts of the country that we think have all of his earmarks, Jensen told Gomulka. She was only 5 months old when they left Manchester, [New Hampshire], Armand Beaudin said. [14] Denise Daneault, a 25-year-old woman who lived two blocks from the Rahn residence, went missing from a bar in June 1980. After reading about the long journey to identify the Chameleon Killers victims, read about the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. Bear Brook murders: Terry Rasmussen victim still not identified How a Jane Doe child case uncovered a serial killer, identified victims [4] The identities of the middle child, who Rasmussen fathered, and her mother remain unknown. She was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California, when her father was in the Marines. His own taped confession. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. [6] These techniques have since been used in other high-profile cases, including the Golden State Killer case, leading to the arrest of suspect Joseph James DeAngelo in April 2018. We have never stopped looking, he said. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. Killer: Terry Rasmussen - The Chameleon Killer, Bear Brook murders Denise Beaudin has never been located. She had been placed in the refrigerator with a pillow, sleeping bag and what appeared to be several blankets, he said. Subsequent investigations led to Honeychurch and her daughters being identified as three of the four victims found in Allenstown; the identity of the fourth victim, his daughter, remains unknown. Two investigators work parallel leads, and authorities call a press conference. True crime media like books, podcasts and TV shows continue to be a multimillion-dollar industry . October 31, 2018 A child is abandoned. We know what he was, we know what he did and now we know who his victims were.. The last time Honeychurch was seen by her family wasonThanksgiving 1978, according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. Bear Brook Murders: Authorities Identify Victims Decades After Slayings The children both went through periods where they were in the custody of their fathers, but Marlyse would later regain guardianship. "So our suspect started in 1984 as 'Curtis Kimball.' Then we had 'Gordon Jenson.' Jenson arranged for Lisa to be taken to Southern California for two weeks with another family, Katherine and Richard Decker. In the show's second season, host Jason Moon returns with a new, even more complex story: In 1989, New Hampshire police . Donate $20 today. Rasmussen, who had used several other aliases throughout his life,was named as a suspect in 2017. I don't remember exactly what happened, Paula Hodges, Honeychurchs other sister, told 20/20. I just heard that they had an argument, Marlyse and my mom., My mom might've said something to her as, He's too old for you. Authorities on Thursday revealed that they had identified three of the four victims in the chilling cold case known as the Bear Brook murders . Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin explained the discovery at a press conference on June 6. The Bear Brook murders in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Anyone with any information thought to be related to this case is encouraged to contact New Hampshire State Police. November 15, 2018 This is the first in an unknown number of short updates to the story of the Bear Brook murders that we'll be producing to let listeners know about any breaking news in the case. MANCHESTER, N.H. The search for the name of the remaining unidentified murder victim found in a barrel in Allenstown is leading authorities to Mississippi. January 23, 2023 Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. I remember seeing an ax leaned up there.. "[15], On May 9, 2000, the remains of two young girls were found near the first discovery site. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former San Joaquin County Assistant Sheriff John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. After Jenson disappeared, the Deckers were unable to complete the adoption and Lisa was taken into protective custody. [4], In November 1985, the bodies of Honeychurch and Vaughn were found in a barrel in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Jesse Morgan, who grew up in a small trailer park surrounded by Bear Brook, was 11 when he and his friends stumbled upon the barrel. He was polite and soft spoken and very smart, and with his twinkly blue eyes he could get somebody to maybe trust him, Gruenheid told 20/20. All we were really trying to do was to determine where Eunsoon was and if she was okay. February 20, 2023 Sharon Johnson's family and friends have spent the last 35 years coping with her brutal murder. Timelines come together. I don't think they're ever going to find her, Denise Beaudins father Armand Beaudin said. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? Gruenheid said she later determined a man matching Vanners description had bought 10 bags of cat litter from a nearby pet store. We had a sister that was gone. Her answer led police to believe that Rasmussen killed them too. She said that she did but "they died eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping". An estranged cousin goes missing. [35] He married in 1969, had four children, and lived in Phoenix, Arizona, and Redwood City, California. [9] By 2020, New Hampshire Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeff Strelzin said there was no "evidentiary connection" between Daneault and Rasmussen but that the interest in his case brought renewed attention to Daneault's disappearance. The conclusion was made after family members of the victims helped with the process ofDNA testing andgenetic genealogy. Hes your atypical serial killer, Strelzin said. By 2001, Rasmussen was working odd jobs in California under yet another alias, Lawrence Vanner. I was contacted one day by my nephew, and he was working with the sheriff's department out in California, Armand Beaudin told 20/20. They requested for me to do a DNA [test], and they discovered that I was the actual grandfather.. After countless hours of research, genetic genealogist Rae-Venter found Armand Beaudin, Lisas maternal grandfather. Due to his use of many aliases, most notably "Bob Evans", Rasmussen is known as "The Chameleon Killer". She had symptoms of pneumonia, a crooked front tooth and a diastema (space between her top teeth), two earrings in each ear, and was between 4ft 3in (1.30m) and 4ft 6in (1.37m) tall. Ron Montplaisir, Jr., a former Allenstown, New Hampshire, police officer spoke to 20/20 about the hunter who found the first barrel in 1985. Rae-Venter said that in viewing the timeline for Rasmussen, it appears most likely that his daughter was born in Texas, possibly on the Gulf Coast if Rasmussen was working on an oil rig at the time. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. As with the discovery of many unidentified victims in parks and forests, the bodies were found by hunters, two brothers, who reported their findings to local authorities. Let's talk about the Bear Brook murders. These are the stories of the women and children he is suspected of killing, one he confessed to murdering and those whose lives he changed forever: Honeychurch, who was born in Connecticut in 1954, was married twice and had a daughter with each husband. 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Thanks for your support. Honeychurch had an argument with her mother and left the residence, never contacting her relatives again. They are: Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, the adult woman whose remains were discovered in 1985, and her two biological daughters, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn and Sarah Lynn McWaters.