New Hampshire State Attorney's Office, Sarah Lynn McWaters, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch and Marie Elizabeth Vaughn. An early morning drug deal in a hotel bathroom ends in tragedy. 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. Thanks for your support. 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. [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. 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.. For more than 30 years, that story has profoundly shaped the lives of many people. October 31, 2018 A child is abandoned. One of his sons from this marriage provided the DNA sample that confirmed Rasmussen as Evans in June 2017. The guys jumped on my four-wheeler and we booted out of there and that was the last time that we saw the barrel.. 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. The Family in Barrels. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Bob Evans" in an arrest photo from 1985. Police and FBI agents conducted a search in Manchester after receiving an anonymous tip regarding Daneault in November 2017, after Rasmussen was announced as the Bear Brook killer. As Evans, he dated Denise Beaudin, who disappeared in 1981. Authorities were able to link him then, using his fingerprints, to the earlier child abandonment case. 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 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,. The first barrel was discovered in 1985, the second in 2000. He was 62 years old when he passed away in prison. 1977),[38] all of whom went missing from La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving 1978, while she was dating Rasmussen. A chameleon is revealed. Four bodies-one woman, and three little girls-found in two barrels years apart. 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. [6] He was paroled in 1990 and subsequently absconded. Rasmussen was convicted and sentenced for the murder in 2002 of his then-wife, Eunsoon Jun; he died in prison in 2010. 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. [2][3][4], In 2017, investigators named Terry Peder Rasmussen as the most likely suspect. It was reported that he was known to travel with women and children. 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. 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.. Years later, when Gruenheid took on the Eunsoon Jun missing-person case in 2002, she became determined to find out more about Rasmussens supposed daughter Lisa, who had been mentioned in his criminal history, including prior booking records. [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. Big, like 4 or 5 feet around and probably 2 or 3 feet high, she said. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former detective John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. [4][14] The two were buried in an Allenstown 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. 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. [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. It's a blue 55-gallon steel drum. 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. Just disappeared.. In 1985, there was a grim discovery made in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire: Two decomposing bodies found in a barrel. 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. [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. 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 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. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders And The Evidence That Points To The Chameleon Killer. We know what he was, we know what he did and now we know who his victims were.. [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. Eunsoon Jun, a chemist from California, was the first victim authorities were able to tie to Rasmussen. Thanks for your support. Police believe she died one to two years later, making her 26 to 27 when she died. 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. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. [5] Throughout 1980, he was arrested in Manchester three times for writing a bad check, theft, and diverting electric current. 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. In 1985 two bodies were discovered in a barrel in the Bear Brook State Park. Ultimately, the body was identified as Jun, who police determined had died of blunt force trauma to the head. 9 min. [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. Huber says the investigation is stalled because she is still unidentified. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. During this hunt, one of the brothers noticed an oil barrel while walking down a trail. Her hair was wavy and light brown; she had no dental fillings. 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. Born in 1943, Rasmussen was a native of Denver, Colorado. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former San Joaquin County Assistant Sheriff John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. Bear Brook | S2 - TRAILER Trailer: Bear Brook S2: A True Crime Story 00:00 03:23 May their souls find peace in Gods loving care.. [7] Based on the date they disappeared, available documents and Rasmussen's activities, the victims most likely died between 1978 and 1981. And the last story, the one that would tie them all together: the disappearance of a woman named Denise Beaudin from Manchester, New Hampshire. [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. Now, the only question that remains is, who was the middle child, Terry Rasmussens daughter and fourth victim? Inside, he found two bodies, dismembered, wrapped in plastic bags, and highly skeletonized beyond recognition, Oxygen reported. 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. Honeychurch was last seen at her mothers house in La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving in 1978. I remember seeing an ax leaned up there.. 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.. 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. [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. 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. He settled in New Hampshire sometime in the late 1970s. And he wasnt being cooperative with that at all.. There is one girl who we don't know who she is. [10][25] In 2015, the woman was identified as the mother of the two girls. A family tree begins to take shape. 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. They werent identified until 2019; at that time, authorities believed Marie was 8 to 10 years old at the time of her death. His own taped confession. She was previously known as San Joaquin Jane Doe and the Lady in the Fridge.[8][19]. 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. Sarah L. McWaters was 11 months old when she was last seen with her mother and sister around Thanksgiving of 1978. Honeychurchs youngest daughter, Sarah, was laid to rest in Connecticut, near her fathers family. "[15], On May 9, 2000, the remains of two young girls were found near the first discovery site. I got a little crazy with it, she said. A search leads authorities to his basement. Investigators said they finally got a break in 2017, when a new forensic technique known as genetic genealogy pinpointed Rasmussen as the likely culprit. The identity of the fourth victim still remains a mystery. [3] Moon began covering the cold case in 2015, and later started the podcast. It was determined that they had been killed sometime between 1977 and 1985. It was sad, Salamon said. These versions incorporated their dental information, showing how their teeth could have affected the appearance of their faces. 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. 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. [6] The divorce was finalized in 1978. bodies found. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona.A mugshot of Terry Rasmussen from 1973. [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. Additionally, Huber said the womans remains bore the hallmarks of Rasmussens other victims. February 20, 2023 Sharon Johnson's family and friends have spent the last 35 years coping with her brutal murder. Wikimedia CommonsFrom left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. Donate $20 today. 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. This is somebody who forms relationships and clearly is having social attachments. They can rest in peace. In February 2020, it was announced that DNA analysis suggested the child was primarily Caucasian, with slight Asian, African, and Native American heritage. By 2017, Bob Evans was dead, and investigators believed he had killed Denise Beaudin after they left New Hampshire. 2021 TV-14 Deep in the woods of New Hampshire, police find barrels with the remains of mutilated victims. Authorities have connected 5 murders to Rasmussen and they fear there are more. [8] DNA evidence eventually found that he was not Lisa's father and the case spent years without any significant developments. 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. You know, people ask me why I do these interviews. Rasmussen killed at least six people in a series of crimes that spanned decades and stretched across the continental United States. For more on the case and to see a timeline of Sharon's last day, visit bearbrookpodcast.com. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. [2] He grew up in Arizona and attended North High School in Phoenix until dropping out during his sophomore year in 1960. Since 2017, he has been named as a suspect in several other crimes. And they left never called. In 2003, when the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department opened a new case aimed at finding Lisas biological family, she was approximately 22 years old. After his stint in the 1990s, Rasmussen stayed off authorities radar for a little over a decade. [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. The Bear Brook murders: Two barrels, four bodies found 15 years apart . Police believe Honeychurch fled to New Hampshire with Rasmussen, who at that point had begun using the name "Bob Evans." [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]. He finds Rasmussen to be a particularly repulsive serial killer in fact, the worst, in his opinion. He later abandoned that child, whom he had pretended to father and called Lisa, in a trailer park. At least ten possible identities were ruled out. She also may have suffered from anemia. 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. The only evidence against him? A sister and two nieces.. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona. [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 unidentified yo. [3][9][10][11][12][13] Autopsies determined both had died of blunt trauma. In 1985 and then again in 2000, police discovered the dismembered. Bear Brook murder victims remembered. Under a plea deal, an additional charge of child abuse was dropped. [7], By 1978, Rasmussen was dating Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch. 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 the story of the Allenstown Four. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? [15] In attendance were members of Honeychurch's family and Rasmussen's daughter from his first marriage. Terry Rasmussen poses for arrest photo from 1973. "So our suspect started in 1984 as 'Curtis Kimball.' Then we had 'Gordon Jenson.' 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. The Deckers came to believe Lisa might have been abused. She had an overbite, which was probably noticeable. By 2001, Rasmussen was working odd jobs in California under yet another alias, Lawrence Vanner. 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. 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. 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. Ongoing genealogy efforts have revealed that Jane Doe's mother's relatives may have come from Pearl River County, Mississippi. 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. My father's been outta my life since I was, like, 6 or 7, she said. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesRebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. David Salamon, Honeychurchs brother, remembered the lengths to which their family went to find Honeychurch and her daughters. Two brothers were hunting in Bear Brook State Park on the 10th of November 1985. It was just a situation where, every time we searched, [we] came to a dead end. Honeychurch may have adopted the alias name "Elizabeth Evans" to use in legal documents during May 1980. By 1981, Evans was romantically linked to a woman namedDenise Beaudin who also went missing with her daughter shortly thereafter. Never contacted nobody. A fourth victim in the . The hunter had been stalking deer on a property adjacent to New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park. Buried in the cat litter, police found a human foot completely mummified wearing a flip flop. Armand Beaudins daughter Denise Beaudin is Lisas mother. How could it be bright and sunny when Eunsoon's dead?. Vanner died in prison in December 2010 of natural causes. Jenson said after those two weeks, the Deckers could arrange for their daughter to adopt Lisa, police said. Bear Brook is an American true crime podcast covering the Bear Brook murders. 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. 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. 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. 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. DNA evidence then connected the man officially identified as Terry Rasmussen to the bodies found in Bear Brook. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Police later determined the female adult and child, unidentified at the time, had died of blunt force trauma to their heads. This new discovery didnt offer any immediate clues as to who the killer had been, though. Click here to donate $20. In her free time, Heath began scouring the internet for any clues she could find. They have so far been unable to identify who the mother of the child is and whether or not she may still be alive. We had a sister that was gone. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. 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.
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