[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. 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. Before that, hed been jailed in 1988 for driving a stolen vehicle under the name Gerry Mockerman, and even earlier in 1985 for drunk driving and child endangerment. Yet, they still had no clue who the victims were. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. [3] Moon began covering the cold case in 2015, and later started the podcast. 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. One of the victims had been his daughter. It was sad, Salamon said. Beaudin and Dawn, an infant at the time, had gone missing from their home in Manchester, New Hampshire just after Thanksgiving in 1983. Evans later abandoned a young girl, "Lisa", at a campground, and she was found to not be his daughter. She said her mother and Rasmussen got married in 1968 in Hawaii. This linked him to New Hampshire in the same timeframe as the Bear Brook murders, when he was known as Robert Evans. Jenson arranged for Lisa to be taken to Southern California for two weeks with another family, Katherine and Richard Decker. Rasmussen killed at least six people in a series of crimes that spanned decades and stretched across the continental United States. 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. [35] He married in 1969, had four children, and lived in Phoenix, Arizona, and Redwood City, California. 1954) was the mother of Marie Elizabeth Vaughn (b. Jun was in her mid-40s when she introduced her family to her new boyfriend, Larry Vanner, whom authorities later identified as Rasmussen, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. For more on the case, visit bearbrookpodcast.com. And he brings a fresh examination of the evidence to a state that has never exonerated anyone for murder. It was determined that they had been killed sometime between 1977 and 1985. She said that she did but "they died eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping". [11] Rasmussen was arrested under another alias, Gerry Mockerman, in 1988 for driving a stolen vehicle. The victims were officially named in June 2019. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. 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. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesRebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. With the confirmation, police believe theycan officially implicate serial killerTerry Peder Rasmussen, who had passed away while in prison in 2010, in their deaths. 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. [29], Evans died in prison in December 2010. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? 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. In her free time, Heath began scouring the internet for any clues she could find. 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. Also in the refrigerator, was a unique brand of milk that was only delivered to a certain area that matched up with where Rasmussen had been at the time, Huber said. [28] Beaudin disappeared from Manchester, New Hampshire, along with her young daughter and then-boyfriend Robert "Bob" Evans. Apparently, Honeychurch had been with Rasmussen the last time she was seen. 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. His wife left him between 1973 and 1974 and his family last saw him around Christmas 1974. 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. While searching Vanners California home, Gruenheid and a fellow detective located an enormous pile of cat litter in a crawl space. [5] Throughout 1980, he was arrested in Manchester three times for writing a bad check, theft, and diverting electric current. From left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. 3, 2023 at 9:04 AM PST | Updated: 20 minutes ago. The murder of Eunsoon Jun in Richmond, California. DNA is wrestled from rootless hair. Online, she found a post from someone who mentioned the name Sarah McWaters. After Jenson disappeared, the Deckers were unable to complete the adoption and Lisa was taken into protective custody. Esther Elliott, eight, (left) dressed as . Honeychurchs youngest daughter, Sarah, was laid to rest in Connecticut, near her fathers family. 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. Came to a dead end. 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. In 2003, when the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department opened a new case aimed at finding Lisas biological family, she was approximately 22 years old. We had a sister that was gone. 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.. 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. For any tips concerning Terry Rasmussen and any unknown victims, please contact please contact Deputy Peter Headley with San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department at pheadley@sbcsd.org or the New Hampshire State Police Cold Case Unit (603)223-3648, ColdCaseUnit@dos.nh.gov, 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. ET on ABC. 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. October 31, 2018 A child is abandoned. [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. Terry Rasmussen poses for arrest photo from 1973. 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. In 1989, Jenson, later identified as Rasmussen, was arrested for child abandonment and was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. His own taped confession. Beaudin's daughter was abducted by Rasmussen and taken to California, where he raised her under the pseudonym "Gordon Jensen". 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. Wikimedia CommonsFrom left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. When I got up in the morning, I pulled my shades back, there was clouds and a beautiful blue sky, and there was seagulls circling in the sky, they were beautiful. New Hampshire State Attorney's Office, Sarah Lynn McWaters, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch and Marie Elizabeth Vaughn. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. "[14] He has been dubbed "The Chameleon Killer" due to his use of various aliases and his crime spree which stretched across the country. Buried in the cat litter, police found a human foot completely mummified wearing a flip flop. 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. [7] Based on the date they disappeared, available documents and Rasmussen's activities, the victims most likely died between 1978 and 1981. Maricopa County Sheriff's Office 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. It wasnt Rasmussens first time in prison, however hed just been using a different name. A search leads authorities to his basement. Through the years my mother always said, You know, something's not right. How investigators had missed it over a decade prior remains unclear, but the second barrel, like the first, contained the mutilated bodies of two young girls, stored in the same manner. The identities of Honeychurch and her two children were not known until they were confirmed by DNA profiling in 2019. Investigators have concluded the woman and two of the children lived in the area where their bodies were found. And they left never called. Never contacted nobody. 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. She had curly or wavy brown hair and was between 5ft 2in (1.57m) and 5ft 7in (1.70m) in height. Deza was identified by Othram on February 23, 2023. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.. 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. of Corrections, he broke parole and fled, Gruenheid said. I wished he'd lived longer, so he would have suffered longer in prison, myself.. She said that she did, but they died from eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping, Deputy Headley said. 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. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. Investigative reporter Billy Jensen, who wrote about Rasmussen in his upcoming book Chase Darkness With Me," told Oxygen Digital Correspondent Stephanie Gomulka at CrimeCon 2019he thinks Rasmussen is responsible for killing other people, too. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. 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. "[15], On May 9, 2000, the remains of two young girls were found near the first discovery site. But as it turned out, that person had been several different people throughout his life. A family tree begins to take shape. Diane Kloepfer is one of four biological children Terry Rasmussen fathered in his marriage. At least ten possible identities were ruled out. Upon Rasmussen's release from prison, according to the State of California Dept. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. 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. [6], Rasmussen lived in a number of states including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Virginia, Texas, Ohio, Oregon, Hawaii and California. "The Bear Brook case was the . 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. [10][25] In 2015, the woman was identified as the mother of the two girls. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. 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,. For more on the case and to see a timeline of Sharon's last day, visit bearbrookpodcast.com. Similar posts also aided in the identifications of the victims. She had been placed in the refrigerator with a pillow, sleeping bag and what appeared to be several blankets, he said. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. The conclusion was made after family members of the victims helped with the process ofDNA testing andgenetic genealogy. I don't think they're ever going to find her, Beaudins father, Armand Beaudin, said. Well it is Wednesday! She left the home after a trivial argument with her mother and was never seen alive again. He finds Rasmussen to be a particularly repulsive serial killer in fact, the worst, in his opinion. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former detective John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. and I went, This can't be, Rose said of learning her friend was gone. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. A second search was conducted in May 2018. Roxane Gruenheid was a homicide detective at the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office. 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,. When Lisa was taken into protective custody in 1986, police asked her if she had any siblings. She was previously known as San Joaquin Jane Doe and the Lady in the Fridge.[8][19]. In October 2018, the New Hampshire Public Radio released a podcast called Bear Brook, which explored the bizarre, unique case. They had been living with a man named Bob Evans. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. 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. Police have not been able to link Rasmussen to other cases, according toStrelzin. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. [29], In June 2017, police released a video of a police interview of Evans in hopes of finding his true identity. Marlyse Honeychurch was last seen around Thanksgiving 1978 with her two daughters, Marie and Sarah. But, I think until we know her identity, we're not going to solve the case.. "So our suspect started in 1984 as 'Curtis Kimball.' Then we had 'Gordon Jenson.' The abandonment of five-year-old Lisa in Scotts Valley, California. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [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. 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. Now, the only question that remains is, who was the middle child, Terry Rasmussens daughter and fourth victim? They have so far been unable to identify who the mother of the child is and whether or not she may still be alive. The Bear Brook murders: Two barrels, four bodies found 15 years apart . Honeychurchs sisters, Roxanne Barrows and Michelle Chagaris, remember her as bubbly and quirky, and said she had a good sense of humor.. 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. Two brothers were hunting in Bear Brook State Park on the 10th of November 1985. The woman also told Heath that her missing family member had once married a man with the last name Rasmussen. 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. Replies were filled with other people who also believed they were related to Sarah one member of a family of three who had gone missing sometime in the late 1970s. NEW YORK (AP) Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia following the biggest round of layoffs in . [6] They last saw Rasmussen around December 1975 or 1976, when he showed up with an unidentified woman. [12], New Hampshire investigators announced that the identities of Honeychurch, Vaughn and McWaters were confirmed through DNA testing in June 2019. After countless hours of research, genetic genealogist Rae-Venter found Armand Beaudin, Lisas maternal grandfather. A chameleon is revealed. A child is abandoned. 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. When they reached out to Jenson again to finalize the adoption, he had disappeared. Crime News is your destination for true crime stories from around the world, breaking crime news, and information about Oxygen's original true crime shows and documentaries. While living in Manchester, New Hampshire, Rasmussen lived under the alias "Robert 'Bob' Evans" and worked at the Waumbec Mill. 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. The woman, the oldest child and the youngest child . [4], In November 1985, the bodies of Honeychurch and Vaughn were found in a barrel in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. His own taped confession. She was only 5 months old when they left Manchester, [New Hampshire], Armand Beaudin said. 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. I was like, There is no way there is no way thats a coincidence,' Heath said, This is huge.'. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Curtis Kimball" in an arrest photo from 1990. Police question a man with multiple identities. These versions incorporated their dental information, showing how their teeth could have affected the appearance of their faces. Why are you with him? Hodges said. Honeychurch was 24 at the time, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Bear Brook | S2 - TRAILER Trailer: Bear Brook S2: A True Crime Story 00:00 03:23 This is somebody who forms relationships and clearly is having social attachments. 9 min. It well could be Terry. By 2017, Bob Evans was dead, and investigators believed he had killed Denise Beaudin after they left New Hampshire. [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. 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. 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. All of them are still alive. A sister and two nieces.. They can rest in peace. 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. Eunsoon Jun, a chemist from California, was the first victim authorities were able to tie to Rasmussen. Honeychurch was last seen in La Puente, California, on Thanksgiving day that year. The Bear Brook murders, and Allenstown Barrel murders refer to four dismembered female murder victims found in barrels, two discovered in 1985 and two in 2000, at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. [30] The daughter is keeping her name private. Host Jason Moon documents how those involved grapple with the idea that the prevailing story about who killed Sharon Johnson could be a lie. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? [4] The identities of the middle child, who Rasmussen fathered, and her mother remain unknown. [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. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. It was the first time, researchers claimed, that genetic genealogy had been successfully employed in a murder case. It was there that she introduced her family to her boyfriend, Terry Rasmussen, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. On November 10, 1985, a barrel was found by hunters on private property close to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Marie Vaughn was last seen with her mother and sister at a Thanksgiving gathering in 1978. A year later, Juns body was found dismembered and buried in her basement. Evans was listed as married to a woman named Elizabeth, according to documents from 1980. We're here today to bury my sister and my nieces, Salamon said at Honeychurch and Maries funeral. [33] They also said that "Robert Evans" was a pseudonym and that the man's legal identity was unknown. Investigators knew who their killer was, but they still had no clue who the victims were. [13], Police released a video of a police interview of Evans in June 2017 in hopes of finding his true identity. Rasmussen had been convicted of the murder of aromantic partner in 2003. She loved her kids dearly, Chagaris said. We have never stopped looking, he said. He was also confirmed, via DNA, to be the father of a 2-to-4-year-old girl who was one of the Bear Brook victims. 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. I got a little crazy with it, she said. [39] By October 1978, Sarah's father was seeing another woman and Sarah was presumably in the care of her mother. 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.. [38], Marlyse had previously married Marie's father in June 1971 and divorced by 1974. His face was gray. Marie E. Vaughn was first, born in 1971, then Sarah L. McWaters was born in 1977, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. bodies found. Public DomainTerry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. "The Middle Child" was found on May 9, 2000 on private property next to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, NH. I don't think they're ever going to find her, Denise Beaudins father Armand Beaudin said. Click here to donate $20. Authorities on Thursday revealed that they had identified three of the four victims in the chilling cold case known as the Bear Brook murders . Her hair was wavy and light brown; she had no dental fillings. Four bodies-one woman, and three little girls-found in two barrels years apart. Police built the case against him around his own taped confession. Rasmussen was convicted and sentenced for the murder in 2002 of his then-wife, Eunsoon Jun; he died in prison in 2010. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Bob Evans" in an arrest photo from 1985. 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. One of his sons from this marriage provided the DNA sample that confirmed Rasmussen as Evans in June 2017. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! She had brought her two daughters and a man she identified as Rasmussen to hermothers house in La Puente, 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. A staff writer for All That's Interesting, Austin Harvey has also had work published with Discover Magazine, Giddy, and Lucid covering topics on mental health, sexual health, history, and sociology. He was 62 years old when he passed away in prison. Starring Terry P Rasmussen Genres Unscripted Subtitles None available After reading about the long journey to identify the Chameleon Killers victims, read about the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. The poster claimed to be McWaters half-sister. In the early days of the investigation, authorities publicized the case in the United States and some parts of Canada. Where is she? Hodges remembered. Timelines come together. Ultimately, the body was identified as Jun, who police determined had died of blunt force trauma to the head. By 2001, Rasmussen was working odd jobs in California under yet another alias, Lawrence Vanner. [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. 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