She said that she did but "they died eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping". We have his eyes. He then took on the alias Gordon Jenson and abandoned the child at an RV park in Scotts Valley, California, in 1986. 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 . 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. Lisa was born Dawn Beaudin in 1981, Armand Beaudin said. Rebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. Heath continued researching, messaging some of the family members who had been around at the time when another name came up: Terry Rasmussen. [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. On November 10, 1985, a barrel was found by hunters on private property close to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Ron Montplaisir, Jr., a former Allenstown, New Hampshire, police officer spoke to 20/20 about the hunter who found the first barrel in 1985. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Additionally, Huber said the womans remains bore the hallmarks of Rasmussens other victims. Esther Elliott, eight, (left) dressed as . [11] Rasmussen was arrested under another alias, Gerry Mockerman, in 1988 for driving a stolen vehicle. Public DomainTerry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. Host Jason Moon documents how those involved grapple with the idea that the prevailing story about who killed Sharon Johnson could be a lie. 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. 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 Bear Brook murders in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Armand Beaudins daughter Denise Beaudin is Lisas mother. Salamon said he and his family call the girl Angel.. 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.. Investigators believe that the mother of the child was also killed by Rasmussen. All of them are still alive. 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. I don't think they're ever going to find her, Denise Beaudins father Armand Beaudin said. In the show's second season, host Jason Moon returns with a new, even more complex story: In 1989, New Hampshire police . Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.. 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. In 1985 two bodies were discovered in a barrel in the Bear Brook State Park. In 1989, Jenson, later identified as Rasmussen, was arrested for child abandonment and was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. Honeychurchs sisters, Roxanne Barrows and Michelle Chagaris, remember her as bubbly and quirky, and said she had a good sense of humor.. While searching Vanners California home, Gruenheid and a fellow detective located an enormous pile of cat litter in a crawl space. The Bear Brook Murders. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Denise Beaudin has never been located. "[37], On June 6, 2019, New Hampshire investigators held a press conference regarding the case and revealed the identities of three of the victims. A fourth victim in the . The victims were officially named in June 2019. After Jenson disappeared, the Deckers were unable to complete the adoption and Lisa was taken into protective custody. [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. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? The woman, the oldest child and the youngest child . Rose ultimately went to the Contra Costa County Sheriff, where Roxane Gruenheid was a homicide detective. I wished he'd lived longer, so he would have suffered longer in prison, myself.. Apparently, Honeychurch had been with Rasmussen the last time she was seen. Sarah is believed to have been 2 to 3 years old at the time she was killed, according to authorities. She had curly or wavy brown hair and was between 5ft 2in (1.57m) and 5ft 7in (1.70m) in height. 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. They can rest in peace. His own taped confession. An estranged cousin goes missing. Show 8 More Episodes. [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. New methods of inquiry are used to crack other cold cases. When alternate versions are told by lawyers and podcasters as part of a mounting effort to free Jason Carroll from prison and clear his name. The Deckers came to believe Lisa might have been abused. DNA evidence then connected the man officially identified as Terry Rasmussen to the bodies found in Bear Brook. [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. 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. [1] [2] The podcast is hosted by Jason Moon and was released through New Hampshire Public Radio. The veteran detective on the case develops a theory involving her husband and a teenager. 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. [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. She left the group home after receiving a furlough, so she was not reported missing until police were seeking more information on Rasmussen in 2017. Timelines come together. [9][17], The adult, later identified as Honeychurch, was determined to be Caucasian with possible Native American ancestry. 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. By 2017, Bob Evans was dead, and investigators believed he had killed Denise Beaudin after they left New Hampshire. One of the hunters looked inside the open barrel and saw a skull. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. "So our suspect started in 1984 as 'Curtis Kimball.' Then we had 'Gordon Jenson.' In 2003, when the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department opened a new case aimed at finding Lisas biological family, she was approximately 22 years old. Curiously, against the advice of his attorneys, Vanner pleaded guilty to the murder during his trial. 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. His wife left him between 1973 and 1974 and his family last saw him around Christmas 1974. 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. The hunter had been stalking deer on a property adjacent to New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park. 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. Rasmussen killed at least six people in a series of crimes that spanned decades and stretched across the continental United States. 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.. Ultimately, the body was identified as Jun, who police determined had died of blunt force trauma to the head. Marlyse was excited to be a mom. [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. [11][17], The girl found with the adult female, later identified as Vaughn, was between 5 and 11 years old. [2] He often worked as an electrician for oil and gas companies. 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. During this hunt, one of the brothers noticed an oil barrel while walking down a trail. She also may have suffered from anemia. He holds a bachelor's degree in screenwriting (widely considered to be a bad move) from Point Park University. Police have not been able to link Rasmussen to other cases, according toStrelzin. [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). 3, 2023 at 9:04 AM PST | Updated: 20 minutes ago. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? They have so far been unable to identify who the mother of the child is and whether or not she may still be alive. It was reported that he was known to travel with women and children. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. After months of trial and error, Rae-Venter was able to use this method to identify the victims. They werent identified until 2019; at that time, authorities believed Marie was 8 to 10 years old at the time of her death. Beaudin's daughter was abducted by Rasmussen and taken to California, where he raised her under the pseudonym "Gordon Jensen". 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The poster claimed to be McWaters half-sister. A paternity test comparing Rasmussens blood from prison and a sample police had from 5-year-old Lisa showed Rasmussen was not her father. Honeychurchs youngest daughter, Sarah, was laid to rest in Connecticut, near her fathers family. [Its because] there's still one victim out there, former Detective Cody said. They are: Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, the adult woman whose remains were discovered in 1985, and her two biological daughters, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn and Sarah Lynn McWaters. In her free time, Heath began scouring the internet for any clues she could find. [3] Moon began covering the cold case in 2015, and later started the podcast. 1977),[38] all of whom went missing from La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving 1978, while she was dating Rasmussen. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. 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. Published: Mar. [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. David Salamon and Paula Hodges are Honeychurch's siblings. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. 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. Diane Kloepfer is one of four biological children Terry Rasmussen fathered in his 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. 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. It well could be Terry. 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.. [12][6], Rasmussen died, aged 67, while imprisoned at High Desert State Prison[5] on December 28, 2010. October 31, 2018 A child is abandoned. I don't think they're ever going to find her, Beaudins father, Armand Beaudin, said. [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. [8] A second barrel was found about 100 yards from the first one in 2000 containing the body of McWaters and an unidentified child aged between two and four years old. Her hair was wavy and light brown; she had no dental fillings. Similar posts also aided in the identifications of the victims. 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. [4] They were found to have died of blunt force trauma to their heads. As the Los Angeles Times reported, Rasmussen had spent time in jail in the early 1990s for theft under the name Robert Evans. 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. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. bodies found. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care. [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. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. For more than two decades, the Bear Brook murders remained a complete mystery. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Larry Vanner" in an arrest photo from 2002. He didn't even look healthy. Police believe she died one to two years later, making her 26 to 27 when she died. Click here to donate $20. 07-11-2018. He abandoned her in 1986 and was subsequently imprisoned on child abandonment charges. After reading about the long journey to identify the Chameleon Killers victims, read about the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. Rae-Venter said that in viewing the timeline for Rasmussen, it appears most likely that his daughter was born in Texas, possibly on the Gulf Coast if Rasmussen was working on an oil rig at the time. 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. Rasmussen, who had used several other aliases throughout his life,was named as a suspect in 2017. [11], San Bernardino detective Peter Headley got Lisa's case in 2013 and genealogy website databases had grown since the case had started. A search leads authorities to his basement. In 2016, this child was determined to be Rasmussens biological daughter. In 2003, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department opened a case to find Lisa's biological family. While living in Manchester, New Hampshire, Rasmussen lived under the alias "Robert 'Bob' Evans" and worked at the Waumbec Mill. It was there that she introduced her family to her boyfriend, Terry Rasmussen, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. 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. [8], Honeychurch and Vaughn's funeral was held in November 2019 in Allenstown, during which they were given a new headstone bearing their names. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? He pleaded guilty to the death of his partnerEunsoon Jun, landing him a 15 year prison sentence, according to The Los Angeles Times. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. And we watched the barrel fall on its side, Morgan said. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona. Starring Terry P Rasmussen Genres Unscripted Subtitles None available 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. This is the twisted story of the Bear Brook Murders. At the same time, Barbara Rae-Venter, a genetic genealogist, independently used the victims DNA to identify them in a cutting-edge technique that required using autosomal DNA, which is found inside the cell nucleus. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care.. 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