The poster claimed to be McWaters half-sister. Josh is charged under the federal death resulting law a new and growing strategy for prosecutors and faces a sentence of two decades or longer. Jenson said after those two weeks, the Deckers could arrange for their daughter to adopt Lisa, police said. Terry Peder Rasmussen (December 23, 1943 December 28, 2010) was an American serial killer. [11][17], The girl found with the adult female, later identified as Vaughn, was between 5 and 11 years old. Beaudin's daughter was abducted by Rasmussen and taken to California, where he raised her under the pseudonym "Gordon Jensen". 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. Now we need to identify and try to find all of his victims.. She had been placed in the refrigerator with a pillow, sleeping bag and what appeared to be several blankets, he said. 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. Police later determined the female adult and child, unidentified at the time, had died of blunt force trauma to their heads. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! Investigators said they finally got a break in 2017, when a new forensic technique known as genetic genealogy pinpointed Rasmussen as the likely culprit. For more than 30 years, that story has profoundly shaped the lives of many people. 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. [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. This is somebody who forms relationships and clearly is having social attachments. In 2016, this child was determined to be Rasmussens biological daughter. After months of trial and error, Rae-Venter was able to use this method to identify the victims. [4] The identities of the middle child, who Rasmussen fathered, and her mother remain unknown. His true identity, Terry Rasmussen, was not revealed by authorities until 2017. 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. [2] The three girls were thought to also have some Native American heritage; they had light or European-American complexions. Instead, they focus on complete strangers. Lisa sent a sample of her DNA to an ancestry website and learned her mothers name: Denise Beaudin. [7] His cause of death was a combination of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia. January 23, 2023 Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. As of June2019[update], the third child remains unidentified, but authorities were able to confirm that Rasmussen was her biological father. From the creators of the hit podcast Bear Brook comes A True Crime Story. [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. May their souls find peace in Gods loving care.. Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesRebekah Becky Heath, the researcher and libararian who obsessively worked to discover Rasmussens victims identities. DNA evidence then connected the man officially identified as Terry Rasmussen to the bodies found in Bear Brook. At the time, Morgan and his friends didnt know there were remains inside the barrel. 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. 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. Yet, they still had no clue who the victims were. David Salamon, Honeychurchs brother, remembered the lengths to which their family went to find Honeychurch and her daughters. [6], Rasmussen lived in a number of states including Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Virginia, Texas, Ohio, Oregon, Hawaii and California. It was there that she introduced her family to her boyfriend, Terry Rasmussen, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. He would say she decided she didn't like me anymore and didn't want me in her life. He then took on the alias Gordon Jenson and abandoned the child at an RV park in Scotts Valley, California, in 1986. [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 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former San Joaquin County Assistant Sheriff John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. Rasmussen is the suspected perpetrator of the Bear Brook murders. She had brought her two daughters and a man she identified as Rasmussen to hermothers house in La Puente, California. A search leads authorities to his basement. New Hampshire State Attorney's Office, Sarah Lynn McWaters, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch and Marie Elizabeth Vaughn. [5][3] A woman named "Elizabeth Evans" was listed as his wife during his time in New Hampshire; this woman has never been identified. 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. Renee Rose spoke to "20/20" about her friend Eunsoon Jun. [6] He was paroled in 1990 and subsequently absconded. February 27, 2023 We begin with the story police told about Sharon Johnson's murder. 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. Terry Rasmussen poses as "Curtis Kimball" in an arrest photo from 1990. The victims were officially named in June 2019. In 1985 the plastic wrapped bodies of a woman and girl were discovered in a metal drum in a forest in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Marie E. Vaughn was first, born in 1971, then Sarah L. McWaters was born in 1977, according to the New Hampshire Department of Justice. During this hunt, one of the brothers noticed an oil barrel while walking down a trail. Two investigators work parallel leads, and authorities call a press conference. I would go to work and Id come home and I would just research and research and research.. In 1995, scavengers found a refrigerator containing what former detective John Huber believes may be another one of Rasmussens victims. 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. [13], Police released a video of a police interview of Evans in June 2017 in hopes of finding his true identity. A family tree begins to take shape. The conclusion was made after family members of the victims helped with the process ofDNA testing andgenetic genealogy. Jason Carroll is serving life in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit. [12], New Hampshire investigators announced that the identities of Honeychurch, Vaughn and McWaters were confirmed through DNA testing in June 2019. The focus from this day forward should be to find the family of that little girl, he said. [5] In 1989, he received a three-year prison sentence for child abandonment. "[37], On June 6, 2019, New Hampshire investigators held a press conference regarding the case and revealed the identities of three of the victims. [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. Vanner died in prison in December 2010 of natural causes. They have so far been unable to identify who the mother of the child is and whether or not she may still be alive. November 7, 2018 The case that was solved in reverse leaves many questions unanswered. Rasmussen was born on December 23, 1943,[1] in Denver, Colorado. [5] Two months later, he was confirmed to be Rasmussen, through Y-DNA testing from a DNA sample contributed by one of his children from what is believed to be his first marriage. Maricopa County Sheriffs Department, Arizona. She had curly or wavy brown hair and was between 5ft 2in (1.57m) and 5ft 7in (1.70m) in height. February 20, 2023 Sharon Johnson's family and friends have spent the last 35 years coping with her brutal murder. It was just odd that the barrel was out there It was [a] slightly rusted, dark blue barrel. Salamon said he and his family call the girl Angel.. All of them are still alive. More than 30 years later, is it possible to get to the truth and who gets to tell it? [Its because] there's still one victim out there, former Detective Cody 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 abandonment of five-year-old Lisa in Scotts Valley, California. His own taped confession. Thanks for your support. She had an overbite, which was probably noticeable. [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. Inside The Horrifying Mystery Of The Bear Brook Murders. We know what he was, we know what he did and now we know who his victims were.. [10] The reconstructions were created in black and white, as their skin tones and eye colors could not be determined.[24]. 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. But only 19-year-old Jason Carroll was convicted. A child is abandoned. [20], In January 2017, it was announced that Denise Beaudin, who had been missing since 1981, was connected to the murders. Jenson arranged for Lisa to be taken to Southern California for two weeks with another family, Katherine and Richard Decker. "The Bear Brook case was the . "The Middle Child" was found on May 9, 2000 on private property next to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, NH. 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. A True Crime Story is about what happens when the official narrative is challenged. A surprising admission leads to a new break in the case. [39] By October 1978, Sarah's father was seeing another woman and Sarah was presumably in the care of her mother. Host Jason Moon documents how those involved grapple with the idea that the prevailing story about who killed Sharon Johnson could be a lie. 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. 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. October 31, 2018 A child is abandoned. It can conquer death." +4. [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. Rasmussen had been convicted of the murder of aromantic partner in 2003. 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. Create a free profile to get unlimited access to exclusive videos, breaking news, sweepstakes, and more! [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. 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,. [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. [8][10] He was arrested that November and pleaded no contest in 2003[12] to charges relating to her murder and dismemberment. 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. 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. 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. The identity of the fourth victim still remains a mystery. Despite hundreds of leads, the bodies were not identified. [8] DNA evidence eventually found that he was not Lisa's father and the case spent years without any significant developments. The unidentified yo. It wasnt Rasmussens first time in prison, however hed just been using a different name. I remember seeing an ax leaned up there.. The Bear Brook Murders. It well could be somebody else. Denise Beaudin has never been located. 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.