[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. Salamon said he and his family call the girl Angel.. 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. "The Middle Child" was found on May 9, 2000 on private property next to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, NH. The New Hampshire Attorney General's office revealed that three of the victims in what became widely known as the "Bear Brook Murders" are Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch and her two daughters,. 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. [11] Rasmussen was arrested under another alias, Gerry Mockerman, in 1988 for driving a stolen vehicle. Beaudin's body has never been found and she is currently presumed dead, according to The Concord Monitor. Rasmussen was convicted and sentenced for the murder in 2002 of his then-wife, Eunsoon Jun; he died in prison in 2010. In 1989, Jenson, later identified as Rasmussen, was arrested for child abandonment and was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. 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His true identity, Terry Rasmussen, was not revealed by authorities until 2017. Jenson said after those two weeks, the Deckers could arrange for their daughter to adopt Lisa, police said. In 2003, when the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department opened a new case aimed at finding Lisas biological family, she was approximately 22 years old. Through the years my mother always said, You know, something's not right. It would take 17 years until the killer could be named and another two until his victims would be identified. 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 later abandoned that child, whom he had pretended to father and called Lisa, in a trailer park. 1977),[38] all of whom went missing from La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving 1978, while she was dating Rasmussen. [2] He grew up in Arizona and attended North High School in Phoenix until dropping out during his sophomore year in 1960. By Eric Shorey & Gina Tron "[14] He has been dubbed "The Chameleon Killer" due to his use of various aliases and his crime spree which stretched across the country. of Corrections, he broke parole and fled, Gruenheid said. Host Jason Moon documents how those involved grapple with the idea that the prevailing story about who killed Sharon Johnson could be a lie. 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.. He faces 30 years to life for each murder conviction and up to five years for the weapons charges. The Grisly Crimes Of Terry Rasmussen.#crime #truecrime #solvedcase #unsolved #realcrimeMusic Credit:. Thanks for your support. Curiously, against the advice of his attorneys, Vanner pleaded guilty to the murder during his trial. [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. After reading about the long journey to identify the Chameleon Killers victims, read about the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth - and who gets to tell it? New Hampshire State Attorney's Office, Sarah Lynn McWaters, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch and Marie Elizabeth Vaughn. I guess dying serves him right, Rose said. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. [28] Beaudin disappeared from Manchester, New Hampshire, along with her young daughter and then-boyfriend Robert "Bob" Evans. A conversation with one of Terry Rasmussen's surviving children. [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. The four victims were estimated to have died between 1977 and 1981. There could be a variety of women out there who could be potential victims.. Her hair was wavy and light brown; she had no dental fillings. A dedicated detective refused to stop digging after she solved the brutal murder of a chemist in California. He was just a really, really bad man, one of the worst, Jensen said. Known by a lengthy list of aliases, Terry Peder Rasmussen has been dubbed The Chameleon Killer for assuming so many different identities as he infiltrated families and destroyed lives in New Hampshire and California. Despite hundreds of leads, the bodies were not identified. In her free time, Heath began scouring the internet for any clues she could find. Now, the only question that remains is, who was the middle child, Terry Rasmussens daughter and fourth victim? Bear Brook murder victims remembered. I closed the blinds back up. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Larry Vanner" in an arrest photo from 2002. The Family in Barrels. Published: Mar. Heath submitted her tip to authorities in October 2018. 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.. He was 62 years old when he passed away in prison. ALLENSTOWN "Love conquers all things. In 1985 two bodies were discovered in a barrel in the Bear Brook State Park. The only evidence against him? They have so far been unable to identify who the mother of the child is and whether or not she may still be alive. After his stint in the 1990s, Rasmussen stayed off authorities radar for a little over a decade. Lamotte had been found in Tennessee in 1985, killed about four months after her disappearance. For more than two decades, the Bear Brook murders remained a complete mystery. The Bear Brook Murders. According to investigators, the reason that it took so long for the second drum to be recovered is that it was located outside the proximity of the initial crime scene. Honeychurch was 24 at the time, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. [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. Esther Elliott, eight, (left) dressed as . [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. Terry Peder Rasmussen (December 23, 1943 December 28, 2010) was an American serial killer. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. One of the victims had been his daughter. 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. When they reached out to Jenson again to finalize the adoption, he had disappeared. For more than 30 years, that story has profoundly shaped the lives of many people. Buried in the cat litter, police found a human foot completely mummified wearing a flip flop. [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. And he wasnt being cooperative with that at all.. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona.A mugshot of Terry Rasmussen from 1973. [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. She had an overbite, which was probably noticeable. By 1981, Evans was romantically linked to a woman namedDenise Beaudin who also went missing with her daughter shortly thereafter. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. [4][14] The two were buried in an Allenstown 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. Three of the victims would be identified, however, two years later, thanks to the obsessive amateur sleuthing of Rebekah Heath and Barbara Rae-Venter. I remember seeing an ax leaned up there.. She said that she did but "they died eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping". His own taped confession. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. Bear Brook Starting February 20 Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. It had previously been thought impossible to recover autosomal DNA from hair strands that were no longer attached to the root, but a forensic lab in California had been working on a new method to reassemble the broken autosomal DNA found in rootless hair. 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. 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. She also may have suffered from anemia. Most serial killers would never do that; it's the last thing they would do. Honeychurchs youngest daughter, Sarah, was laid to rest in Connecticut, near her fathers family. The victims were officially named in June 2019. [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. Which says, yeah, there's more victims out there, definitely.. June 7, 2019 A clue is found buried on an internet message board. Upon Rasmussen's release from prison, according to the State of California Dept. [11][17], The girl found with the adult female, later identified as Vaughn, was between 5 and 11 years old. [5], The guilty plea came as a surprise to the court; Contra Costa County homicide detective Roxane Gruenheid has stated that she thinks he pleaded guilty after overhearing her say that she was going to request a paternity test for Lisa. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. 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. [3] He married in 1969, had four children and lived with his family in Phoenix and Redwood City, California. He had an unofficial backyard marriage ceremony to Eunsoon Jun in Richmond that same year, though no marriage certificates were ever filed. Then, learn about Ivan Milat, Australias most violent serial killer. Bear Brook is an American true crime podcast covering the Bear Brook murders. These versions incorporated their dental information, showing how their teeth could have affected the appearance of their faces. In February 2020, it was announced that DNA analysis suggested the child was primarily Caucasian, with slight Asian, African, and Native American heritage. 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. The first barrel was discovered in 1985, the second in 2000. [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. The last time Honeychurch was seen by her family wasonThanksgiving 1978, according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. 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. We're here today to bury my sister and my nieces, Salamon said at Honeychurch and Maries funeral. The bodies could not be identified at the time, leading the case to go cold. The identity of the fourth victim still remains a mystery. 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. [9][14] Daneault had been living on the same street as Rasmussen. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? His face was gray. Gruenheid said she later determined a man matching Vanners description had bought 10 bags of cat litter from a nearby pet store. bodies found. I was like, There is no way there is no way thats a coincidence,' Heath said, This is huge.'. 1971) and Sarah Lynn McWaters (b. and I went, This can't be, Rose said of learning her friend was gone. She was previously known as San Joaquin Jane Doe and the Lady in the Fridge.[8][19]. "So our suspect started in 1984 as 'Curtis Kimball.' Then we had 'Gordon Jenson.' 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. She went with Terry. Authorities have connected 5 murders to Rasmussen and they fear there are more. [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. 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. All of them are still alive. Subsequent investigations led to Honeychurch and her daughters being identified as three of the four victims found in Allenstown; the identity of the fourth victim, his daughter, remains unknown. The veteran detective on the case develops a theory involving her husband and a teenager. 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. A fourth victim in the . Authorities fear both Beaudin and the unidentified mother of the middle child are other possible victims of Rasmussen. Terry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. [13], Police released a video of a police interview of Evans in June 2017 in hopes of finding his true identity. [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. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. I don't think they're ever going to find her, Beaudins father, Armand Beaudin, said. After months of trial and error, Rae-Venter was able to use this method to identify the victims. When Lisa was taken into protective custody in 1986, police asked her if she had any siblings. [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 conclusion was made after family members of the victims helped with the process ofDNA testing andgenetic genealogy. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders And The Evidence That Points To The Chameleon Killer. [7] Based on the date they disappeared, available documents and Rasmussen's activities, the victims most likely died between 1978 and 1981. 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.. [8] DNA evidence eventually found that he was not Lisa's father and the case spent years without any significant developments. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. 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. Just disappeared.. Came to a dead end, Salamon said. Huber says the investigation is stalled because she is still unidentified. One of the brothers just pushed the barrel over. [3][4] Rasmussen enlisted in the United States Navy in 1961 and served until he was discharged in 1967. 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. After countless hours of research, genetic genealogist Rae-Venter found Armand Beaudin, Lisas maternal grandfather. Eunsoon Jun, a chemist from California, was the first victim authorities were able to tie to Rasmussen. 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. I would go to work and Id come home and I would just research and research and research.. 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. 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. David Salamon, Honeychurchs brother, remembered the lengths to which their family went to find Honeychurch and her daughters. 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. MORE: Suspected Potomac River Rapist, who 'terrorized' women in '90s, caught with genetic genealogy July 2017 [15] In attendance were members of Honeychurch's family and Rasmussen's daughter from his first marriage. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former San Joaquin County Assistant Sheriff John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. [10] The reconstructions were created in black and white, as their skin tones and eye colors could not be determined.[24]. 07-11-2018. The woman also told Heath that her missing family member had once married a man with the last name Rasmussen. Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. Her teeth showed significant dental work, including multiple fillings and three extractions. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. 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. 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.

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