I don't think they're ever going to find her, Denise Beaudins father Armand Beaudin said. The murder of Eunsoon Jun in Richmond, California. Hes your atypical serial killer, Strelzin said. Thanks for your support. [20] The organization later released an updated version of the child's facial reconstruction. 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 . After countless hours of research, genetic genealogist Rae-Venter found Armand Beaudin, Lisas maternal grandfather. Now, the only question that remains is, who was the middle child, Terry Rasmussens daughter and fourth victim? DNA is wrestled from rootless hair. Most serial killers would never do that; it's the last thing they would do. [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. [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. Host Jason Moon documents how those involved grapple with the idea that the prevailing story about who killed Sharon Johnson could be a lie. She had brown hair and was about 3ft 8in (1.12m) tall. A dedicated detective refused to stop digging after she solved the brutal murder of a chemist in California. That's why I do these to get her identified and so that there's closure for the families involved here. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. In 1985 the plastic wrapped bodies of a woman and girl were discovered in a metal drum in a forest in Allenstown, New Hampshire. When somebody's story keeps changing, it means that they [have] either made something up, can't remember what they told you the first time or that they're lying to you, she added. 1977),[38] all of whom went missing from La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving 1978, while she was dating Rasmussen. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. She also may have suffered from anemia. Honeychurch may have adopted the alias name "Elizabeth Evans" to use in legal documents during May 1980. Click here to donate $20. [20], In January 2017, it was announced that Denise Beaudin, who had been missing since 1981, was connected to the murders. [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. This is the story of the Allenstown Four. Investigators knew who their killer was, but they still had no clue who the victims were. 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. [39] By October 1978, Sarah's father was seeing another woman and Sarah was presumably in the care of her mother. Thanks for your support. One of his sons from this marriage provided the DNA sample that confirmed Rasmussen as Evans in June 2017. And he wasnt being cooperative with that at all.. 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. Investigators have concluded the woman and two of the children lived in the area where their bodies were found. [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. Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. [33] They also said that "Robert Evans" was a pseudonym and that the man's legal identity was unknown. [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. [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. I stood there for just a few seconds There was no odor. Lisa sent a sample of her DNA to an ancestry website and learned her mothers name: Denise Beaudin. 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. Let's talk about the Bear Brook murders. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Bear Brook | S2 - TRAILER Trailer: Bear Brook S2: A True Crime Story 00:00 03:23 Big, like 4 or 5 feet around and probably 2 or 3 feet high, she said. This is the twisted story of the Bear Brook Murders. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. Authorities fear both Beaudin and the unidentified mother of the middle child are other possible victims of Rasmussen. Lisa was born Dawn Beaudin in 1981, Armand Beaudin said. Authorities have connected 5 murders to Rasmussen and they fear there are more. A conversation with one of Terry Rasmussen's surviving children. In October 2018, the New Hampshire Public Radio released a podcast called Bear Brook, which explored the bizarre, unique case. 3, 2023 at 9:04 AM PST | Updated: 20 minutes ago. Honeychurch's body and one of the girl's bodieswerefound in November1985 in a barrel tipped on its side inBear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. And the last story, the one that would tie them all together: the disappearance of a woman named Denise Beaudin from Manchester, New Hampshire. ET on ABC. 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. Honeychurch had an argument with her mother and left the residence, never contacting her relatives again. The only evidence against him? Beaudin's daughter was abducted by Rasmussen and taken to California, where he raised her under the pseudonym "Gordon Jensen". He faces 30 years to life for each murder conviction and up to five years for the weapons charges. 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. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care. bodies found. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Then, 15 years later on May 9, 2000, a second 55-gallon drum was discovered in the same area. Honeychurch was last seen in La Puente, California, on Thanksgiving day that year. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images. On November 10, 1985, a barrel was found by hunters on private property close to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Although this moment is bittersweet, they had their names back on this day. 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The woman, the oldest child and the youngest child . But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. After his release, he assumed the name "Larry Vanner" and began living with chemist Eunsoon Jun in 2001. Then, learn about Ivan Milat, Australias most violent serial killer. MORE: Suspected Potomac River Rapist, who 'terrorized' women in '90s, caught with genetic genealogy July 2017 Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! [2] He grew up in Arizona and attended North High School in Phoenix until dropping out during his sophomore year in 1960. Link your TV provider to stream full episodes and live TV. 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. You know, people ask me why I do these interviews. 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. Two brothers were hunting in Bear Brook State Park on the 10th of November 1985. A year later, Juns body was found dismembered and buried in her basement. The bodies could not be identified at the time, leading the case to go cold. [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. She said that she did but "they died eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping". 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. 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. In 1989, Jenson, later identified as Rasmussen, was arrested for child abandonment and was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. It was determined that they had been killed sometime between 1977 and 1985. In 2003, when the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department opened a new case aimed at finding Lisas biological family, she was approximately 22 years old. His true identity, Terry Rasmussen, was not revealed by authorities until 2017. When they reached out to Jenson again to finalize the adoption, he had disappeared. It just made me angry and curious.. By 2001, Rasmussen was working odd jobs in California under yet another alias, Lawrence Vanner. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? 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. 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. During this hunt, one of the brothers noticed an oil barrel while walking down a trail. But 15years later, a similar barrel was discovered in the same area, this time containing the remainsof two girls. Upon Rasmussen's release from prison, according to the State of California Dept. Updates in the case of the Bear Brook Murders. The Bear Brook murders (also referred to as the Allenstown Four) are female American murder victims, two discovered in 1985 and two in 2000, at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire, United States. She was only 5 months old when they left Manchester, [New Hampshire], Armand Beaudin said. Terry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. [9][14] Daneault had been living on the same street as Rasmussen. While searching Vanners California home, Gruenheid and a fellow detective located an enormous pile of cat litter in a crawl space. [3] He married in 1969, had four children and lived with his family in Phoenix and Redwood City, California. [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. Public DomainTerry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. Rebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. I wished he'd lived longer, so he would have suffered longer in prison, myself.. It would take 17 years until the killer could be named and another two until his victims would be identified. [9] Beaudin was not reported missing at the time as her family believed she left town due to financial reasons. Esther Elliott, eight, (left) dressed as . [15], When Lisa was interviewed by detectives in 1986, they asked her if she had any siblings. 2021 TV-14 Deep in the woods of New Hampshire, police find barrels with the remains of mutilated victims. 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. For more on the case, visit bearbrookpodcast.com. A second search was conducted in May 2018. Starring Terry P Rasmussen Genres Unscripted Subtitles None available Show 8 More Episodes. The four victims were estimated to have died between 1977 and 1981. 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. 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. One of the hunters looked inside the open barrel and saw a skull. Rasmussen has been linked to five horrific murders and authorities fear there are more. [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. David Salamon and Paula Hodges are Honeychurch's siblings. They werent identified until 2019; at that time, authorities believed Marie was 8 to 10 years old at the time of her death. As Evans, he dated Denise Beaudin, who disappeared in 1981. 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,. [7] His cause of death was a combination of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia. [6] The divorce was finalized in 1978. As of June2019[update], the third child remains unidentified, but authorities were able to confirm that Rasmussen was her biological father. 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. 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. [9][17], The adult, later identified as Honeychurch, was determined to be Caucasian with possible Native American ancestry. Where is she? Hodges remembered. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. Clockwise from left: Denise Beaudin, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, Sarah L. McWaters, Marie E. Vaughn, "the Middle Child," Eunsoon Jun. One of the victims had been his daughter. He abandoned her in 1986 and was subsequently imprisoned on child abandonment charges. One of the brothers just pushed the barrel over. The woman also told Heath that her missing family member had once married a man with the last name Rasmussen. But there was no doubt the killings had been the handiwork of the same person. Evans was listed as married to a woman named Elizabeth, according to documents from 1980. Marlyse Honeychurch was last seen around Thanksgiving 1978 with her two daughters, Marie and Sarah. This is the twisted story of the Bear Brook Murders. In 1985 and then again in 2000, police discovered the dismembered. 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.. 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. [32], Authorities said in 2018 that the Bear Brook woman was not Beaudin. Online, she found a post from someone who mentioned the name Sarah McWaters. They had been living with a man named Bob Evans. [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. I was like, There is no way there is no way thats a coincidence,' Heath said, This is huge.'. This linked him to New Hampshire in the same timeframe as the Bear Brook murders, when he was known as Robert Evans. DNA proved this child was fathered by Terry Peder Rasmussen. [3][4][11] This means that the woman could have been the girls' mother, aunt, or older sister. While living in Manchester, New Hampshire, Rasmussen lived under the alias "Robert 'Bob' Evans" and worked at the Waumbec Mill. 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. After his stint in the 1990s, Rasmussen stayed off authorities radar for a little over a decade. [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. It well could be Terry. February 20, 2023 Sharon Johnson's family and friends have spent the last 35 years coping with her brutal murder. Police and FBI agents conducted a search in Manchester after receiving an anonymous tip regarding Daneault in November 2017, after Rasmussen was announced as the Bear Brook killer. The Deckers came to believe Lisa might have been abused. [8] Authorities believe that Rasmussen killed Beaudin somewhere in California, although her body has never been found. 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. Police believe her answer indicates they may have been killed by Rasmussen, too. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former San Joaquin County Assistant Sheriff John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. For more than two decades, the Bear Brook murders remained a complete mystery. 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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. Her age at the time of death was estimated to be 23 to 33. It was sad, Salamon said. 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. Inside, he found two bodies, dismembered, wrapped in plastic bags, and highly skeletonized beyond recognition, Oxygen reported. Investigators said genealogy research. Police believe she died one to two years later, making her 26 to 27 when she died. Police believe Honeychurch fled to New Hampshire with Rasmussen, who at that point had begun using the name "Bob Evans." 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. Diane Kloepfer is one of four biological children Terry Rasmussen fathered in his marriage. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? He was sentenced to 15 years to life in jail. His own taped confession. Thanks for your support. Why are you with him? Hodges said. Authorities on Thursday revealed that they had identified three of the four victims in the chilling cold case known as the Bear Brook murders . Honeychurch was 24 at the time, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 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. 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. [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. We had a sister that was gone. David Salamon, Honeychurchs brother, remembered the lengths to which their family went to find Honeychurch and her daughters. 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. This new discovery didnt offer any immediate clues as to who the killer had been, though. Terry Rasmussen poses for arrest photo from 1973. 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. From left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. In June 2013, new versions of the victims' facial reconstructions were created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Similar posts also aided in the identifications of the victims. Honeychurch was last seen at her mothers house in La Puente, California, around Thanksgiving in 1978. Her hair was wavy and light brown; she had no dental fillings. The Allenstown Four. Sarah is believed to have been 2 to 3 years old at the time she was killed, according to authorities. 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. But as it turned out, that person had been several different people throughout his life. He pleaded guilty to the death of his partnerEunsoon Jun, landing him a 15 year prison sentence, according to The Los Angeles Times. [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. 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. It's a blue 55-gallon steel drum. Evans later abandoned a young girl, "Lisa", at a campground, and she was found to not be his daughter. He holds a bachelor's degree in screenwriting (widely considered to be a bad move) from Point Park University. The Family in Barrels. Since 2017, he has been named as a suspect in several other crimes. [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 6, 2019, the New Hampshire Attorney General's office revealed that investigators had successfully identified three of the four Bear Brook murders victims. It can conquer hate. The focus from this day forward should be to find the family of that little girl, he said. "So our suspect started in 1984 as 'Curtis Kimball.' Then we had 'Gordon Jenson.' By 2017, Bob Evans was dead, and investigators believed he had killed Denise Beaudin after they left New Hampshire. An estranged cousin goes missing. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth - and who gets to tell it? Instead, they focus on complete strangers. The unidentified yo. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. [34] Two months later, Robert Evans was confirmed as Terry Peder Rasmussen, through Y-DNA testing from a DNA sample contributed by one of his sons from what is believed to be his first marriage.
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