[6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. Online, she found a post from someone who mentioned the name Sarah McWaters. [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. Thanks for your support. After countless hours of research, genetic genealogist Rae-Venter found Armand Beaudin, Lisas maternal grandfather. [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. But 15years later, a similar barrel was discovered in the same area, this time containing the remainsof two girls. They were buried together at a local Allenstown cemetery with a donated gravestone that read: Here lies the mortal remains known only to God of a woman aged 23-33 and a girl child aged 8-10. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? 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. That's why I do these to get her identified and so that there's closure for the families involved here. Anyone with any information thought to be related to this case is encouraged to contact New Hampshire State Police. 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. On Nov. 10, 1985, a hunter trekking through Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire came across a large, industrial steel drum. All of them are still alive. The only evidence against him? The bodies could not be identified at the time, leading the case to go cold. [15] In attendance were members of Honeychurch's family and Rasmussen's daughter from his first marriage. It was just odd that the barrel was out there It was [a] slightly rusted, dark blue barrel. [16], Elizabeth Lamotte was 17 years old when she disappeared from the Youth Development Center in Manchester in 1984. Never contacted nobody. It can conquer death." +4. Authorities have connected 5 murders to Rasmussen and they fear there are more. My father's been outta my life since I was, like, 6 or 7, she said. 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. Timelines come together. [11] Rasmussen was arrested under another alias, Gerry Mockerman, in 1988 for driving a stolen vehicle. [4] The identities of the middle child, who Rasmussen fathered, and her mother remain unknown. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. Instead, they focus on complete strangers. The abandonment of five-year-old Lisa in Scotts Valley, California. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. They can rest in peace. While searching Vanners California home, Gruenheid and a fellow detective located an enormous pile of cat litter in a crawl space. [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. Honeychurch had an argument with her mother and left the residence, never contacting her relatives again. 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. A surprising admission leads to a new break in the case. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Bob Evans" in an arrest photo from 1985. A fourth victim in the . All the same guy., Watch the full story on "20/20" FRIDAY at 9 p.m. She had brought her two daughters and a man she identified as Rasmussen to hermothers house in La Puente, California. It would take 17 years until the killer could be named and another two until his victims would be identified. 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. November 7, 2018 The case that was solved in reverse leaves many questions unanswered. The Grisly Crimes Of Terry Rasmussen.#crime #truecrime #solvedcase #unsolved #realcrimeMusic Credit:. Evans later abandoned a young girl, "Lisa", at a campground, and she was found to not be his daughter. 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 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. Born in 1943, Rasmussen was a native of Denver, Colorado. 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. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? 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. Investigators knew who their killer was, but they still had no clue who the victims were. Marlyse Honeychurch was last seen around Thanksgiving 1978 with her two daughters, Marie and Sarah. Three of the victims would be identified, however, two years later, thanks to the obsessive amateur sleuthing of Rebekah Heath and Barbara Rae-Venter. June 7, 2019 A clue is found buried on an internet message board. [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. [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. Authorities on Thursday revealed that they had identified three of the four victims in the chilling cold case known as the Bear Brook murders . It's a blue 55-gallon steel drum. One of the hunters looked inside the open barrel and saw a skull. After months of trial and error, Rae-Venter was able to use this method to identify the victims. It wasnt Rasmussens first time in prison, however hed just been using a different name. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care.. [3] He married in 1969, had four children and lived with his family in Phoenix and Redwood City, California. [6] They last saw Rasmussen around December 1975 or 1976, when he showed up with an unidentified woman. [9] Beaudin was not reported missing at the time as her family believed she left town due to financial reasons. Where is she? Hodges remembered. 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.. 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. 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. Let's talk about the Bear Brook murders. 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. Jun disappeared from Richmond, California, in June 2002, approximately two years after Vanner met her family and friends. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former detective John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. They had been living with a man named Bob Evans. Most serial killers would never do that; it's the last thing they would do. Deza was identified by Othram on February 23, 2023. Inside were the bodies of an adult female and young girl, wrapped in plastic. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Curtis Kimball" in an arrest photo from 1990. 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. His own taped confession. 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. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. Beaudin and Dawn, an infant at the time, had gone missing from their home in Manchester, New Hampshire just after Thanksgiving in 1983. And he brings a fresh examination of the evidence to a state that has never exonerated anyone for murder. 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. 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 is somebody who forms relationships and clearly is having social attachments. And the last story, the one that would tie them all together: the disappearance of a woman named Denise Beaudin from Manchester, New Hampshire. [Its because] there's still one victim out there, former Detective Cody said. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona.A mugshot of Terry Rasmussen from 1973. [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. His true identity, Terry Rasmussen, was not revealed by authorities until 2017. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! [5] In 1989, he received a three-year prison sentence for child abandonment. Clockwise from left: Denise Beaudin, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, Sarah L. McWaters, Marie E. Vaughn, "the Middle Child," Eunsoon Jun. The veteran detective on the case develops a theory involving her husband and a teenager. The identity of the fourth victim still remains a mystery. Denise Beaudin has never been located. [29] Beaudin was not reported missing until 2016, when her daughter resurfaced alive and well in California after there was more publicity about the murders and Beaudin's disappearance. Lisa was born Dawn Beaudin in 1981, Armand Beaudin said. 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. [7] Based on the date they disappeared, available documents and Rasmussen's activities, the victims most likely died between 1978 and 1981. In 2003, when the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department opened a new case aimed at finding Lisas biological family, she was approximately 22 years old. In 1981, Denise Beaudin went missing shortly after Thanksgiving with her 6-month-old daughter and her boyfriend, Rasmussen, who she knew as Robert T. Evans, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. Similar posts also aided in the identifications of the victims. A family tree begins to take shape. [3] Moon began covering the cold case in 2015, and later started the podcast. This is the twisted story of the Bear Brook Murders. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona. In the show's second season, host Jason Moon returns with a new, even more complex story: In 1989, New Hampshire police . [8] DNA evidence eventually found that he was not Lisa's father and the case spent years without any significant developments. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.. [20], In January 2017, it was announced that Denise Beaudin, who had been missing since 1981, was connected to the murders. Updates in the case of the Bear Brook Murders. The first barrel was discovered in 1985, the second in 2000. From left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. [8][39] It is believed that all four victims were murdered before 1981, as Rasmussen was known to have left New Hampshire after this time. The family was comprised of Sarah McWaters, an infant, her older sister Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, and their mother Marlyse Honeychurch. "The Bear Brook case was the . He faces 30 years to life for each murder conviction and up to five years for the weapons charges. A year later, Juns body was found dismembered and buried in her basement. A conversation with one of Terry Rasmussen's surviving children. ET on ABC. Jenson arranged for Lisa to be taken to Southern California for two weeks with another family, Katherine and Richard Decker. In the early days of the investigation, authorities publicized the case in the United States and some parts of Canada. It was there that she introduced her family to her boyfriend, Terry Rasmussen, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. October 31, 2018 A child is abandoned. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. 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. The last time Honeychurch was seen by her family wasonThanksgiving 1978, according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Due to his use of many aliases, most notably "Bob Evans", Rasmussen is known as "The Chameleon Killer". 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. [33] They also said that "Robert Evans" was a pseudonym and that the man's legal identity was unknown. 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. By 2017, Bob Evans was dead, and investigators believed he had killed Denise Beaudin after they left New Hampshire. 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. Ongoing genealogy efforts have revealed that Jane Doe's mother's relatives may have come from Pearl River County, Mississippi. [13], Police released a video of a police interview of Evans in June 2017 in hopes of finding his true identity. Authorities were able to link him then, using his fingerprints, to the earlier child abandonment case. 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. Lisa sent a sample of her DNA to an ancestry website and learned her mothers name: Denise Beaudin. It was the first time, researchers claimed, that genetic genealogy had been successfully employed in a murder case. Although this moment is bittersweet, they had their names back on this day. During this hunt, one of the brothers noticed an oil barrel while walking down a trail. 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The Bear Brook murders in Allenstown, New Hampshire. And for years, no one could put a name to them, instead referring to the Bear Brook murders.. [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 was 2 to 4 years old at the time of her death, placing her birthdate between 1975-1977. The hunter had been stalking deer on a property adjacent to New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park. [36] The senior Rasmussen, known as the Chameleon killer, is believed to have used "at least five different aliases in a decades-long run of crimes across the country, including at least five homicides, and likely more. bodies found. An early morning drug deal in a hotel bathroom ends in tragedy. After his release, he assumed the name "Larry Vanner" and began living with chemist Eunsoon Jun in 2001. Heath continued researching, messaging some of the family members who had been around at the time when another name came up: Terry Rasmussen. 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. Authorities believed that Evans was the killer of the four Bear Brook victims, but did not elaborate. She was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California, when her father was in the Marines. 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. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. 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. Terry Peder Rasmussen (December 23, 1943 December 28, 2010) was an American serial killer. Rose ultimately went to the Contra Costa County Sheriff, where Roxane Gruenheid was a homicide detective. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Donate $20 today. 1954) was the mother of Marie Elizabeth Vaughn (b. Honeychurchs youngest daughter, Sarah, was laid to rest in Connecticut, near her fathers family. When they reached out to Jenson again to finalize the adoption, he had disappeared. She also may have suffered from anemia. [14] Denise Daneault, a 25-year-old woman who lived two blocks from the Rahn residence, went missing from a bar in June 1980. Bear Brook is an American true crime podcast covering the Bear Brook murders. 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. We're here today to bury my sister and my nieces, Salamon said at Honeychurch and Maries funeral. David Salamon and Paula Hodges are Honeychurch's siblings. 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. 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. [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. One of his sons from this marriage provided the DNA sample that confirmed Rasmussen as Evans in June 2017. A dedicated detective refused to stop digging after she solved the brutal murder of a chemist in California. 9 min. I was like, There is no way there is no way thats a coincidence,' Heath said, This is huge.'. And Denise only had one daughter, whom she had named Dawn. She was only 5 months old when they left Manchester, [New Hampshire], Armand Beaudin said. Vanner fended off her loved ones questions with an array of excuses. You know, people ask me why I do these interviews. It was determined that they had been killed sometime between 1977 and 1985. 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. 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. 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 . I don't think they're ever going to find her, Beaudins father, Armand Beaudin, said. Through the years my mother always said, You know, something's not right. The identities of Honeychurch and her two children were not known until they were confirmed by DNA profiling in 2019. 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.. And we watched the barrel fall on its side, Morgan said. Her teeth showed significant dental work, including multiple fillings and three extractions. 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. [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. One of the victims had been his daughter. [29], In June 2017, police released a video of a police interview of Evans in hopes of finding his true identity. She had brown hair and was about 3ft 8in (1.12m) tall. He pleaded guilty to the death of his partnerEunsoon Jun, landing him a 15 year prison sentence, according to The Los Angeles Times. Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. [5] His wife left him and took the children in 1975 after he was arrested for aggravated assault. [9][14] Daneault had been living on the same street as Rasmussen. Eunsoon Jun, a chemist from California, was the first victim authorities were able to tie to Rasmussen. My father's real full name is Terry Peder Rasmussen, and he was born Dec. 23 of 1943, Diane Kloepfer told 20/20.. 1971) and Sarah Lynn McWaters (b. 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. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. 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. 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: By 2001, Rasmussen was working odd jobs in California under yet another alias, Lawrence Vanner. He died in prison in 2010 after being convicted of her 2002 murder. Despite hundreds of leads, the bodies were not identified. For Bear Brook listeners, a full episode preview of Jason Moon's latest reporting project, Death Resulting. [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.
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