One of the victims had been his daughter. When Lisa was taken into protective custody in 1986, police asked her if she had any siblings. 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. There could be a variety of women out there who could be potential victims.. The man imprisoned for her murder maintains his innocence. 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. He then took on the alias Gordon Jenson and abandoned the child at an RV park in Scotts Valley, California, in 1986. 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. 9 min. Just disappeared.. 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. [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. He abandoned her in 1986 and was subsequently imprisoned on child abandonment charges. [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. Associate N.H. Attorney General Jeff Strelzin identifies the three of the victims in the Bear Brook murder case. [13], Police released a video of a police interview of Evans in June 2017 in hopes of finding his true identity. [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. That's why I do these to get her identified and so that there's closure for the families involved here. 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. Honeychurch was last seen at her mothers house in La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving in 1978. [6] Aided by genetic genealogist Barbara Rae-Venter in 2015, Beaudin's daughter discovered her mother's identity and that the man she once thought had been her father was her kidnapper. 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. 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[38], Marlyse had previously married Marie's father in June 1971 and divorced by 1974. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesRebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. He settled in New Hampshire sometime in the late 1970s. [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. Updates in the case of the Bear Brook Murders. [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. It was reported that he was known to travel with women and children. [2] He often worked as an electrician for oil and gas companies. Public DomainTerry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. 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. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. Authorities fear both Beaudin and the unidentified mother of the middle child are other possible victims of Rasmussen. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Larry Vanner" in an arrest photo from 2002. Investigators believe that the mother of the child was also killed by Rasmussen. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. "[15], On May 9, 2000, the remains of two young girls were found near the first discovery site. [5] His wife left him and took the children in 1975 after he was arrested for aggravated assault. 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. 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. In 2014, police announced that DNA profiling had revealed through MtDNA that the woman, and oldest and youngest girls were maternally related. DNA proved this child was fathered by Terry Peder Rasmussen. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? She said that she did, but they died from eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping, Deputy Headley said. 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. 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. 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. Investigators said genealogy research. 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. I don't know if my mother knew his capacity for violence, but I don't believe that she knew about this His ability to kill women and children., If my mother wouldn't have left my father, it couldve been me, she said.Would have been me.. Beaudin's body has never been found and she is currently presumed dead, according to The Concord Monitor. [10] Jun disappeared in June 2002 and her body was found buried in cat litter in their home after having died from blunt force trauma to the head. Under his plea agreement, an additional charge of child abuse was dropped. Thanks for your support. The Family in Barrels. But 15years later, a similar barrel was discovered in the same area, this time containing the remainsof two girls. 07-11-2018. 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. and I went, This can't be, Rose said of learning her friend was gone. Her teeth showed significant dental work, including multiple fillings and three extractions. [4], In November 1985, the bodies of Honeychurch and Vaughn were found in a barrel in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. [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. 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. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders. Her answer led police to believe that Rasmussen killed them too. Show 8 More Episodes. Upon Rasmussen's release from prison, according to the State of California Dept. And we watched the barrel fall on its side, Morgan said. Rasmussen killed at least six people in a series of crimes that spanned decades and stretched across the continental United States. 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. Lisa sent a sample of her DNA to an ancestry website and learned her mothers name: Denise Beaudin. [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. 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. 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. Where is she? Hodges remembered. Despite hundreds of leads, the bodies were not identified. [11][17], The girl found with the adult female, later identified as Vaughn, was between 5 and 11 years old. In June 2013, new versions of the victims' facial reconstructions were created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. The Bear Brook Murders. Three of the victims would be identified, however, two years later, thanks to the obsessive amateur sleuthing of Rebekah Heath and Barbara Rae-Venter. In 1985 and then again in 2000, police discovered the dismembered. [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. His own taped confession. [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. We're here today to bury my sister and my nieces, Salamon said at Honeychurch and Maries funeral. Never contacted nobody. The poster claimed to be McWaters half-sister. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! 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. 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. His true identity, Terry Rasmussen, was not revealed by authorities until 2017. 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. Terry Peder Rasmussen (December 23, 1943 December 28, 2010) was an American serial killer. 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. Vanner fended off her loved ones questions with an array of excuses. You know, people ask me why I do these interviews. [8] Authorities believe that Rasmussen killed Beaudin somewhere in California, although her body has never been found. During this hunt, one of the brothers noticed an oil barrel while walking down a trail. In 2003, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department opened a case to find Lisa's biological family. A conversation with one of Terry Rasmussen's surviving children. 1977),[38] all of whom went missing from La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving 1978, while she was dating Rasmussen. As Heath was calling in the tip to authorities, investigative genetic genealogist Barbara Rae-Venter was also uncovering the three victims identities through a new technique that involves extracting DNA from the shaft of a strand of hair. 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.. This is the twisted story of the Bear Brook Murders. 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. In 1985 two bodies were discovered in a barrel in the Bear Brook State Park. A family tree begins to take shape. Armand Beaudins daughter Denise Beaudin is Lisas mother. Salamon said he and his family call the girl Angel.. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.. From left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? Two brothers were hunting in Bear Brook State Park on the 10th of November 1985. Heath continued researching, messaging some of the family members who had been around at the time when another name came up: Terry Rasmussen. Investigators have concluded the woman and two of the children lived in the area where their bodies were found. For more than two decades, the Bear Brook murders remained a complete mystery. Like Rasmussen's confirmed victims, she had died of blunt force trauma to the head. With the confirmation, police believe theycan officially implicate serial killerTerry Peder Rasmussen, who had passed away while in prison in 2010, in their deaths. Starring Terry P Rasmussen Genres Unscripted Subtitles None available This linked him to New Hampshire in the same timeframe as the Bear Brook murders, when he was known as Robert Evans. Curiously, against the advice of his attorneys, Vanner pleaded guilty to the murder during his trial. 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. [10][25] In 2015, the woman was identified as the mother of the two girls. [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. 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. 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. I would go to work and Id come home and I would just research and research and research.. The bodies could not be identified at the time, leading the case to go cold. 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. 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. By Eric Shorey & Gina Tron We had a sister that was gone. At least ten possible identities were ruled out. [3][9][10][11][12][13] Autopsies determined both had died of blunt trauma. In October 2018, the New Hampshire Public Radio released a podcast called Bear Brook, which explored the bizarre, unique case. 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. 1971) and Sarah Lynn McWaters (b. My father's real full name is Terry Peder Rasmussen, and he was born Dec. 23 of 1943, Diane Kloepfer told 20/20.. The conclusion was made after family members of the victims helped with the process ofDNA testing andgenetic genealogy. They had been living with a man named Bob Evans. Marie E. Vaughn was first, born in 1971, then Sarah L. McWaters was born in 1977, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. His own taped confession. 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. [6] The divorce was finalized in 1978. They remained an unsolved mystery, until 15 years later another two bodies were . Anyone with any information thought to be related to this case is encouraged to contact New Hampshire State Police. One of the brothers just pushed the barrel over. The hunter had been stalking deer on a property adjacent to New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park. [5][3] A woman named "Elizabeth Evans" was listed as his wife during his time in New Hampshire; this woman has never been identified. 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. "So our suspect started in 1984 as 'Curtis Kimball.' Then we had 'Gordon Jenson.' Which says, yeah, there's more victims out there, definitely.. 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. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. He was linked to the 1981 disappearance of a woman in New Hampshire that he was thought to be dating and was serving time for the murder of his wife in California when he died of natural causes in . [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. [2][3][4], In 2017, investigators named Terry Peder Rasmussen as the most likely suspect. For Bear Brook listeners, a full episode preview of Jason Moon's latest reporting project, Death Resulting. according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. I remember seeing an ax leaned up there.. A second search was conducted in May 2018. The only evidence against him? And for years, no one could put a name to them, instead referring to the Bear Brook murders.. 1954) was the mother of Marie Elizabeth Vaughn (b. Her hair was wavy and light brown; she had no dental fillings. Bear Brook | S2 - TRAILER Trailer: Bear Brook S2: A True Crime Story 00:00 03:23 On Nov. 10, 1985, a hunter trekking through Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire came across a large, industrial steel drum. Do groundbreaking techniques come at the cost of genetic privacy? [15], When Lisa was interviewed by detectives in 1986, they asked her if she had any siblings. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. We have his eyes. In the show's second season, host Jason Moon returns with a new, even more complex story: In 1989, New Hampshire police . Honeychurch had an argument with her mother and left the residence, never contacting her relatives again. And he wasnt being cooperative with that at all.. And they left never called. The last time Honeychurch was seen by her family wasonThanksgiving 1978, according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. [3] He married in 1969, had four children and lived with his family in Phoenix and Redwood City, California. This isn't the big news we're hoping to break - stay subscribed for another full episode of Bear Brook that we hope to bring you soon. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. New Hampshire State Attorney's Office, Sarah Lynn McWaters, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch and Marie Elizabeth Vaughn. 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. [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. I closed the blinds back up. 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. 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. But, I think until we know her identity, we're not going to solve the case.. October 24, 2018 An ominous New Year's party introduction. Honeychurch was 24 at the time, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Yet, they still had no clue who the victims were. A year later, Juns body was found dismembered and buried in her basement. The veteran detective on the case develops a theory involving her husband and a teenager. Ultimately, the body was identified as Jun, who police determined had died of blunt force trauma to the head. 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. It well could be Terry. [30] The daughter is keeping her name private. Thanks for your support. Beaudin and Dawn, an infant at the time, had gone missing from their home in Manchester, New Hampshire just after Thanksgiving in 1983. [12][6], Rasmussen died, aged 67, while imprisoned at High Desert State Prison[5] on December 28, 2010. [2] The three girls were thought to also have some Native American heritage; they had light or European-American complexions. 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.