Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch (b. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. [3][4][11] This means that the woman could have been the girls' mother, aunt, or older sister. "The Bear Brook case was the . [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. A True Crime Story is about what happens when the official narrative is challenged. For more than 30 years, that story has profoundly shaped the lives of many people. [8] Authorities believe that Rasmussen killed Beaudin somewhere in California, although her body has never been found. The Bear Brook murders (aka the Allenstown Four) are four female American murder victims, discovered in 1985 and 2000, at Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. I closed the blinds back up. One of his sons from this marriage provided the DNA sample that confirmed Rasmussen as Evans in June 2017. At least ten possible identities were ruled out. [30] The daughter is keeping her name private. It was just a situation where, every time we searched, [we] came to a dead end. Then, 15 years later on May 9, 2000, a second 55-gallon drum was discovered in the same area. [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. That's why I do these to get her identified and so that there's closure for the families involved here. It well could be Terry. 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. [8] DNA evidence eventually found that he was not Lisa's father and the case spent years without any significant developments. [Its because] there's still one victim out there, former Detective Cody said. [18] However, DNA from Lamotte's relatives later proved that she was one of the victims in the Redhead murders, a series of unsolved homicides across the United States which are unrelated to Rasmussen. This is the twisted story of the Bear Brook Murders. All of them are still alive. Police later determined the female adult and child, unidentified at the time, had died of blunt force trauma to their heads. 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 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.. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. 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. 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 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. October 24, 2018 An ominous New Year's party introduction. 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. The man imprisoned for her murder maintains his innocence. 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. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. [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. February 27, 2023 We begin with the story police told about Sharon Johnson's murder. 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. [4], Criminologist Jack Levin has stated that Rasmussen is unlike any serial killer he has ever studied, stating: "What distinguishes Rasmussen from most serial killers, is that he targeted people with whom he had a relationship. New methods of inquiry are used to crack other cold cases. The hunt for a serial killer stretches to California as detectives unravel a tangled web of abuse and murder created by one man with many fake identities. Rose ultimately went to the Contra Costa County Sheriff, where Roxane Gruenheid was a homicide detective. There could be a variety of women out there who could be potential victims.. an investigative journalist and the author of the book "Chase Darkness With Me." . Thanks for your support. [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. Evans later abandoned a young girl, "Lisa", at a campground, and she was found to not be his daughter. Authorities fear both Beaudin and the unidentified mother of the middle child are other possible victims of Rasmussen. Rebekah Heath, a research librarian who said shed become obsessed with the case, helped identify the woman and the two children through her own sleuthing. Terry Peder Rasmussens 2002 mugshot after his arrest for the murder of his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun. The only evidence against him? [10], Throughout the early 1980s, Rasmussen remained in possession of Beaudin's daughter, whom he called Lisa, and posed as her father. [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 hunter had been stalking deer on a property adjacent to New Hampshire's Bear Brook State Park. 2021 TV-14 Deep in the woods of New Hampshire, police find barrels with the remains of mutilated victims. Rebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. The focus from this day forward should be to find the family of that little girl, he said. February 13, 2019 A son remembers his father, and searches for clues in his military paperwork. She married Sarah's father in September 1974, and the two were separated by the time she was known to be dating Rasmussen. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The woman, the oldest child and the youngest child . She was only 5 months old when they left Manchester, [New Hampshire], Armand Beaudin said. Anyone with any information thought to be related to this case is encouraged to contact New Hampshire State Police. The first barrel was discovered in 1985, the second in 2000. Bear Brook Starting February 20 Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. And he brings a fresh examination of the evidence to a state that has never exonerated anyone for murder. Rasmussen, who had used several other aliases throughout his life,was named as a suspect in 2017. How could it be bright and sunny when Eunsoon's dead?. [2] All four of the victims were either partially or completely skeletonized; they were believed to have died between 1977 and 1981. The conclusion was made after family members of the victims helped with the process ofDNA testing andgenetic genealogy. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. 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. Police believe her answer indicates they may have been killed by Rasmussen, too. 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. We have his eyes. The scavengers actually walked out in the middle [of the canal], because it was just mud cut the rope and opened it up here and that's when they saw what they thought was a human being inside, Huber told 20/20.. Marlyse Honeychurch was last seen around Thanksgiving 1978 with her two daughters, Marie and Sarah. Other forensic information showed that the woman and children lived together in the Northeastern United States between two weeks and three months before their deaths. DNA evidence then connected the man officially identified as Terry Rasmussen to the bodies found in Bear Brook. [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. [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. 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,. Through the years my mother always said, You know, something's not right. He faces 30 years to life for each murder conviction and up to five years for the weapons charges. 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. Just disappeared.. A surprising admission leads to a new break in the case. 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. 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. She said that she did but "they died eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping". Police have not been able to link Rasmussen to other cases, according toStrelzin. True crime media like books, podcasts and TV shows continue to be a multimillion-dollar industry . 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. [29] Beaudin was not reported missing until 2016, when her daughter resurfaced alive and well in California after there was more publicity about the murders and Beaudin's disappearance. For more on the case, visit bearbrookpodcast.com. November 7, 2018 The case that was solved in reverse leaves many questions unanswered. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. His own taped confession. Authorities believed that Evans was the killer of the four Bear Brook victims, but did not elaborate. 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. DNA proved this child was fathered by Terry Peder Rasmussen. [15], The fourth victim's identity is not yet known, but investigators stated that through advanced DNA testing they could confirm the child was Rasmussen's. Honeychurch may have adopted the alias name "Elizabeth Evans" to use in legal documents during May 1980. 9 min. Bear Brook murder victims remembered. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care.. In November 2002, he was arrested for Juns murder and in 2003, he was sentenced to prison for 15 years to life after he pled guilty to the crime. She said her mother and Rasmussen got married in 1968 in Hawaii. In 2017, using genetic genealogy techniques, investigators were finally able to name their man: Terry Rasmussen, an inmate who had died seven years earlier, in 2010, while serving a sentence for the murder of his then-girlfriend, Eunsoon Jun. [9] Beaudin was not reported missing at the time as her family believed she left town due to financial reasons. Evans was listed as married to a woman named Elizabeth, according to documents from 1980. 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. 3, 2023 at 9:04 AM PST | Updated: 20 minutes ago. [7] His cause of death was a combination of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia. Vanner died in prison in December 2010 of natural causes. Inside were the bodies of an adult female and young girl, wrapped in plastic. Thanks for your support. It was determined that they had been killed sometime between 1977 and 1985. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former San Joaquin County Assistant Sheriff John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. The bodies could not be identified at the time, leading the case to go cold. [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. But 15years later, a similar barrel was discovered in the same area, this time containing the remainsof two girls. At the time, Morgan and his friends didnt know there were remains inside the barrel. Her hair was wavy and light brown; she had no dental fillings. His wife left him between 1973 and 1974 and his family last saw him around Christmas 1974. In the early days of the investigation, authorities publicized the case in the United States and some parts of Canada. His own taped confession. In 2003, when the San Bernardino Sheriffs Department opened a new case aimed at finding Lisas biological family, she was approximately 22 years old. As Evans, he dated Denise Beaudin, who disappeared in 1981. I don't remember exactly what happened, Paula Hodges, Honeychurchs other sister, told 20/20. I just heard that they had an argument, Marlyse and my mom., My mom might've said something to her as, He's too old for you. Rasmussen killed at least six people in a series of crimes that spanned decades and stretched across the continental United States. She left the home after a trivial argument with her mother and was never seen alive again. Rasmussen was born on December 23, 1943,[1] in Denver, Colorado. [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. And he wasnt being cooperative with that at all.. There were still many questions to be answered and gaps in Evans history to fill in, but now investigators had a crucial piece of evidence Bob Evans, or Lawrence Vanner, had lived in New Hampshire in the mid-1980s. [6] The two were married in an unofficial ceremony in 2001. "[37], On June 6, 2019, New Hampshire investigators held a press conference regarding the case and revealed the identities of three of the victims. [29], In June 2017, police released a video of a police interview of Evans in hopes of finding his true identity. 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. The Bear Brook murders: Two barrels, four bodies found 15 years apart . Terry Rasmussen poses as "Larry Vanner" in an arrest photo from 2002. Four bodies-one woman, and three little girls-found in two barrels years apart. 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. [11], San Bernardino detective Peter Headley got Lisa's case in 2013 and genealogy website databases had grown since the case had started. 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. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth - and who gets to tell it? Eunsoon Jun, a chemist from California, was the first victim authorities were able to tie to Rasmussen. Do groundbreaking techniques come at the cost of genetic privacy? 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. 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. The Bear Brook murders in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Marie Vaughn was last seen with her mother and sister at a Thanksgiving gathering in 1978. Create your free profile and get access to exclusive content. It was there that she introduced her family to her boyfriend, Terry Rasmussen, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. 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. [15], When Lisa was interviewed by detectives in 1986, they asked her if she had any siblings. 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. Honeychurch had an argument with her mother and left the residence, never contacting her relatives again. MORE: Suspected Potomac River Rapist, who 'terrorized' women in '90s, caught with genetic genealogy July 2017 Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. But as it turned out, that person had been several different people throughout his life. Police built the case against him around his own taped confession. Although this moment is bittersweet, they had their names back on this day. The Family in Barrels. For Bear Brook listeners, a full episode preview of Jason Moon's latest reporting project, Death Resulting. Sign up forOxygen Insiderfor all the best true crime content. "So our suspect started in 1984 as 'Curtis Kimball.' Then we had 'Gordon Jenson.' He pleaded guilty to the death of his partnerEunsoon Jun, landing him a 15 year prison sentence, according to The Los Angeles Times. And they left never called. Under a plea deal, an additional charge of child abuse was dropped. He didn't even look healthy. By Eric Shorey & Gina Tron Online, she found a post from someone who mentioned the name Sarah McWaters. A search leads authorities to his basement. [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. Renee Rose spoke to "20/20" about her friend Eunsoon Jun. 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. Honeychurchs sisters, Roxanne Barrows and Michelle Chagaris, remember her as bubbly and quirky, and said she had a good sense of humor.. 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. They remained an unsolved mystery, until 15 years later another two bodies were . We have never stopped looking, he said. He later abandoned that child, whom he had pretended to father and called Lisa, in a trailer park. But, I think until we know her identity, we're not going to solve the case.. Honeychurch was 24 at the time, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. [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. 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. It was just odd that the barrel was out there It was [a] slightly rusted, dark blue barrel. It was reported that he was known to travel with women and children. [9][14] Daneault had been living on the same street as Rasmussen. Rasmussen had been convicted of the murder of aromantic partner in 2003. By 2001, Rasmussen was working odd jobs in California under yet another alias, Lawrence Vanner. 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. Jenson said after those two weeks, the Deckers could arrange for their daughter to adopt Lisa, police said. 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. Donate $20 today. Authorities were able to link him then, using his fingerprints, to the earlier child abandonment case. His own taped confession. A fourth victim in the . Curiously, against the advice of his attorneys, Vanner pleaded guilty to the murder during his trial. She was 2 to 4 years old at the time of her death, placing her birthdate between 1975-1977. Armand Beaudins daughter Denise Beaudin is Lisas mother. I guess dying serves him right, Rose said. [3] Moon began covering the cold case in 2015, and later started the podcast. [3][9][10][11][12][13] Autopsies determined both had died of blunt trauma. 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. His face was gray. He had been convicted and sentenced as Evans for the 2002 murder and dismemberment of his wife at the time, Eunsoon Jun, a chemist in California. 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. A paternity test comparing Rasmussens blood from prison and a sample police had from 5-year-old Lisa showed Rasmussen was not her father. Clockwise from left: Denise Beaudin, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, Sarah L. McWaters, Marie E. Vaughn, "the Middle Child," Eunsoon Jun. David Salamon, Honeychurchs brother, remembered the lengths to which their family went to find Honeychurch and her daughters. Honeychurch was last seen in La Puente, California, on Thanksgiving day that year. He settled in New Hampshire sometime in the late 1970s. After countless hours of research, genetic genealogist Rae-Venter found Armand Beaudin, Lisas maternal grandfather. [1] The use of genetic genealogy to identify Rasmussen represented new possibilities in forensic investigations. [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. Lisa sent a sample of her DNA to an ancestry website and learned her mothers name: Denise Beaudin. A family tree begins to take shape. While living in Manchester, New Hampshire, Rasmussen lived under the alias "Robert 'Bob' Evans" and worked at the Waumbec Mill. Born in 1943, Rasmussen was a native of Denver, Colorado. ET on ABC. 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. Came to a dead end, Salamon said. [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. 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. [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. 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. Vanner fended off her loved ones questions with an array of excuses. [7] Based on the date they disappeared, available documents and Rasmussen's activities, the victims most likely died between 1978 and 1981. Lisa was born Dawn Beaudin in 1981, Armand Beaudin said. And Denise only had one daughter, whom she had named Dawn. June 7, 2019 A clue is found buried on an internet message board. Thanks for your support. He would say she decided she didn't like me anymore and didn't want me in her life. "[15], On May 9, 2000, the remains of two young girls were found near the first discovery site. [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. When people ask me who was the worst serial killer out there I point to him and the reason is this: he not only would kill a woman but he would take their children, molest their children, and not only that but use their children as a lure to get his next victim and I cant think of anything more horrible than that.. Beaudin and Dawn, an infant at the time, had gone missing from their home in Manchester, New Hampshire just after Thanksgiving in 1983. [12][16] The cause of death for these children was also blunt force trauma. Click here to donate $20. It's a blue 55-gallon steel drum. The four victims were estimated to have died between 1977 and 1981. The murder of Eunsoon Jun in Richmond, California. Let's talk about the Bear Brook murders. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. [2] He grew up in Arizona and attended North High School in Phoenix until dropping out during his sophomore year in 1960. 1971) and Sarah Lynn McWaters (b. DNA is wrestled from rootless hair. The refrigerator had been dumped in a canal in San Joaquin County, California. The middle child, identified as Rasmussen's daughter, currently remains unidentified. The children both went through periods where they were in the custody of their fathers, but Marlyse would later regain guardianship. He finds Rasmussen to be a particularly repulsive serial killer in fact, the worst, in his opinion. 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. Rebekah Heath, a research librarian who said shed become obsessed with the case, helped identify the woman and the two children through her own sleuthing. After months of trial and error, Rae-Venter was able to use this method to identify the victims. Bear Brook | S2 - TRAILER Trailer: Bear Brook S2: A True Crime Story 00:00 03:23 In October 2018, the New Hampshire Public Radio released a podcast called Bear Brook, which explored the bizarre, unique case.

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