For more on the case, visit bearbrookpodcast.com. Honeychurchs sisters, Roxanne Barrows and Michelle Chagaris, remember her as bubbly and quirky, and said she had a good sense of humor.. 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. We're here today to bury my sister and my nieces, Salamon said at Honeychurch and Maries funeral. of Corrections, he broke parole and fled, Gruenheid said. But 15years later, a similar barrel was discovered in the same area, this time containing the remainsof two girls. By 2001, Rasmussen was working odd jobs in California under yet another alias, Lawrence Vanner. I remember seeing an ax leaned up there.. 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. 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. [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. 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A search leads authorities to his basement. 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. [12] On January 26, 2017, authorities publicly announced that Evans was a suspect in the disappearance of Denise Beaudin and the Bear Brook murders. This is the story of the Allenstown Four. 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. Honeychurch was last seen in La Puente, California, on Thanksgiving day that year. As Evans, he dated Denise Beaudin, who disappeared in 1981. [3][4] Rasmussen enlisted in the United States Navy in 1961 and served until he was discharged in 1967. Curiously, the first drum was way back in 1985 and the second wasnt discovered until 2000. Police believe Honeychurch fled to New Hampshire with Rasmussen, who at that point had begun using the name "Bob Evans." Rasmussen was born on December 23, 1943,[1] in Denver, Colorado. 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. One of the victims had been his daughter. She had brought her two daughters and a man she identified as Rasmussen to hermothers house in La Puente, California. [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. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. In her free time, Heath began scouring the internet for any clues she could find. [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). When authorities traced all Rasmussens aliases back to his true name, they found that in the early 1970s, he had been married and fathered four children from that marriage. Instead, they focus on complete strangers. [12], New Hampshire investigators announced that the identities of Honeychurch, Vaughn and McWaters were confirmed through DNA testing in June 2019. His wife left him between 1973 and 1974 and his family last saw him around Christmas 1974. Well it is Wednesday! A year later, Juns body was found dismembered and buried in her basement. She had an overbite, which was probably noticeable. The Family in Barrels. The Grisly Crimes Of Terry Rasmussen.#crime #truecrime #solvedcase #unsolved #realcrimeMusic Credit:. Lisa sent a sample of her DNA to an ancestry website and learned her mothers name: Denise Beaudin. Authorities fear both Beaudin and the unidentified mother of the middle child are other possible victims of Rasmussen. Investigators said genealogy research. Her answer led police to believe that Rasmussen killed them too. 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. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? A fourth victim in the . "[15], On May 9, 2000, the remains of two young girls were found near the first discovery site. Rasmussen was convicted and sentenced for the murder in 2002 of his then-wife, Eunsoon Jun; he died in prison in 2010. 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. Additionally, Huber said the womans remains bore the hallmarks of Rasmussens other victims. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? [6] They last saw Rasmussen around December 1975 or 1976, when he showed up with an unidentified woman. 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. Which says, yeah, there's more victims out there, definitely.. They have so far been unable to identify who the mother of the child is and whether or not she may still be alive. 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. An estranged cousin goes missing. Timelines come together. 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. ALLENSTOWN "Love conquers all things. 9 min. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? 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: It well could be somebody else. Investigators said they finally got a break in 2017, when a new forensic technique known as genetic genealogy pinpointed Rasmussen as the likely culprit. [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. [7], By 1978, Rasmussen was dating Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch. DNA proved this child was fathered by Terry Peder Rasmussen. [5][3] A woman named "Elizabeth Evans" was listed as his wife during his time in New Hampshire; this woman has never been identified. 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. [3][4][11] This means that the woman could have been the girls' mother, aunt, or older sister. 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. [11] Rasmussen was arrested under another alias, Gerry Mockerman, in 1988 for driving a stolen vehicle. 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. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. [8], Honeychurch and Vaughn's funeral was held in November 2019 in Allenstown, during which they were given a new headstone bearing their names. The hunter had been stalking deer on a property adjacent to New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park. A dedicated detective refused to stop digging after she solved the brutal murder of a chemist in California. [18] However, DNA from Lamotte's relatives later proved that she was one of the victims in the Redhead murders, a series of unsolved homicides across the United States which are unrelated to Rasmussen. 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. 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. This is the twisted story of the Bear Brook Murders. [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. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. [11], San Bernardino detective Peter Headley got Lisa's case in 2013 and genealogy website databases had grown since the case had started. [10] The reconstructions were created in black and white, as their skin tones and eye colors could not be determined.[24]. And he wasnt being cooperative with that at all.. Heath submitted her tip to authorities in October 2018. From left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. When Lisa was taken into protective custody in 1986, police asked her if she had any siblings. The four victims were estimated to have died between 1977 and 1981. The poster claimed to be McWaters half-sister. The man imprisoned for her murder maintains his innocence. You know, people ask me why I do these interviews. Clockwise from left: Denise Beaudin, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, Sarah L. McWaters, Marie E. Vaughn, "the Middle Child," Eunsoon Jun. [2] He grew up in Arizona and attended North High School in Phoenix until dropping out during his sophomore year in 1960. A second search was conducted in May 2018. 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. [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. Beaudin and Dawn, an infant at the time, had gone missing from their home in Manchester, New Hampshire just after Thanksgiving in 1983. 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. Big, like 4 or 5 feet around and probably 2 or 3 feet high, she said. Huber says the investigation is stalled because she is still unidentified. Inside were the bodies of an adult female and young girl, wrapped in plastic. Similar posts also aided in the identifications of the victims. 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. 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. A surprising admission leads to a new break in the case. At least ten possible identities were ruled out. Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts.. Jun disappeared from Richmond, California, in June 2002, approximately two years after Vanner met her family and friends. The identification of three decomposing corpses discovered in barrels in a New Hampshire state park have led police to believe they've solved a decades-old crime. The identity of the fourth victim still remains a mystery. 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. Terry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. Honeychurchs youngest daughter, Sarah, was laid to rest in Connecticut, near her fathers family. Born in 1943, Rasmussen was a native of Denver, Colorado. Thanks for your support. Huber said the body of a woman was found in a state of advanced decomposition and police couldnt discern the womans facial features. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! [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. Updates in the case of the Bear Brook Murders. True crime media like books, podcasts and TV shows continue to be a multimillion-dollar industry . The abandonment of five-year-old Lisa in Scotts Valley, California. [6] The divorce was finalized in 1978. Rasmussen had been convicted of the murder of aromantic partner in 2003. MORE: Suspected Potomac River Rapist, who 'terrorized' women in '90s, caught with genetic genealogy July 2017 One of his sons from this marriage provided the DNA sample that confirmed Rasmussen as Evans in June 2017. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. Evans later abandoned a young girl, "Lisa", at a campground, and she was found to not be his daughter. [1] [2] The podcast is hosted by Jason Moon and was released through New Hampshire Public Radio. The children both went through periods where they were in the custody of their fathers, but Marlyse would later regain guardianship. February 27, 2023 We begin with the story police told about Sharon Johnson's murder. And for years, no one could put a name to them, instead referring to the Bear Brook murders.. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care.. She said that she did, but they died from eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping, Deputy Headley said. The only evidence against him? The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. Heath continued researching, messaging some of the family members who had been around at the time when another name came up: Terry Rasmussen. [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. October 24, 2018 An ominous New Year's party introduction. [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. 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. He later abandoned that child, whom he had pretended to father and called Lisa, in a trailer park. Like Rasmussen's confirmed victims, she had died of blunt force trauma to the head. [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]. 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. The bones of a foot . The woman also told Heath that her missing family member had once married a man with the last name Rasmussen. This new discovery didnt offer any immediate clues as to who the killer had been, though. The crime goes by many names, but one thing that is certain-it is one of the most horrendous and baffling crimes in American history. THE CHAMELEON KILLER 'Bear Brook Murders' Starcasm Staff September 5, 2021 The Chameleon Killer, True Crime For 30 years the killer of bodies found in barrels near Bear Brook State Park,. For more than two decades, the Bear Brook murders remained a complete mystery. [3] Moon began covering the cold case in 2015, and later started the podcast. This is somebody who forms relationships and clearly is having social attachments. January 23, 2023 Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. Public DomainTerry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. New methods of inquiry are used to crack other cold cases. [7] Based on the date they disappeared, available documents and Rasmussen's activities, the victims most likely died between 1978 and 1981. These are the stories of the women and children he is suspected of killing, one he confessed to murdering and those whose lives he changed forever: Honeychurch, who was born in Connecticut in 1954, was married twice and had a daughter with each husband. He faces 30 years to life for each murder conviction and up to five years for the weapons charges. Under a plea deal, an additional charge of child abuse was dropped. We know what he was, we know what he did and now we know who his victims were.. And he brings a fresh examination of the evidence to a state that has never exonerated anyone for murder. [9][17], The adult, later identified as Honeychurch, was determined to be Caucasian with possible Native American ancestry. [Its because] there's still one victim out there, former Detective Cody said. She also may have suffered from anemia. Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. [8] DNA evidence eventually found that he was not Lisa's father and the case spent years without any significant developments. Lisa was born Dawn Beaudin in 1981, Armand Beaudin said. The last time Honeychurch was seen by her family wasonThanksgiving 1978, according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. I stood there for just a few seconds There was no odor. Thanks for your support. 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. The bodies could not be identified at the time, leading the case to go cold. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former San Joaquin County Assistant Sheriff John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. 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Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. 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 woman, the oldest child and the youngest child . Denise Beaudin has never been located. 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. Esther Elliott, eight, (left) dressed as . He finds Rasmussen to be a particularly repulsive serial killer in fact, the worst, in his opinion.