He then took on the alias Gordon Jenson and abandoned the child at an RV park in Scotts Valley, California, in 1986. As Evans, he dated Denise Beaudin, who disappeared in 1981. 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. Lamotte had been found in Tennessee in 1985, killed about four months after her disappearance. He settled in New Hampshire sometime in the late 1970s. There could be a variety of women out there who could be potential victims.. By 2017, Bob Evans was dead, and investigators believed he had killed Denise Beaudin after they left New Hampshire. A dedicated detective refused to stop digging after she solved the brutal murder of a chemist in California. Public DomainTerry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. 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.. Bear Brook on Apple Podcasts 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. New methods of inquiry are used to crack other cold cases. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former San Joaquin County Assistant Sheriff John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. Clockwise from left: Denise Beaudin, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, Sarah L. McWaters, Marie E. Vaughn, "the Middle Child," Eunsoon Jun. The guys jumped on my four-wheeler and we booted out of there and that was the last time that we saw the barrel.. 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. Eunsoon Jun, a chemist from California, was the first victim authorities were able to tie to Rasmussen. She also may have suffered from anemia. We know what he was, we know what he did and now we know who his victims were.. A chameleon is revealed. Honeychurchs youngest daughter, Sarah, was laid to rest in Connecticut, near her fathers family. 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. 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. 07-11-2018. Bear Brook 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. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? 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He later abandoned that child, whom he had pretended to father and called Lisa, in a trailer park. [6] He was paroled in 1990 and subsequently absconded. Thanks for your support. ET on ABC. When I got up in the morning, I pulled my shades back, there was clouds and a beautiful blue sky, and there was seagulls circling in the sky, they were beautiful. 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. Their hard work, along with that of a dogged researcher, ultimately unraveled a long trail of missing and murdered women and children all leading back, police say, to a serial killer. [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. [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. [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. 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. In 2016, this child was determined to be Rasmussens biological daughter. You know, people ask me why I do these interviews. [12], New Hampshire investigators announced that the identities of Honeychurch, Vaughn and McWaters were confirmed through DNA testing in June 2019. Bear Brook murders update: Unidentified girl might have relatives in 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. Bear Brook murder victims remembered. She had curly or wavy brown hair and was between 5ft 2in (1.57m) and 5ft 7in (1.70m) in height. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Bob Evans" in an arrest photo from 1985. A conversation with one of Terry Rasmussen's surviving children. She had brown hair and was about 3ft 8in (1.12m) tall. Vanner fended off her loved ones questions with an array of excuses. The middle child, identified as Rasmussen's daughter, currently remains unidentified. [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. To make a donation in support of Bear Brook, click here. I remember seeing an ax leaned up there.. [38], Marlyse had previously married Marie's father in June 1971 and divorced by 1974. [5] In 1989, he received a three-year prison sentence for child abandonment. After months of trial and error, Rae-Venter was able to use this method to identify the victims. We have his eyes. Authorities on Thursday revealed that they had identified three of the four victims in the chilling cold case known as the Bear Brook murders . For more than 30 years, that story has profoundly shaped the lives of many people. 1954) was the mother of Marie Elizabeth Vaughn (b. Bear Brook is an American true crime podcast covering the Bear Brook murders. [6] They last saw Rasmussen around December 1975 or 1976, when he showed up with an unidentified woman. [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. [3][9][10][11][12][13] Autopsies determined both had died of blunt trauma. A fourth victim in the . He was sentenced to 15 years to life in jail. 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. [11] Rasmussen was arrested under another alias, Gerry Mockerman, in 1988 for driving a stolen vehicle. Click here to donate $20. Then, learn about Ivan Milat, Australias most violent serial killer. Bear Brook Murders - Generation Why Podcast Rasmussen is believed to be responsible for several other murders, including that of Denise Beaudin, his known girlfriend,[5] who disappeared in 1981. 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. That's why I do these to get her identified and so that there's closure for the families involved here. After Jenson disappeared, the Deckers were unable to complete the adoption and Lisa was taken into protective custody. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. 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