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. By 1970, Rasmussen was a qualified electrician. In 2019, Eric and Diane drive to New Hampshire to confront the truth of their fathers actions there. A son remembers his father, and searches for clues in his military paperwork. After a courageous battle with muscular dystrophy, Eric died from complications due to heart failure. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. Authorities called him "the Chameleon Killer" for his many aliases. Timelines come together. He believes there are more bodies. And we watched the barrel fall on its side, Morgan said. Roxane thinks he had used a saw to try to cut her up and gave up. Police later determined the female adult and child, unidentified at the time, had died of blunt force trauma to their heads. He would say she decided she didn't like me anymore and didn't want me in her life. >> I WANT TO STAY SOBER. Of course, Eunsoon had not called the police. She said that she did, but they died from eating grass mushrooms when they were out camping, Deputy Headley said. There was a lot of pottery, tools, storage, and trash. "The Middle Child" was found on May 9, 2000 on private property next to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, NH. After Jenson disappeared, the Deckers were unable to complete the adoption and Lisa was taken into protective custody. [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. A chameleon is revealed. THATS PROBABLY THE BEST THAT I CAN DO WITH THE TRAGEDY. Mark as Played. Armand Beaudins daughter Denise Beaudin is Lisas mother. Still, police had not yet found this murderers real name. They started looking into Larry, a.k.a. Roxane thinks he overheard that she was in the process of testing his DNA to see if he was really Lisas father. She said her mother and Rasmussen got married in 1968 in Hawaii. A geologist uncovers the history buried in human teeth and hair. Curtis had killed his own child. He settled in New Hampshire sometime in the late 1970s. Suddenly, The Bear Brook Murders had a new lead. [7] His cause of death was a combination of lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pneumonia. Eric has a theory about his fathers motive for the murder of Marlyse and the three girls. To this day, she has yet to be identified. Andrea Stiers said she learned a year and a half ago that her father was a serial killer. Within 45 minutes of Larry giving the police his fingerprints, they found him in their system as Curtis M. Kimball, who had a different date of birth. RASMUSSEN's son is born. Eunsoon Jun -- who has married Vanner in a backyard wedding although it is not official in the state of California -- but later vanishes. "So our suspect started in 1984 as 'Curtis Kimball.' Then we had 'Gordon Jenson.' Then he was using 'Larry Vanner.' RASMUSSEN and his wife separate temporarily. Rasmussen died in prison in California, where he was serving a sentence for killing his girlfriend, Eunsoon Jun. Want to make sure that NHPR continues creating projects like Bear Brook? [6] He was paroled in 1990 and subsequently absconded. Terry Peder Rasmussen (December 23, 1943 - December 28, 2010) was an American serial killer. Honeychurch was last seen in La Puente, California, on Thanksgiving day that year. SHOP ONLINE. They contact Eric Rasmussen to let them know his abusive father, Terry Peder Rasmussen, who used to burn him with cigarettes, is a serial killer. terry rasmussen son eric. June 7, 2019 A clue is found buried on an internet message board. RASMUSSEN worked as an Electrician in Palo Alto, CA. AMY: STIERS SAYS SHE SEES A THERAPIST AND TAKES AN ANTIDEPRESSANT TO HELP HER COPE. Huber says the investigation is stalled because she is still unidentified. 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.. Under his plea agreement, an additional charge of child abuse was dropped. 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. She loved her kids dearly, Chagaris said. Update: Ripple Effects. 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. Investigators believe that the mother of the child was also killed by Rasmussen. Timelines come together. Terry Rasmussen, known as Gordon Jenson, leaves Lisa in Scotts Valley, California, with a couple who think that their daughter in Southern California might be interested in adopting Lisa. She now sees that she was naive, and could have gotten into a lot of bad situations. [2] He often worked as an electrician for oil and gas companies. Beaudin's daughter was abducted by Rasmussen and taken to California, where he raised her under the pseudonym "Gordon Jensen". The police were grateful that they had not let Larry go. Two investigators work parallel leads, and authorities call a press conference. He was born 4th of 5 children He was raised as a middle child and had at least four siblings. He leaned into her personal space, looked her in the eye, and said Thats none of your damn business. It was at this moment that Roxane suspected that something was very off. All the same guy., Watch the full story on "20/20" FRIDAY at 9 p.m. 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.. Police captain Ron Montplaisir kept thinking about the case of the bodies in the barrel in New Hampshire, and trying to understand what he was missing, where hed gone wrong. Terry Rasmussen Principal Broker (541) 890-3150 . [4], While using the pseudonym Bob Evans, Rasmussen dated Denise Beaudin, who disappeared from Manchester, New Hampshire, after Thanksgiving of 1981 with her six-month-old daughter. While searching Vanners California home, Gruenheid and a fellow detective located an enormous pile of cat litter in a crawl space. Terry Peder Rasmussen was born in Colorado. library science careers. ET on ABC. 1971 December 6 Birth of MARLYSE's daughter, Marie E. VAUGHN. There's always that hope, but nothing's definite.. And they left never called. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. [12], New Hampshire investigators announced that the identities of Honeychurch, Vaughn and McWaters were confirmed through DNA testing in June 2019. She found the case while going through newspaper archives at the library where she worked. "I think he may have been attracted to Asian women," Stiers. Detective Roxane doesnt think much about Terry but is grateful that they have been able to connect the dots with some of his victims. Which says, yeah, there's more victims out there, definitely.. By . We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. He claimed Eunsoon wasnt her friend anymore and didnt want to talk to her. Larry told Renee to stop calling. Eric remembers a lot of arguing and turmoil. Hes looking for peace to help disconnect himself from his fathers actions. A son remembers his father, and searches for clues in his military paperwork. In 1989, Jenson, later identified as Rasmussen, was arrested for child abandonment and was subsequently sentenced to three years in prison. While in New Hampshire, they also visit the burial spot of their unnamed sister. [11] Rasmussen was arrested under another alias, Gerry Mockerman, in 1988 for driving a stolen vehicle. "There need to be laws to protect children from their drug-addicted and mentally ill parents.". 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. 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. February 13, 2019 A son remembers his father, and searches for clues in his military paperwork. He was born May 30th, 1964 in Madrid, son of. Big, like 4 or 5 feet around and probably 2 or 3 feet high, she said. 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. There is one photo of Marie Vaughn blowing out candles on a cake. "That's probably the best that I can do with the tragedy.". That's why I do these to get her identified and so that there's closure for the families involved here. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. A conversation with one of Terry Rasmussen's surviving children. Rasmussen died in prison in California, where he was serving a sentence for killing his girlfriend, Eunsoon Jun. October 10, 2018 The discovery of a second barrel raises questions. Rasmussen and his wife then moved back to Arizona where their twin daughters were born in 1969. 1972 RASMUSSEN's daughter is born. Sarah is believed to have been 2 to 3 years old at the time she was killed, according to authorities. He spoke with residents from the mobile home park. Their slain bodies were found on November 10th, 1985, in Bear Brook State Park. She found the cadence of his voice interesting. . I remember seeing an ax leaned up there.. A son remembers his father, and searches for clues in his military paperwork. [4], In November 1985, the bodies of Honeychurch and Vaughn were found in a barrel in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. Clockwise from left: Denise Beaudin, Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch, Sarah L. McWaters, Marie E. Vaughn, "the Middle Child," Eunsoon Jun. 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