3, 2023 at 9:04 AM PST | Updated: 20 minutes ago. And he brings a fresh examination of the evidence to a state that has never exonerated anyone for murder. Police believe Honeychurch fled to New Hampshire with Rasmussen, who at that point had begun using the name "Bob Evans." Two investigators work parallel leads, and authorities call a press conference. DNA proved this child was fathered by Terry Peder Rasmussen. 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Her teeth showed significant dental work, including multiple fillings and three extractions. 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. Buried in the cat litter, police found a human foot completely mummified wearing a flip flop. 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. 2021 TV-14 Deep in the woods of New Hampshire, police find barrels with the remains of mutilated victims. Armand Beaudins daughter Denise Beaudin is Lisas mother. In November 2002, he was arrested for Juns murder and in 2003, he was sentenced to prison for 15 years to life after he pled guilty to the crime. Let's talk about the Bear Brook murders. David Salamon and Paula Hodges are Honeychurch's siblings. Instead, they focus on complete strangers. Authorities fear both Beaudin and the unidentified mother of the middle child are other possible victims of Rasmussen. 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. Ultimately, the body was identified as Jun, who police determined had died of blunt force trauma to the head. 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. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. It was just a situation where, every time we searched, [we] came to a dead end. Vanner fended off her loved ones questions with an array of excuses. 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She had an overbite, which was probably noticeable. [30] The daughter is keeping her name private. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. An early morning drug deal in a hotel bathroom ends in tragedy. 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 bodies were certainly killed around the same time as the first two, but with no way to identify them, and lacking any other insight, the investigation once again reached a dead end. Evans later abandoned a young girl, "Lisa", at a campground, and she was found to not be his daughter. 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.. 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. Four months later, Ron Montplaisir, who was an Allenstown, New Hampshire police officer at the time, got a call from dispatch to meet a hunter at the edge of the woods. 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. While searching Vanners California home, Gruenheid and a fellow detective located an enormous pile of cat litter in a crawl space. I stood there for just a few seconds There was no odor. 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. Rasmussen is believed to be responsible for several other murders, including that of Denise Beaudin, his known girlfriend,[5] who disappeared in 1981. Golden State Killer's invisible victims: Men whose lives were . Do groundbreaking techniques come at the cost of genetic privacy? But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. She loved her kids dearly, Chagaris said. He finds Rasmussen to be a particularly repulsive serial killer in fact, the worst, in his opinion. In her free time, Heath began scouring the internet for any clues she could find. of Corrections, he broke parole and fled, Gruenheid said. Since 2017, he has been named as a suspect in several other crimes. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.. 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. Assistant Attorney General Jeffery Strelzin explained the discovery at a press conference on June 6. All of them are still alive. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. By 2017, Bob Evans was dead, and investigators believed he had killed Denise Beaudin after they left New Hampshire. Marie Vaughn was last seen with her mother and sister at a Thanksgiving gathering in 1978. 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. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! Curiously, against the advice of his attorneys, Vanner pleaded guilty to the murder during his trial. Then, by reopening an earlier case, she helped a genetic genealogist to discover the identity of a girl the killer claimed was his daughter, and then, the killers true identity. [16], Elizabeth Lamotte was 17 years old when she disappeared from the Youth Development Center in Manchester in 1984. One of the brothers just pushed the barrel over. 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. THE CHAMELEON KILLER 'Bear Brook Murders' Starcasm Staff September 5, 2021 The Chameleon Killer, True Crime For 30 years the killer of bodies found in barrels near Bear Brook State Park,. [6] The divorce was finalized in 1978. After an argument with her family, she left with Rasmussen and her two daughters, six-year-old Marie Elizabeth Vaughn and one-year-old Sarah Lynn McWaters. Came to a dead end. Timelines come together. Honeychurch was last seen at her mothers house in La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving in 1978. After months of trial and error, Rae-Venter was able to use this method to identify the victims. A sister and two nieces.. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former detective John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. In October 2018, the New Hampshire Public Radio released a podcast called Bear Brook, which explored the bizarre, unique case. Authorities were able to link him then, using his fingerprints, to the earlier child abandonment case. Terry Peder Rasmussen (December 23, 1943 December 28, 2010) was an American serial killer. [29], In June 2017, police released a video of a police interview of Evans in hopes of finding his true identity. But as it turned out, that person had been several different people throughout his life. In 1985 and then again in 2000, police discovered the dismembered. Police believe she died one to two years later, making her 26 to 27 when she died. Gruenheid said she later determined a man matching Vanners description had bought 10 bags of cat litter from a nearby pet store. The veteran detective on the case develops a theory involving her husband and a teenager. They were buried together at a local Allenstown cemetery with a donated gravestone that read: Here lies the mortal remains known only to God of a woman aged 23-33 and a girl child aged 8-10. In June 2013, new versions of the victims' facial reconstructions were created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Ron Montplaisir, Jr., a former Allenstown, New Hampshire, police officer spoke to 20/20 about the hunter who found the first barrel in 1985. In 2003, when the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department opened a new case aimed at finding Lisas biological family, she was approximately 22 years old. On November 10, 1985, a barrel was found by hunters on private property close to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. [6] They last saw Rasmussen around December 1975 or 1976, when he showed up with an unidentified woman. [41] Sarah was laid to rest in Connecticut, closer to her father's family. [3][4] Rasmussen enlisted in the United States Navy in 1961 and served until he was discharged in 1967. She was 2 to 4 years old at the time of her death, placing her birthdate between 1975-1977. Like Rasmussen's confirmed victims, she had died of blunt force trauma to the head. We're here today to bury my sister and my nieces, Salamon said at Honeychurch and Maries funeral. 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. I got a little crazy with it, she said. [20] The organization later released an updated version of the child's facial reconstruction. You know, people ask me why I do these interviews. according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona.A mugshot of Terry Rasmussen from 1973. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. 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 . In the early 1980s, a man who said his name was Gordon Jenson was living in a trailer park in California, with a little girl he called Lisa, who police say was about 4 or 5 years old at the time. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. He was linked to the 1981 disappearance of a woman in New Hampshire that he was thought to be dating and was serving time for the murder of his wife in California when he died of natural causes in . To this day, she has yet to be identified. Why are you with him? Hodges said. Salamon said he and his family call the girl Angel.. Bear Brook | S2 - TRAILER Trailer: Bear Brook S2: A True Crime Story 00:00 03:23 The first barrel was discovered in 1985, the second in 2000. The family was comprised of Sarah McWaters, an infant, her older sister Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, and their mother Marlyse Honeychurch. Authorities have connected 5 murders to Rasmussen and they fear there are more. His wife left him between 1973 and 1974 and his family last saw him around Christmas 1974. 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. Updates in the case of the Bear Brook Murders. His face was gray. 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. The identity of the fourth victim still remains a mystery. 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. [34] Two months later, Robert Evans was confirmed as Terry Peder Rasmussen, through Y-DNA testing from a DNA sample contributed by one of his sons from what is believed to be his first marriage. [20], In January 2017, it was announced that Denise Beaudin, who had been missing since 1981, was connected to the murders. October 31, 2018 A child is abandoned. An estranged cousin goes missing. 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. He was very, very white, very pale, Montplaisir told 20/20. He said to me, There's a barrel up in the woods, and I think there's some bones in there.. As of June2019[update], the third child remains unidentified, but authorities were able to confirm that Rasmussen was her biological father. February 27, 2023 We begin with the story police told about Sharon Johnson's murder. We do regrettably fear that his daughter's mother is probably another victim somewhere, Carol Schweitzer, of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said. The Grisly Crimes Of Terry Rasmussen.#crime #truecrime #solvedcase #unsolved #realcrimeMusic Credit:. [5] His wife left him and took the children in 1975 after he was arrested for aggravated assault. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. Honeychurch had an argument with her mother and left the residence, never contacting her relatives again. It wasnt Rasmussens first time in prison, however hed just been using a different name. [35] He married in 1969, had four children, and lived in Phoenix, Arizona, and Redwood City, California. 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. 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. In 1985 the plastic wrapped bodies of a woman and girl were discovered in a metal drum in a forest in Allenstown, New Hampshire. [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. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It well could be Terry. [7], By 1978, Rasmussen was dating Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch. 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. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care. [4] They were found to have died of blunt force trauma to their heads. [18], The middle child, currently unidentified,[9][19] also had a gap between her front teeth and died at an age between 2 and 4. Click here to donate $20. Bear Brook murder victims remembered. Thanks for your support. bodies found. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders. Marlyse was excited to be a mom. As Evans, he dated Denise Beaudin, who disappeared in 1981. The abandonment of five-year-old Lisa in Scotts Valley, California. [2] He often worked as an electrician for oil and gas companies. [3][4][11] This means that the woman could have been the girls' mother, aunt, or older sister. Hes your atypical serial killer, Strelzin said. It is later learned that three of the four victims are . In 2014, police announced that DNA profiling had revealed through MtDNA that the woman, and oldest and youngest girls were maternally related. [18] However, DNA from Lamotte's relatives later proved that she was one of the victims in the Redhead murders, a series of unsolved homicides across the United States which are unrelated to Rasmussen. I closed the blinds back up. [3] He married in 1969, had four children and lived with his family in Phoenix and Redwood City, California. 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.. 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. [4], Criminologist Jack Levin has stated that Rasmussen is unlike any serial killer he has ever studied, stating: "What distinguishes Rasmussen from most serial killers, is that he targeted people with whom he had a relationship. In the early days of the investigation, authorities publicized the case in the United States and some parts of Canada. 9 min. [13], Police released a video of a police interview of Evans in June 2017 in hopes of finding his true identity. She said that she did, but they died from eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping, Deputy Headley said. The scavengers actually walked out in the middle [of the canal], because it was just mud cut the rope and opened it up here and that's when they saw what they thought was a human being inside, Huber told 20/20.. Testing his DNA, they also determined that the man had not, in fact, been Lisas father and an investigation began to find out who Lisa really was. Yet, they still had no clue who the victims were. He holds a bachelor's degree in screenwriting (widely considered to be a bad move) from Point Park University. He was sentenced to 15 years to life in jail. Investigators believe that the mother of the child was also killed by Rasmussen. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. [4], In November 1985, the bodies of Honeychurch and Vaughn were found in a barrel in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. He later abandoned that child, whom he had pretended to father and called Lisa, in a trailer park. [8] DNA evidence eventually found that he was not Lisa's father and the case spent years without any significant developments. The conclusion was made after family members of the victims helped with the process ofDNA testing andgenetic genealogy. [Its because] there's still one victim out there, former Detective Cody said. 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