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Terry Peder Rasmussen

Also known as: Bob Evans, Curtis Kimball, Bear Brook murders, Allenstown Four

Active

1978–2002

Region

Allenstown, New Hampshire, USA

States

CA, NH

Kind

Serial

Status

Identified, never tried

Victims

5

In 1985 and 2000, two barrels holding the remains of a woman and three young girls were found in woods near Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire. In 2017 the New Hampshire Attorney General's office named the killer as a man known as "Bob Evans", later identified through genetic genealogy as Terry Peder Rasmussen; one of the girls was his daughter. He had died in a California prison in 2010 while serving a sentence for murdering his wife, Eunsoon Jun, so he was never tried for the Bear Brook killings. All four victims were identified by 2025. Investigators also believe he killed Denise Beaudin, who disappeared from Manchester in 1981, and Rea's mother, Pepper Reed.

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Victims

We remember the people whose lives were taken.

• Marlyse Elizabeth Honeychurch · 1978

  A mother of two from southern California, last seen by her family after Thanksgiving 1978, when she left her mother's home with Rasmussen and her daughters. Identified in 2019.

• Marie Elizabeth Vaughn · 1978

  Marlyse's older daughter, about 9 years old. Identified in 2019.

• Sarah Lynn McWaters · 1978

  Marlyse's younger daughter, about 2 years old. Identified in 2019.

• Rea Rasmussen · 1978

  Born in 1976 in Orange County, California, to Terry Rasmussen and Pepper Reed; about 3 years old. Known for 25 years as "the middle child" until she was identified in 2025.

• Eunsoon Jun · 2002

  Rasmussen's wife, who had been missing for several months when she was found in her home.

Timeline of locations

1. 1978
   Manchester, New Hampshire (as "Bob Evans") (Killer's residence, approximate area)

   Rasmussen is believed to have arrived in New Hampshire in the late 1970s and lived in Manchester as "Bob Evans" until 1981, when he left with Denise Beaudin and her young daughter. Beaudin was never seen again.

2. November 1978
   La Puente, California (Other, approximate area)

   Marlyse Honeychurch and her daughters were last seen by family around Thanksgiving 1978 in southern California, after she left her mother's home with Rasmussen.

3. November 10, 1985
   Woods near Bear Brook State Park, Allenstown (Recovery site, approximate area)

   A hunter found the first barrel, holding a woman and a girl, on November 10, 1985. A second barrel with two more girls was found about 300 feet away in 2000.

4. 2002
   Eunsoon Jun's home, East Richmond Heights (Crime scene, approximate area)

   Eunsoon Jun was found buried in the basement of her East Richmond Heights home after being missing for several months. Rasmussen, living as "Curtis Kimball", pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 15 years to life. He died in prison in 2010.

Watch, listen, read

Active at the same time, nearby

• Murder of Gregg Smart · both active in 1990, 28 km apart · map both
• Charles Stuart · both active in 1989–1990, 70 km apart · map both
• Joseph James DeAngelo · both active in 2002, 124 km apart · map both

A coincidence of time and place, not a connection. All overlaps

Sources

• Authorities ID likely serial killer behind two New Hampshire cold cases (NHPR, Jan 26, 2017)
• NH, CA serial killer's real name revealed - Terry Peder Rasmussen (Patch, Nov 2017)
• Three Bear Brook victims identified (WBUR, June 6, 2019)
• Final victim of the Bear Brook murders identified decades later (InDepthNH, Sept 7, 2025)
• Investigators identify last remaining Bear Brook murder victim (NHPR via NEPM, 2025)
• Bay Area killer linked to New Hampshire cold case murders (CBS San Francisco, 2017)
• Bear Brook murders (Wikipedia)

Each location also lists its own sources in the data file.