[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. In her free time, Heath began scouring the internet for any clues she could find. She was only 5 months old when they left Manchester, [New Hampshire], Armand Beaudin said. 07-11-2018. 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. The podcast had reignited interest in the case, and captured the attention of a 34-year-old librarian from Connecticut named Becky Heath. [17] At that time, a tipster speculated that she could have been the "Elizabeth Evans" that had been listed as Rasmussen's wife during his time in Manchester. Honeychurch's body and one of the girl's bodieswerefound in November1985 in a barrel tipped on its side inBear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Police have not been able to link Rasmussen to other cases, according toStrelzin. 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. [3][9][10][11][12][13] Autopsies determined both had died of blunt trauma. Rose ultimately went to the Contra Costa County Sheriff, where Roxane Gruenheid was a homicide detective. [20] The organization later released an updated version of the child's facial reconstruction. 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. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? "[37], On June 6, 2019, New Hampshire investigators held a press conference regarding the case and revealed the identities of three of the victims. They remained an unsolved mystery, until 15 years later another two bodies were . Rasmussen was convicted and sentenced for the murder in 2002 of his then-wife, Eunsoon Jun; he died in prison in 2010. Honeychurch was 24 at the time, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 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. She said her mother and Rasmussen got married in 1968 in Hawaii. [12][16] The cause of death for these children was also blunt force trauma. It well could be Terry. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona.A mugshot of Terry Rasmussen from 1973. [15], When Lisa was interviewed by detectives in 1986, they asked her if she had any siblings. David Salamon, Honeychurchs brother, remembered the lengths to which their family went to find Honeychurch and her daughters. A dedicated detective refused to stop digging after she solved the brutal murder of a chemist in California. She had brown hair and was about 3ft 8in (1.12m) tall. Known at times as Curtis Kimball, others as Larry Vanner, and frequently as Bob Evans, the killers true name was revealed as Terry Rasmussen in 2017 seven years after his death. I was like, There is no way there is no way thats a coincidence,' Heath said, This is huge.'. DNA proved this child was fathered by Terry Peder Rasmussen. But it was a real-life murder mystery that had the 33-year-old amateur sleuth hooked a case as gruesome as it was shocking. By 2017, Bob Evans was dead, and investigators believed he had killed Denise Beaudin after they left New Hampshire. The Family in Barrels. The conclusion was made after family members of the victims helped with the process ofDNA testing andgenetic genealogy. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? 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. 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. From left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. Her teeth showed significant dental work, including multiple fillings and three extractions. 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,. Rasmussen had been convicted of the murder of aromantic partner in 2003. [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. 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. Police later determined the female adult and child, unidentified at the time, had died of blunt force trauma to their heads. [9][14] Daneault had been living on the same street as Rasmussen. In 1989, Jenson, later identified as Rasmussen, was arrested for child abandonment and was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. Beaudin's body has never been found and she is currently presumed dead, according to The Concord Monitor. We have never stopped looking, he said. 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The children both went through periods where they were in the custody of their fathers, but Marlyse would later regain guardianship. 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. Authorities were able to link him then, using his fingerprints, to the earlier child abandonment case. The bodies of his girlfriend, California woman Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, her two daughters, and his own daughter were discovered in two barrels in Allenstown, New Hampshire, in 1985 and 2000. [11], San Bernardino detective Peter Headley got Lisa's case in 2013 and genealogy website databases had grown since the case had started. In 2000, 15 years after the first barrel was discovered, Sarahs body was found inside a separate barrel at Bear Brook State Park along with the body of an unknown child. 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. I closed the blinds back up. 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.. Honeychurch was last seen at her mothers house in La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving in 1978. Jun disappeared from Richmond, California, in June 2002, approximately two years after Vanner met her family and friends. She had blunt force trauma to the head, and then she was put in a container and the container was tied off and he dumped it, he said. Curiously, the first drum was way back in 1985 and the second wasnt discovered until 2000. Which says, yeah, there's more victims out there, definitely.. [1] [2] The podcast is hosted by Jason Moon and was released through New Hampshire Public Radio. My father's been outta my life since I was, like, 6 or 7, she said. 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. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth - and who gets to tell it? The only evidence against him? 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. The bones of a foot . For more on the case, visit bearbrookpodcast.com. David Salamon and Paula Hodges are Honeychurch's siblings. [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. [4], In November 1985, the bodies of Honeychurch and Vaughn were found in a barrel in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. When people ask me who was the worst serial killer out there I point to him and the reason is this: he not only would kill a woman but he would take their children, molest their children, and not only that but use their children as a lure to get his next victim and I cant think of anything more horrible than that.. [26][27] In 2019, however, it is stated that the nonrelated child most likely originated from Arizona, Texas, California or Oregon, although additional locations cannot be excluded. 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. Published: Mar. When somebody's story keeps changing, it means that they [have] either made something up, can't remember what they told you the first time or that they're lying to you, she added. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Bob Evans" in an arrest photo from 1985. Jesse Morgan, who grew up in a small trailer park surrounded by Bear Brook, was 11 when he and his friends stumbled upon the first barrel. Curiously, against the advice of his attorneys, Vanner pleaded guilty to the murder during his trial. 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. [3] He married in 1969, had four children and lived with his family in Phoenix and Redwood City, California. Donate $20 today. Two brothers were hunting in Bear Brook State Park on the 10th of November 1985. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. Public DomainTerry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. It was just a situation where, every time we searched, [we] came to a dead end. [7] Based on the date they disappeared, available documents and Rasmussen's activities, the victims most likely died between 1978 and 1981. His wife left him between 1973 and 1974 and his family last saw him around Christmas 1974. He pleaded guilty to the death of his partnerEunsoon Jun, landing him a 15 year prison sentence, according to The Los Angeles Times. [16], Elizabeth Lamotte was 17 years old when she disappeared from the Youth Development Center in Manchester in 1984. 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. Upon Rasmussen's release from prison, according to the State of California Dept. There were still many questions to be answered and gaps in Evans history to fill in, but now investigators had a crucial piece of evidence Bob Evans, or Lawrence Vanner, had lived in New Hampshire in the mid-1980s. DNA evidence then connected the man officially identified as Terry Rasmussen to the bodies found in Bear Brook. We believe we have our killer, said New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Strelzin at the time. [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]. October 24, 2018 An ominous New Year's party introduction. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. Although this moment is bittersweet, they had their names back on this day. 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Inside, he found two bodies, dismembered, wrapped in plastic bags, and highly skeletonized beyond recognition, Oxygen reported. an investigative journalist and the author of the book "Chase Darkness With Me." . Since 2017, he has been named as a suspect in several other crimes. Police officials announced on May 6 that three bodies two discovered in 1985 and a third discovered in 2000 were identified asMarlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, 24, and her two daughters, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, 6, and Sarah Lynn McWaters, 1. Evans later abandoned a young girl, "Lisa", at a campground, and she was found to not be his daughter. The guys jumped on my four-wheeler and we booted out of there and that was the last time that we saw the barrel.. Ron Montplaisir, Jr., a former Allenstown, New Hampshire, police officer spoke to 20/20 about the hunter who found the first barrel in 1985. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. Renee Rose spoke to "20/20" about her friend Eunsoon Jun. [6] They last saw Rasmussen around December 1975 or 1976, when he showed up with an unidentified woman. [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. MORE: Suspected Potomac River Rapist, who 'terrorized' women in '90s, caught with genetic genealogy July 2017 [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. [12][6], Rasmussen died, aged 67, while imprisoned at High Desert State Prison[5] on December 28, 2010. [6] The divorce was finalized in 1978. He faces 30 years to life for each murder conviction and up to five years for the weapons charges. In 1985, there was a grim discovery made in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire: Two decomposing bodies found in a barrel. Came to a dead end. DNA is wrestled from rootless hair. [6] Aided by genetic genealogist Barbara Rae-Venter in 2015, Beaudin's daughter discovered her mother's identity and that the man she once thought had been her father was her kidnapper. Honeychurch had an argument with her mother and left the residence, never contacting her relatives again. Inside The Rise And Fall Of Atlantic City, Retired Kansas City Detective Roger Golubski Charged With Sex-Trafficking Teenage Girls In The 1990s, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. "[15], On May 9, 2000, the remains of two young girls were found near the first discovery site. Heath submitted her tip to authorities in October 2018. It is later learned that three of the four victims are . Police believe Honeychurch fled to New Hampshire with Rasmussen, who at that point had begun using the name "Bob Evans." She had an overbite, which was probably noticeable. and I went, This can't be, Rose said of learning her friend was gone. New Hampshire authorities have referred to her as the middle child because of how her suspected age compares to the other two children found in the barrels, but DNA tests confirmed she is not related to Sarah and Marie, nor their mother. This is somebody who forms relationships and clearly is having social attachments. That's the only reason.. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? The remains of a young girl, aged 2 to 4, was found in the second barrel with Sarahs remains in 2000. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. Terry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. How could it be bright and sunny when Eunsoon's dead?. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former detective John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. Click here to donate $20. [5] His wife left him and took the children in 1975 after he was arrested for aggravated assault. This linked him to New Hampshire in the same timeframe as the Bear Brook murders, when he was known as Robert Evans. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. 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. Then a Conn. librarian listened to a podcast", "Funeral for mother and daughter brings closure to longtime mystery", National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bear_Brook_murders&oldid=1130144089, This page was last edited on 28 December 2022, at 20:07.
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