The Family in Barrels. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Anyone who is aware of a missing child or a missing child and her mother from the late 1970s to early 1980s can call New Hampshire State Police at 603-271-2663 or email coldcaseunit@dos.nh.gov.. Investigators said they finally got a break in 2017, when a new forensic technique known as genetic genealogy pinpointed Rasmussen as the likely culprit. 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. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona. You know, people ask me why I do these interviews. 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. 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. Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. 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. 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. I would go to work and Id come home and I would just research and research and research.. It wasnt Rasmussens first time in prison, however hed just been using a different name. Lamotte had been found in Tennessee in 1985, killed about four months after her disappearance. Police later determined the female adult and child, unidentified at the time, had died of blunt force trauma to their heads. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. Authorities believed that Evans was the killer of the four Bear Brook victims, but did not elaborate. The mother of the middle child, the unidentified girl in the second barrel found at Bear Brook in 2000, who was determined to be Rasmussens biological daughter, has also never been found nor identified. 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. 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. February 13, 2019 A son remembers his father, and searches for clues in his military paperwork. She said that she did but "they died eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping". ET on ABC. In October 2018, the New Hampshire Public Radio released a podcast called Bear Brook, which explored the bizarre, unique case. Investigators said genealogy research. 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. [6], Rasmussen lived in a number of states including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Virginia, Texas, Ohio, Oregon, Hawaii and California. And for years, no one could put a name to them, instead referring to the Bear Brook murders.. He finds Rasmussen to be a particularly repulsive serial killer in fact, the worst, in his opinion. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former detective John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. The identities of Honeychurch and her two children were not known until they were confirmed by DNA profiling in 2019. [28] Beaudin disappeared from Manchester, New Hampshire, along with her young daughter and then-boyfriend Robert "Bob" Evans. 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. [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. Despite hundreds of leads, the bodies were not identified. Honeychurchs youngest daughter, Sarah, was laid to rest in Connecticut, near her fathers family. A paternity test comparing Rasmussens blood from prison and a sample police had from 5-year-old Lisa showed Rasmussen was not her father. Investigators have concluded the woman and two of the children lived in the area where their bodies were found. Four months later, Ron Montplaisir, who was an Allenstown, New Hampshire police officer at the time, got a call from dispatch to meet a hunter at the edge of the woods. Advanced forensic testing showed the 2-to-4-year-old girl (since identified as Rasmussen's daughter) probably spent most of her childhood in either the upper Northeast or upper Midwest, perhaps Wisconsin. Timelines come together. 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 case stumped investigators for years: four bodies, found dismembered, skeletonized, wrapped in plastic bags, and stuffed in two 55-gallon steel drums in the Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! But, I think until we know her identity, we're not going to solve the case.. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. The woman also told Heath that her missing family member had once married a man with the last name Rasmussen. 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. Three of the victims would be identified, however, two years later, thanks to the obsessive amateur sleuthing of Rebekah Heath and Barbara Rae-Venter. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? Bear Brook | S2 - TRAILER Trailer: Bear Brook S2: A True Crime Story 00:00 03:23 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. Terry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. 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. Two investigators work parallel leads, and authorities call a press conference. [6] The divorce was finalized in 1978. I stood there for just a few seconds There was no odor. This is the story of the Allenstown Four. ALLENSTOWN "Love conquers all things. 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. The children both went through periods where they were in the custody of their fathers, but Marlyse would later regain guardianship. Gruenheid said she later determined a man matching Vanners description had bought 10 bags of cat litter from a nearby pet store. 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. 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. And they left never called. Beaudin and Dawn, an infant at the time, had gone missing from their home in Manchester, New Hampshire just after Thanksgiving in 1983. 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. 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. A second search was conducted in May 2018. In the show's second season, host Jason Moon returns with a new, even more complex story: In 1989, New Hampshire police . 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. The veteran detective on the case develops a theory involving her husband and a teenager. By Eric Shorey & Gina Tron [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. To this day, she has yet to be identified. He was sentenced to 15 years to life in jail. A surprising admission leads to a new break in the case. Through the years my mother always said, You know, something's not right. From left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. 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. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former San Joaquin County Assistant Sheriff John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. Now we need to identify and try to find all of his victims.. Huber said the body of a woman was found in a state of advanced decomposition and police couldnt discern the womans facial features. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders And The Evidence That Points To The Chameleon Killer. 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. David Salamon, Honeychurchs brother, remembered the lengths to which their family went to find Honeychurch and her daughters. Under a plea deal, an additional charge of child abuse was dropped. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Anyone with any information thought to be related to this case is encouraged to contact New Hampshire State Police.