[5] In 1989, he received a three-year prison sentence for child abandonment. [20] The organization later released an updated version of the child's facial reconstruction. As of June2019[update], the third child remains unidentified, but authorities were able to confirm that Rasmussen was her biological father. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona. 2021 TV-14 Deep in the woods of New Hampshire, police find barrels with the remains of mutilated victims. 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. Huber said the body of a woman was found in a state of advanced decomposition and police couldnt discern the womans facial features. 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. Anyone with any information thought to be related to this case is encouraged to contact New Hampshire State Police. Authorities fear both Beaudin and the unidentified mother of the middle child are other possible victims of Rasmussen. 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. In February 2020, it was announced that DNA analysis suggested the child was primarily Caucasian, with slight Asian, African, and Native American heritage. The middle child, identified as Rasmussen's daughter, currently remains unidentified. 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. 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. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? He would say she decided she didn't like me anymore and didn't want me in her life. Police later determined the female adult and child, unidentified at the time, had died of blunt force trauma to their heads. Timelines come together. The four victims were estimated to have died between 1977 and 1981. Under his plea agreement, an additional charge of child abuse was dropped. The last time Honeychurch was seen by her family wasonThanksgiving 1978, according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. In 2014, police announced that DNA profiling had revealed through MtDNA that the woman, and oldest and youngest girls were maternally related. Came to a dead end. 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. Born in 1943, Rasmussen was a native of Denver, Colorado. [10][25] In 2015, the woman was identified as the mother of the two girls. Upon Rasmussen's release from prison, according to the State of California Dept. bodies found. [29], Evans died in prison in December 2010. Investigators said genealogy research. Four bodies-one woman, and three little girls-found in two barrels years apart. The only evidence against him? Jensen told Gomulka at CrimeCon that Rasmussen put Jun's body in a 75-pound pile of kitty litter before he was able to dispose of her. David Salamon, Honeychurchs brother, remembered the lengths to which their family went to find Honeychurch and her daughters. an investigative journalist and the author of the book "Chase Darkness With Me." . This linked him to New Hampshire in the same timeframe as the Bear Brook murders, when he was known as Robert Evans. A sister and two nieces.. Honeychurch was last seen at her mothers house in La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving in 1978. [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. Bear Brook Starting February 20 Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. [7] His cause of death was a combination of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia. 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. 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. [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. The family was comprised of Sarah McWaters, an infant, her older sister Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, and their mother Marlyse Honeychurch. [2][3][4], In 2017, investigators named Terry Peder Rasmussen as the most likely suspect. To this day, she has yet to be identified. It can conquer hate. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. Additionally, Huber said the womans remains bore the hallmarks of Rasmussens other victims. 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. "So our suspect started in 1984 as 'Curtis Kimball.' Then we had 'Gordon Jenson.' The Deckers came to believe Lisa might have been abused. Online, she found a post from someone who mentioned the name Sarah McWaters. The only evidence against him? The hunter had been stalking deer on a property adjacent to New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park. Police believe Honeychurch fled to New Hampshire with Rasmussen, who at that point had begun using the name "Bob Evans." Rasmussen had been convicted of the murder of aromantic partner in 2003. 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. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. Now, the only question that remains is, who was the middle child, Terry Rasmussens daughter and fourth victim? A True Crime Story is about what happens when the official narrative is challenged. [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. Authorities have connected 5 murders to Rasmussen and they fear there are more. 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.. But what if that story was based on a lie? A second search was conducted in May 2018. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. When they reached out to Jenson again to finalize the adoption, he had disappeared. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. There could be a variety of women out there who could be potential victims.. 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. [15] In attendance were members of Honeychurch's family and Rasmussen's daughter from his first marriage. After countless hours of research, genetic genealogist Rae-Venter found Armand Beaudin, Lisas maternal grandfather. [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. [16], Elizabeth Lamotte was 17 years old when she disappeared from the Youth Development Center in Manchester in 1984. His own taped confession. 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. It's a blue 55-gallon steel drum. ET on ABC. 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.. The identity of the fourth victim still remains a mystery. Police built the case against him around his own taped confession. He holds a bachelor's degree in screenwriting (widely considered to be a bad move) from Point Park University. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former detective John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. For Bear Brook listeners, a full episode preview of Jason Moon's latest reporting project, Death Resulting. Authorities believed that Evans was the killer of the four Bear Brook victims, but did not elaborate. New Hampshire State Attorney's Office, Sarah Lynn McWaters, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch and Marie Elizabeth Vaughn. He finds Rasmussen to be a particularly repulsive serial killer in fact, the worst, in his opinion. A paternity test comparing Rasmussens blood from prison and a sample police had from 5-year-old Lisa showed Rasmussen was not her father. He then took on the alias Gordon Jenson and abandoned the child at an RV park in Scotts Valley, California, in 1986. My father's been outta my life since I was, like, 6 or 7, she said. 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. [32], Authorities said in 2018 that the Bear Brook woman was not Beaudin. He was just a really, really bad man, one of the worst, Jensen said. At the time, Morgan and his friends didnt know there were remains inside the barrel. [3][4] Rasmussen enlisted in the United States Navy in 1961 and served until he was discharged in 1967. Rasmussen is believed to be responsible for several other murders, including that of Denise Beaudin, his known girlfriend,[5] who disappeared in 1981. Authorities were able to link him then, using his fingerprints, to the earlier child abandonment case. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. Lisa was born Dawn Beaudin in 1981, Armand Beaudin said. 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. Investigators have concluded the woman and two of the children lived in the area where their bodies were found. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? [2] The three girls were thought to also have some Native American heritage; they had light or European-American complexions. It well could be somebody else. [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. During the news conference, investigators detail the Bear Brook State Park murders; the killing of Eunsoon Jun in California; Lisa's abandonment; and Lisa's link to the still-missing Denise Beaudin, her mother. [12] On January 26, 2017, authorities publicly announced that Evans was a suspect in the disappearance of Denise Beaudin and the Bear Brook murders. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Larry Vanner" in an arrest photo from 2002. 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. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. In the show's second season, host Jason Moon returns with a new, even more complex story: In 1989, New Hampshire police . Rebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. [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. This is somebody who forms relationships and clearly is having social attachments. After his stint in the 1990s, Rasmussen stayed off authorities radar for a little over a decade. Clockwise from left: Denise Beaudin, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, Sarah L. McWaters, Marie E. Vaughn, "the Middle Child," Eunsoon Jun. [15], When Lisa was interviewed by detectives in 1986, they asked her if she had any siblings. 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. 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. 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. There were still many questions to be answered and gaps in Evans history to fill in, but now investigators had a crucial piece of evidence Bob Evans, or Lawrence Vanner, had lived in New Hampshire in the mid-1980s. 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. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.. 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. A child is abandoned. She was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California, when her father was in the Marines. She had brown hair and was about 3ft 8in (1.12m) tall. [41] Sarah was laid to rest in Connecticut, closer to her father's family. By 1981, Evans was romantically linked to a woman namedDenise Beaudin who also went missing with her daughter shortly thereafter. 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. [10], Rasmussen resurfaced in December 1999 under the pseudonym Larry Vanner when California-based chemist Eunsoon Jun introduced him to her family. 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. Billy Jensen on the Bear Brook 4 Update and Remembering the Victims of Ted Bundy | CrimeCon, Debra and Terra Newell and Laura Richards Discuss Dirty John & Coercive Control, Nancy Grace Speaks About Fighting For Victims at CrimeCon 2019, Nancy Grace on Her New Oxygen Series Injustice, the Chris Watts Case, and More | CrimeCon, Photo: 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. 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. Click here to donate $20. A search leads authorities to his basement. Do groundbreaking techniques come at the cost of genetic privacy? This is the twisted story of the Bear Brook Murders. The man imprisoned for her murder maintains his innocence. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. 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. 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. As the Los Angeles Times reported, Rasmussen had spent time in jail in the early 1990s for theft under the name Robert Evans. 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. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. Inside were the bodies of an adult female and young girl, wrapped in plastic. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. 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 . Thanks for your support. He was polite and soft spoken and very smart, and with his twinkly blue eyes he could get somebody to maybe trust him, Gruenheid told 20/20. All we were really trying to do was to determine where Eunsoon was and if she was okay. 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. This new discovery didnt offer any immediate clues as to who the killer had been, though. Starring Terry P Rasmussen Genres Unscripted Subtitles None available Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch (b. She had blunt force trauma to the head, and then she was put in a container and the container was tied off and he dumped it, he said. Curiously, against the advice of his attorneys, Vanner pleaded guilty to the murder during his trial. 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. Bear Brook murder victims remembered. In the early days of the investigation, authorities publicized the case in the United States and some parts of Canada. At least ten possible identities were ruled out. [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. [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. according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. I got a little crazy with it, she said. [28] Beaudin disappeared from Manchester, New Hampshire, along with her young daughter and then-boyfriend Robert "Bob" Evans. He faces 30 years to life for each murder conviction and up to five years for the weapons charges. She also may have suffered from anemia. 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. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care. 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. Honeychurch had an argument with her mother and left the residence, never contacting her relatives again. A family tree begins to take shape. These versions incorporated their dental information, showing how their teeth could have affected the appearance of their faces. 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. Murders", "N.H. missing woman case linked to bodies found in steel drums in state park", "AG: NH cold cases linked to California murder", National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, "Video of police interview with 'Bob Evans' released; authorities hope for clues about killer", "Authorities reveal actual identity of killer known as 'Bob Evans', "True ID of 'Chameleon' Killer Revealed Terry Peder Rasmussen", "New Hampshire's Most Infamous Cold Case Leads to Unrelated 1985 Tenn. [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. In October 2018, the New Hampshire Public Radio released a podcast called Bear Brook, which explored the bizarre, unique case. [11][17], The girl found with the adult female, later identified as Vaughn, was between 5 and 11 years old. Let's talk about the Bear Brook murders. We know what he was, we know what he did and now we know who his victims were.. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Curtis Kimball" in an arrest photo from 1990. A family tree begins to take shape. For more than 30 years, that story has profoundly shaped the lives of many people. He had an unofficial backyard marriage ceremony to Eunsoon Jun in Richmond that same year, though no marriage certificates were ever filed. [12][6], Rasmussen died, aged 67, while imprisoned at High Desert State Prison[5] on December 28, 2010. And the last story, the one that would tie them all together: the disappearance of a woman named Denise Beaudin from Manchester, New Hampshire. One of the brothers just pushed the barrel over. Public DomainTerry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. [9] Beaudin was not reported missing at the time as her family believed she left town due to financial reasons. After his release, he assumed the name "Larry Vanner" and began living with chemist Eunsoon Jun in 2001. On November 10, 1985, a barrel was found by hunters on private property close to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. 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. 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. [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. [5] His wife left him and took the children in 1975 after he was arrested for aggravated assault. Host Jason Moon documents how those involved grapple with the idea that the prevailing story about who killed Sharon Johnson could be a lie. [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. The unidentified yo. DNA evidence then connected the man officially identified as Terry Rasmussen to the bodies found in Bear Brook. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? February 13, 2019 A son remembers his father, and searches for clues in his military paperwork. Rose ultimately went to the Contra Costa County Sheriff, where Roxane Gruenheid was a homicide detective. October 31, 2018 A child is abandoned. [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. "[15], On May 9, 2000, the remains of two young girls were found near the first discovery site. In her free time, Heath began scouring the internet for any clues she could find. [33] They also said that "Robert Evans" was a pseudonym and that the man's legal identity was unknown. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders And The Evidence That Points To The Chameleon Killer. NEW YORK (AP) Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia following the biggest round of layoffs in . His true identity, Terry Rasmussen, was not revealed by authorities until 2017. [4], In November 1985, the bodies of Honeychurch and Vaughn were found in a barrel in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. and I went, This can't be, Rose said of learning her friend was gone. Two investigators work parallel leads, and authorities call a press conference. Salamon said he and his family call the girl Angel.. His own taped confession. One of his sons from this marriage provided the DNA sample that confirmed Rasmussen as Evans in June 2017. Then, 15 years later on May 9, 2000, a second 55-gallon drum was discovered in the same area. Marlyse was excited to be a mom. 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.