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 had an overbite, which was probably noticeable. 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. Apparently, Honeychurch had been with Rasmussen the last time she was seen. June 7, 2019 A clue is found buried on an internet message board. I got a little crazy with it, she said. Eunsoon Jun, a chemist from California, was the first victim authorities were able to tie to Rasmussen. Honeychurch was last seen at her mothers house in La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving in 1978. Rasmussen has been linked to five horrific murders and authorities fear there are more. Timelines come together. 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. For more than two decades, the Bear Brook murders remained a complete mystery. In 2003, when the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department opened a new case aimed at finding Lisas biological family, she was approximately 22 years old. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! When Lisa was taken into protective custody in 1986, police asked her if she had any siblings. Who could believe him for one second?, Rose said she told him: I want Eunsoon, not you, I want Eunsoon to tell me that she's done with our relationship or I'm going to get the sheriff involved.. 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. A fox, a wolf and a spaceboy: Felix, Zo and Arlo Duff posed up a storm ahead of their school day in celebration of World Book Day. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona. He holds a bachelor's degree in screenwriting (widely considered to be a bad move) from Point Park University. When authorities traced all Rasmussens aliases back to his true name, they found that in the early 1970s, he had been married and fathered four children from that marriage. "[15], On May 9, 2000, the remains of two young girls were found near the first discovery site. He later abandoned that child, whom he had pretended to father and called Lisa, in a trailer park. In 2003, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department opened a case to find Lisa's biological family. Public DomainTerry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. 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. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. David Salamon, Honeychurchs brother, remembered the lengths to which their family went to find Honeychurch and her daughters. [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. 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. 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. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? 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. [9][17], The adult, later identified as Honeychurch, was determined to be Caucasian with possible Native American ancestry. 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. She was previously known as San Joaquin Jane Doe and the Lady in the Fridge.[8][19]. After countless hours of research, genetic genealogist Rae-Venter found Armand Beaudin, Lisas maternal grandfather. 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. 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. Instead, they focus on complete strangers. Thanks for your support. Curiously, against the advice of his attorneys, Vanner pleaded guilty to the murder during his trial. Which says, yeah, there's more victims out there, definitely.. Authorities were able to link him then, using his fingerprints, to the earlier child abandonment case. [29], In June 2017, police released a video of a police interview of Evans in hopes of finding his true identity. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. In 2017, using genetic genealogy techniques, investigators were finally able to name their man: Terry Rasmussen, an inmate who had died seven years earlier, in 2010, while serving a sentence for the murder of his then-girlfriend, Eunsoon Jun. 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. It would take 17 years until the killer could be named and another two until his victims would be identified. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. Terry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders. It wasnt Rasmussens first time in prison, however hed just been using a different name. Two brothers were hunting in Bear Brook State Park on the 10th of November 1985. 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. He died in prison in 2010 after being convicted of her 2002 murder. He had been convicted and sentenced as Evans for the 2002 murder and dismemberment of his wife at the time, Eunsoon Jun, a chemist in California. [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, 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. DNA evidence then connected the man officially identified as Terry Rasmussen to the bodies found in Bear Brook. The only evidence against him? She had brown hair and was about 3ft 8in (1.12m) tall. [11][17], The girl found with the adult female, later identified as Vaughn, was between 5 and 11 years old. How could it be bright and sunny when Eunsoon's dead?. 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. [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. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesRebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. Salamon said he and his family call the girl Angel.. By 2001, Rasmussen was working odd jobs in California under yet another alias, Lawrence Vanner. There were little fingerprint cards, with these little tiny little hands, and had their little footprints on the back of them and little tiny fingerprints, Gruenheid said. In June 2013, new versions of the victims' facial reconstructions were created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. [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. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Larry Vanner" in an arrest photo from 2002. an investigative journalist and the author of the book "Chase Darkness With Me." . 07-11-2018. I was like, There is no way there is no way thats a coincidence,' Heath said, This is huge.'. 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. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. 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. But what if that story was based on a lie? [39] By October 1978, Sarah's father was seeing another woman and Sarah was presumably in the care of her mother. 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. 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. Ultimately, the body was identified as Jun, who police determined had died of blunt force trauma to the head. Honeychurch may have adopted the alias name "Elizabeth Evans" to use in legal documents during May 1980. Anyone with any information thought to be related to this case is encouraged to contact New Hampshire State Police. 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. [3] He married in 1969, had four children and lived with his family in Phoenix and Redwood City, California. His own taped confession. [5] Two months later, he was confirmed to be Rasmussen, through Y-DNA testing from a DNA sample contributed by one of his children from what is believed to be his first marriage. These versions incorporated their dental information, showing how their teeth could have affected the appearance of their faces. 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. On Nov. 10, 1985, a hunter trekking through Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire came across a large, industrial steel drum. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. All the same guy., Watch the full story on "20/20" FRIDAY at 9 p.m. [7], By 1978, Rasmussen was dating Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch. They remained an unsolved mystery, until 15 years later another two bodies were . They werent identified until 2019; at that time, authorities believed Marie was 8 to 10 years old at the time of her death. 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. 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.. 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. [6], In 2019, the three biologically related females were identified as a mother, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, and her two daughters (of different biological fathers) Marie Elizabeth Vaughn and Sarah Lynn McWaters, last seen in November 1978. His wife left him between 1973 and 1974 and his family last saw him around Christmas 1974. The man imprisoned for her murder maintains his innocence. Sarah L. McWaters was 11 months old when she was last seen with her mother and sister around Thanksgiving of 1978. 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. Rasmussen had been convicted of the murder of aromantic partner in 2003. For more on the case, visit bearbrookpodcast.com. [15] In attendance were members of Honeychurch's family and Rasmussen's daughter from his first marriage. She said her mother and Rasmussen got married in 1968 in Hawaii. [1] The use of genetic genealogy to identify Rasmussen represented new possibilities in forensic investigations. It well could be somebody else. We have never stopped looking, he said. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. Online, she found a post from someone who mentioned the name Sarah McWaters. Clockwise from left: Denise Beaudin, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, Sarah L. McWaters, Marie E. Vaughn, "the Middle Child," Eunsoon Jun. And for years, no one could put a name to them, instead referring to the Bear Brook murders.. 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. 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. She said that she did but "they died eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping". Terry Rasmussen poses as "Bob Evans" in an arrest photo from 1985. 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. 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. 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. Vanner fended off her loved ones questions with an array of excuses. 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. This is somebody who forms relationships and clearly is having social attachments. The veteran detective on the case develops a theory involving her husband and a teenager. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. All of them are still alive. It just made me angry and curious.. Associate N.H. Attorney General Jeff Strelzin identifies the three of the victims in the Bear Brook murder case. The first barrel was discovered in 1985, the second in 2000. He then took on the alias Gordon Jenson and abandoned the child at an RV park in Scotts Valley, California, in 1986. Golden State Killer's invisible victims: Men whose lives were . 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. Updates in the case of the Bear Brook Murders. [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]. February 27, 2023 We begin with the story police told about Sharon Johnson's murder. [13] Additionally, they announced that DNA confirmed that he was the father of the middle child found in Allenstown but that Evans was a pseudonym and his legal identity was not known. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. This is the twisted story of the Bear Brook Murders. She said that she did, but they died from eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping, Deputy Headley said. It was determined that they had been killed sometime between 1977 and 1985. In 2016, this child was determined to be Rasmussens biological daughter. She married Sarah's father in September 1974, and the two were separated by the time she was known to be dating Rasmussen. Published: Mar. [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). 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. A child is abandoned. 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. Her age at the time of death was estimated to be 23 to 33. Rebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. Ongoing genealogy efforts have revealed that Jane Doe's mother's relatives may have come from Pearl River County, Mississippi. [8][10] He was arrested that November and pleaded no contest in 2003[12] to charges relating to her murder and dismemberment. Armand Beaudins daughter Denise Beaudin is Lisas mother. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. 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. NEW YORK (AP) Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia following the biggest round of layoffs in . Well it is Wednesday! DNA is wrestled from rootless hair. 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. [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. [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. An early morning drug deal in a hotel bathroom ends in tragedy. Curiously, the first drum was way back in 1985 and the second wasnt discovered until 2000. The focus from this day forward should be to find the family of that little girl, he said. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. Since 2017, he has been named as a suspect in several other crimes. By 1981, Evans was romantically linked to a woman namedDenise Beaudin who also went missing with her daughter shortly thereafter. There is one girl who we don't know who she is. October 31, 2018 A child is abandoned. 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. Authorities believed that Evans was the killer of the four Bear Brook victims, but did not elaborate. The four victims were estimated to have died between 1977 and 1981. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! In November 2015, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children released a third set of reconstructions of the four victims at a news conference at the New Hampshire State Attorney General's office. 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In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former detective John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. But 15years later, a similar barrel was discovered in the same area, this time containing the remainsof two girls. Bear Brook | S2 - TRAILER Trailer: Bear Brook S2: A True Crime Story 00:00 03:23 My father's been outta my life since I was, like, 6 or 7, she said. 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.. It was there that she introduced her family to her boyfriend, Terry Rasmussen, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. Investigators believe that the mother of the child was also killed by Rasmussen. and I went, This can't be, Rose said of learning her friend was gone. [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. Wikimedia CommonsFrom left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. One of the victims had been his daughter. [12][16] The cause of death for these children was also blunt force trauma. 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. They have so far been unable to identify who the mother of the child is and whether or not she may still be alive. She was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California, when her father was in the Marines. It can conquer death." +4. 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[3][9][10][11][12][13] Autopsies determined both had died of blunt trauma. Police believe Honeychurch fled to New Hampshire with Rasmussen, who at that point had begun using the name "Bob Evans." January 23, 2023 Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. The woman also told Heath that her missing family member had once married a man with the last name Rasmussen. Evans later abandoned a young girl, "Lisa", at a campground, and she was found to not be his daughter. 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. Investigators said genealogy research. I don't think they're ever going to find her, Denise Beaudins father Armand Beaudin said. [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. 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. Honeychurch had an argument with her mother and left the residence, never contacting her relatives again. In February 2020, it was announced that DNA analysis suggested the child was primarily Caucasian, with slight Asian, African, and Native American heritage. ET on ABC. The only evidence against him? [Its because] there's still one victim out there, former Detective Cody said. 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.. By 2017, Bob Evans was dead, and investigators believed he had killed Denise Beaudin after they left New Hampshire. 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. When they reached out to Jenson again to finalize the adoption, he had disappeared. That's the only reason.. Beaudin's daughter was abducted by Rasmussen and taken to California, where he raised her under the pseudonym "Gordon Jensen". Huber says the investigation is stalled because she is still unidentified. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. We know what he was, we know what he did and now we know who his victims were.. A surprising admission leads to a new break in the case. [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. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? A year later, Juns body was found dismembered and buried in her basement. Rasmussen was born on December 23, 1943,[1] in Denver, Colorado.
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