Investigative reporter Billy Jensen, who wrote about Rasmussen in his upcoming book Chase Darkness With Me," told Oxygen Digital Correspondent Stephanie Gomulka at CrimeCon 2019he thinks Rasmussen is responsible for killing other people, too. June 7, 2019 A clue is found buried on an internet message board. Where is she? Hodges remembered. [6] The divorce was finalized in 1978. It well could be somebody else. Lisa was born Dawn Beaudin in 1981, Armand Beaudin said. A surprising admission leads to a new break in the case. He had settled in nearby Manchester, New Hampshire, under the alias "Bob Evans" in the late 1970s. 3, 2023 at 9:04 AM PST | Updated: 20 minutes ago. Sarah L. McWaters was 11 months old when she was last seen with her mother and sister around Thanksgiving of 1978. 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. Investigators have concluded the woman and two of the children lived in the area where their bodies were found. [12], New Hampshire investigators announced that the identities of Honeychurch, Vaughn and McWaters were confirmed through DNA testing in June 2019. Online, she found a post from someone who mentioned the name Sarah McWaters. New Hampshire State Attorney's Office, Sarah Lynn McWaters, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch and Marie Elizabeth Vaughn. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. At least ten possible identities were ruled out. 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. Big, like 4 or 5 feet around and probably 2 or 3 feet high, she said. Click here to donate $20. Three of the victims would be identified, however, two years later, thanks to the obsessive amateur sleuthing of Rebekah Heath and Barbara Rae-Venter. Thanks for your support. [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. A dedicated detective refused to stop digging after she solved the brutal murder of a chemist in California. Rasmussen, who had used several other aliases throughout his life,was named as a suspect in 2017. 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. The four victims were estimated to have died between 1977 and 1981. 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. 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. [8] DNA evidence eventually found that he was not Lisa's father and the case spent years without any significant developments. [2] He grew up in Arizona and attended North High School in Phoenix until dropping out during his sophomore year in 1960. [2][3][4], In 2017, investigators named Terry Peder Rasmussen as the most likely suspect. 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. 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. He was just a really, really bad man, one of the worst, Jensen said. 9 min. Jenson said after those two weeks, the Deckers could arrange for their daughter to adopt Lisa, police said. [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. 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. By 1981, Evans was romantically linked to a woman namedDenise Beaudin who also went missing with her daughter shortly thereafter. All the same guy., Watch the full story on "20/20" FRIDAY at 9 p.m. 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. [4] The identities of the middle child, who Rasmussen fathered, and her mother remain unknown. 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. Lisa sent a sample of her DNA to an ancestry website and learned her mothers name: Denise Beaudin. 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. [15] In attendance were members of Honeychurch's family and Rasmussen's daughter from his first marriage. [8][10] He was arrested that November and pleaded no contest in 2003[12] to charges relating to her murder and dismemberment. He didn't even look healthy. Vanner fended off her loved ones questions with an array of excuses. These versions incorporated their dental information, showing how their teeth could have affected the appearance of their faces. While searching Vanners California home, Gruenheid and a fellow detective located an enormous pile of cat litter in a crawl space. All of them are still alive. The only evidence against him? They can rest in peace. During the news conference, investigators detail the Bear Brook State Park murders; the killing of Eunsoon Jun in California; Lisa's abandonment; and Lisa's link to the still-missing Denise Beaudin, her mother. That's why I do these to get her identified and so that there's closure for the families involved here. Four bodies-one woman, and three little girls-found in two barrels years apart. 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. 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.. 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. Investigators said they finally got a break in 2017, when a new forensic technique known as genetic genealogy pinpointed Rasmussen as the likely culprit. Host Jason Moon documents how those involved grapple with the idea that the prevailing story about who killed Sharon Johnson could be a lie. [2] He often worked as an electrician for oil and gas companies. A family tree begins to take shape. Police built the case against him around his own taped confession. 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. I would go to work and Id come home and I would just research and research and research.. [12][6], Rasmussen died, aged 67, while imprisoned at High Desert State Prison[5] on December 28, 2010. A search leads authorities to his basement. 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. [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. 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. I got a little crazy with it, she said. We believe we have our killer, said New Hampshire Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Strelzin at the time. That's the only reason.. [9][14] Daneault had been living on the same street as Rasmussen. November 15, 2018 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. [9][17], The adult, later identified as Honeychurch, was determined to be Caucasian with possible Native American ancestry. Although this moment is bittersweet, they had their names back on this day. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona. We as a family would like to thank the community, for caring and loving our sister Marlyse and our nieces, Marie [and] Sarah., We have looked and searched for over 30 years for them, with no luck. [6] He was arrested in Cypress, California, in 1985 under the name Curtis Kimball for charges of driving under the influence and endangering the welfare of a child but failed to appear in court. It was reported that he was known to travel with women and children. 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. In June 2013, new versions of the victims' facial reconstructions were created by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. She said that she did, but they died from eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping, Deputy Headley said. 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. [3] Moon began covering the cold case in 2015, and later started the podcast. according to a timeline released by the attorney general's office. Upon Rasmussen's release from prison, according to the State of California Dept. Salamon said he and his family call the girl Angel.. The abandonment of five-year-old Lisa in Scotts Valley, California. The poster claimed to be McWaters half-sister. Bear Brook murder victims remembered. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care.. [7] His cause of death was a combination of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia. When Lisa was taken into protective custody in 1986, police asked her if she had any siblings. They werent identified until 2019; at that time, authorities believed Marie was 8 to 10 years old at the time of her death. And he wasnt being cooperative with that at all.. Deza was identified by Othram on February 23, 2023. 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. He had an unofficial backyard marriage ceremony to Eunsoon Jun in Richmond that same year, though no marriage certificates were ever filed. [9] Beaudin was not reported missing at the time as her family believed she left town due to financial reasons. A chameleon is revealed. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. Testing his DNA, they also determined that the man had not, in fact, been Lisas father and an investigation began to find out who Lisa really was. 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. His own taped confession. Why are you with him? Hodges said. Then, learn about Ivan Milat, Australias most violent serial killer. November 7, 2018 The case that was solved in reverse leaves many questions unanswered. Decades later, investigators discovered that Denise Beaudin was the mother of the child known as Lisa, a little girl Rasmussen claimed in the 1980s was his daughter, which DNA tests later confirmed wasnt true. From left: Marlyse Honeychurch, Marie Elizabeth Vaughn, a still unidentified victim, and Sarah McWaters. Starring Terry P Rasmussen Genres Unscripted Subtitles None available DNA proved this child was fathered by Terry Peder Rasmussen. [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 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. 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. October 31, 2018 This is part two of episode 5. Additionally, Huber said the womans remains bore the hallmarks of Rasmussens other victims. A paternity test comparing Rasmussens blood from prison and a sample police had from 5-year-old Lisa showed Rasmussen was not her father. He was sentenced to 15 years to life in jail. Despite hundreds of leads, the bodies were not identified. I do, my sister does, and my brother does., I do know that my mother tells me All that I can get from her is that he was the great love of her life, she said. Huber said the body of a woman was found in a state of advanced decomposition and police couldnt discern the womans facial features. Her age at the time of death was estimated to be 23 to 33. In 1985 two bodies were discovered in a barrel in the Bear Brook State Park. A chameleon is revealed. Inside The Rise And Fall Of Atlantic City, Retired Kansas City Detective Roger Golubski Charged With Sex-Trafficking Teenage Girls In The 1990s, What Stephen Hawking Thinks Threatens Humankind The Most, 27 Raw Images Of When Punk Ruled New York, Join The All That's Interesting Weekly Dispatch. 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. Golden State Killer's invisible victims: Men whose lives were . But what if that story was based on a lie? 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. Hes your atypical serial killer, Strelzin said. [12] On January 26, 2017, authorities publicly announced that Evans was a suspect in the disappearance of Denise Beaudin and the Bear Brook murders. Thanks for your support. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. Honeychurch may have adopted the alias name "Elizabeth Evans" to use in legal documents during May 1980. The man imprisoned for her murder maintains his innocence. Jesse Morgan, who grew up in a small trailer park surrounded by Bear Brook, was 11 when he and his friends stumbled upon the barrel. After an argument with her family, she left with Rasmussen and her two daughters, six-year-old Marie Elizabeth Vaughn and one-year-old Sarah Lynn McWaters. The only evidence against him? [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. In 2003, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department opened a case to find Lisa's biological family. While living in Manchester, New Hampshire, Rasmussen lived under the alias "Robert 'Bob' Evans" and worked at the Waumbec Mill. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Bob Evans" in an arrest photo from 1985. Get an all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! [3][4] Rasmussen enlisted in the United States Navy in 1961 and served until he was discharged in 1967. Jenson arranged for Lisa to be taken to Southern California for two weeks with another family, Katherine and Richard Decker. [14] Denise Daneault, a 25-year-old woman who lived two blocks from the Rahn residence, went missing from a bar in June 1980. [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. In her free time, Heath began scouring the internet for any clues she could find. 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. His own taped confession. In 2016, this child was determined to be Rasmussens biological daughter. For Bear Brook listeners, a full episode preview of Jason Moon's latest reporting project, Death Resulting. Investigators believe that the mother of the child was also killed by Rasmussen. 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. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders. 2021 TV-14 Deep in the woods of New Hampshire, police find barrels with the remains of mutilated victims. Click here to donate $20. Known at times as Curtis Kimball, others as Larry Vanner, and frequently as Bob Evans, the killers true name was revealed as Terry Rasmussen in 2017 seven years after his death. Click here to donate $20. The woman, the oldest child and the youngest child . [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. 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 [email protected].. One of the brothers just pushed the barrel over. The victims were officially named in June 2019. I don't think they're ever going to find her, Beaudins father, Armand Beaudin, said. 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.. 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 days of the investigation, authorities publicized the case in the United States and some parts of Canada. She loved her kids dearly, Chagaris said. Lamotte had been found in Tennessee in 1985, killed about four months after her disappearance. Due to his use of many aliases, most notably "Bob Evans", Rasmussen is known as "The Chameleon Killer". [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. The children both went through periods where they were in the custody of their fathers, but Marlyse would later regain guardianship. Clockwise from left: Denise Beaudin, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, Sarah L. McWaters, Marie E. Vaughn, "the Middle Child," Eunsoon Jun. His own taped confession. After reading about the long journey to identify the Chameleon Killers victims, read about the Green River Killer, Gary Ridgway. Jesse Morgan, who grew up in a small trailer park surrounded by Bear Brook, was 11 when he and his friends stumbled upon the first barrel. He pleaded guilty to the death of his partnerEunsoon Jun, landing him a 15 year prison sentence, according to The Los Angeles Times. [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. [15], When Lisa was interviewed by detectives in 1986, they asked her if she had any siblings. [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. [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. In October 2018, the New Hampshire Public Radio released a podcast called Bear Brook, which explored the bizarre, unique case. Then, 15 years later on May 9, 2000, a second 55-gallon drum was discovered in the same area. Timelines come together. The remains of Marie and her mother, Honeychurch, were found in the first of two barrels that were discovered at Bear Brook State Park in November 1985. [4], In November 1985, the bodies of Honeychurch and Vaughn were found in a barrel in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. We were playing a game of hide and seek, Morgan told 20/20. I was approached by one of the kids in the group that he had come upon a barrel out in the middle of the woods, which was off the trail. 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. Well it is Wednesday! At the time, Morgan and his friends didnt know there were remains inside the barrel. Curiously, the first drum was way back in 1985 and the second wasnt discovered until 2000. Inside, he found two bodies, dismembered, wrapped in plastic bags, and highly skeletonized beyond recognition, Oxygen reported. Authorities fear both Beaudin and the unidentified mother of the middle child are other possible victims of Rasmussen. Curiously, against the advice of his attorneys, Vanner pleaded guilty to the murder during his trial. Thanks for your support. [7], By 1978, Rasmussen was dating Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch. To this day, she has yet to be identified. She went with Terry. [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. Donate $20 today. [32], Authorities said in 2018 that the Bear Brook woman was not Beaudin. Evans later abandoned a young girl, "Lisa", at a campground, and she was found to not be his daughter. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care. [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]. Rose ultimately went to the Contra Costa County Sheriff, where Roxane Gruenheid was a homicide detective. David Salamon, Honeychurchs brother, remembered the lengths to which their family went to find Honeychurch and her daughters. 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.. [41] Sarah was laid to rest in Connecticut, closer to her father's family. You know, people ask me why I do these interviews. New Hampshire authorities have referred to her as the middle child because of how her suspected age compares to the other two children found in the barrels, but DNA tests confirmed she is not related to Sarah and Marie, nor their mother. The bones of a foot . Now, the only question that remains is, who was the middle child, Terry Rasmussens daughter and fourth victim? Then, by reopening an earlier case, she helped a genetic genealogist to discover the identity of a girl the killer claimed was his daughter, and then, the killers true identity. The Bear Brook murders: Two barrels, four bodies found 15 years apart . 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 .