Case Replace- The Unidentified Center Little one – TRUE CRIME REPORT

On March 23, 2023, I revealed a submit concerning the case of the Unidentified Center Little one, one among 4 victims of the Bear Brook Murders. Whereas the opposite 3 victims had been recognized in 2019 as 24 yr previous Marlyse Honeychurch and her daughter’s 7 yr previous Marie Vaughn and 11 month previous Sarah McWaters, the second youngster remained unidentified till September 2025. The as soon as unidentified center youngster has been recognized as 3 yr previous Rea Rasmussen, who was additionally the organic daughter of the perpetrator Terry Rasmussen.

On November 10, 1985, a hunter discovered a 55-gallon drum close to an previous burned down constructing in at Bear Brooke State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Inside the drum had been 2 decomposing our bodies wrapped in plastic. Post-mortem revealed that the our bodies had been that of a younger lady and youngster. The lady was considered between 23-33 and the kid was considered between 8-10; each victims died by blunt power trauma.

Practically 15 years later, on Might 9, 2000, one other drum was discovered close to the unique discovery web site. Contained in the second drum had been 2 extra decaying our bodies. The subsequent post-mortem decided that the stays had been that of a younger woman between the ages of 2-4 and an toddler feminine youngster; their causes of loss of life had been additionally blunt power trauma. Regardless of the second drum being discovered years later, investigators decided that the murders occurred on the identical time. The rationale that the second drum wasn’t discovered sooner was as a result of it was exterior the proximity of the primary drum.

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In June 2013, the Nationwide Middle for Lacking & Exploited Kids launched up to date variations of facial reconstructions of the 4 victims. One other up to date model of the facial reconstructions had been once more launched in November 2015. In 2014, DNA testing revealed that the oldest sufferer, second sufferer, and youngest sufferer had been all maternally associated. In 2015, it was discovered that the oldest sufferer was the mom of the two women, they usually had been primarily from the NorthEastern United States.

The center youngster was not associated to the opposite victims, however it was discovered that she was primarily from the NorthEast or Higher Midwest United States. Nonetheless, additional testing in 2019 revealed that the kid may additionally presumably be from Arizona, Texas, California, or Oregon.

In 2017, a break within the case got here when Denise Beaudin was linked to the murders. Denise Beaudin was a lady from Manchester, New Hampshire, who went lacking alongside along with her daughter in 1981 after leaving along with her boyfriend Bob Evans. Denise ultimately went lacking and Bob Evans later deserted the younger woman nicknamed “Lisa” at a campsite, and he or she by no means noticed Bob or her mom once more. Beaudin was not reported lacking till 2016 when her daughter resurfaced in 2016 and was discovered to be alive and properly residing in California. Beaudin, nevertheless, stays lacking.

Investigators quickly discovered that Bob Evans’s actual identification was Terry Peder Rasmussen, and he was the daddy of the Unidentified Center Little one of the Bear Brook Murders. Authorities then believed that Rasmussen was chargeable for the Bear Brook Murders. Sadly, Terry Rasmussen died in jail in December 2010 after being convicted of the 2002 homicide and dismemberment of his spouse Eunsoon Jun, a chemist from California.

Additional investigation discovered that Terry Rasmussen was born in 1943 in Denver, Colorado. He received married in 1979 and had 4 youngsters. His spouse left him in 1973, and his household final noticed him in 1974. DNA samples offered by one among his sons confirmed his identification in June 2017. It was discovered that Rasmussen used as much as 5, and presumably extra, false identifies, main him to be generally known as the Chameleon Killer.

In 1999, a younger man created a submit on Ancestry.com in hopes to seek out his half sister whom he shared a father with however by no means met. It was acknowledged that the woman was born in Hawaiian Gardens, California. Nothing got here of this submit at first.

Practically 20 years later, on June 6, 2019, New Hampshire investigators introduced the identities of the younger lady and her 2 youngsters. It was revealed that the lady was 24 yr previous Marlyse Honeychurch, and her daughters 7 yr previous Marie Vaughn and 11 month previous Sarah McWaters. They had been final seen round Thanksgiving in 1978 in La Puente, California. Marlyse left her house after having an argument along with her mom and by no means contacted her kin once more. She was courting Terry Rasmussen at the moment and was believed to have used the alias Elizabeth Evans in some unspecified time in the future whereas with him. It was discovered that it was Sarah’s youthful half brother who made the Ancestry submit in hopes to seek out her. Sooner or later of their lives, each Marie and Sarah’s fathers had custody of them, however ultimately Marlyse regained custody of them someday earlier than their deaths. Marlyse and her daughters had been all laid to relaxation in funeral companies someday in 2019.

The Center Little one’s identification remained essentially the most mysterious of all of the identifications on this case. Though DNA testing linked her because the daughter of Terry Rasmussen, in addition to the attainable places she grew up in, difficulties with figuring out the kid’s mom put an enormous halt on the investigation.

On September 5, 2025, the New Hampshire Lawyer Normal’s workplace introduced that with the help of DNA Doe Mission, they’ve recognized the center youngster as Rea Rasmussen. Rea Rasmussen was born in Orange County, California on June 15, 1976 to Terry Rasmussen and 24 yr previous Pepper Reed. In keeping with authorities, Pepper Reed, whom was initially from Texas, has not been seen for the reason that late Seventies after her daughter’s start. Whereas the investigation into Reed’s disappearance stays energetic, authorities consider she is probably going one other sufferer of Rasmussen.

Authorizes are persevering with to look into Terry Rasmussen’s actions between 1974 and 1985, significantly in New Hampshire, California, Arizona, Texas, Oregon, and Virginia.

Terry Rasmussen is presumably probably the most mysterious and prolific serial killers to have existed. Evidently extra layers of his crimes proceed to be delivered to mild as every of his crimes are solved. Due to genetic testing, one other harmless sufferer has their title again.