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The Bear Brook Murders — Unsolved Mysteries Solved by DNA | True Crime Stories

Some unsolved mysteries stay cold for decades — until science catches up. The Bear Brook Murders is one of the most fascinating true crime stories ever: four unidentified victims, a killer with five aliases, and a case finally solved 34 years later through DNA genealogy. If you follow cold cases and unsolved mysteries, this story will stay with you.

In November 1985, a hunter in Bear Brook State Park, New Hampshire, made a grisly discovery: a metal barrel containing the bodies of a woman and a young girl. Nobody knew who they were. The case went cold.

Fifteen years later, in 2000, investigators returned to the same park and found a second barrel — this time with the bodies of two more young girls. Four victims. Zero names. For decades, they were known only as the Bear Brook victims.

Detectives tried everything: dental records, missing persons databases, facial reconstructions shown on national television. Nothing worked.

The breakthrough came from genetic genealogy, the same technique used to catch the Golden State Killer. In 2019, scientists built a family tree from the victims' DNA and followed it branch by branch until they found a name: Terry Rasmussen, a drifter who had used at least five different aliases. The media called him "The Chameleon."

Rasmussen had died in prison in 2010, convicted of a different murder. But DNA proved he was the Bear Brook killer.

One by one, the victims got their names back: Marlyse Honeychurch, her daughters Marie Vaughn and Sarah McWaters. After 34 years, families finally learned the truth.

The Bear Brook case changed criminal investigation forever — proof that even the coldest case can be solved when science refuses to give up.

Watch the full story on our YouTube channel: Cold Case Chronicles — "The Bear Brook Murders." https://youtu.be/2aPzCpZiqOo

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