Genetics show unidentified Allenstown murder victim might have ties to Mississippi Share Updated: 6:49 PM EST Jan 22, 2021 Share Updated: 6:49 PM EST Jan 22, 2021
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Show Transcript POINTING TO MISSISSIPPI, COU HELP THEM IDENTIFY THE FOURTH VICTIM IN A DECADES OLD MURDER CASE IN ALLENSTOWN. WMUR’S JENNIFER CROMPTON WITH WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED. JENNIFER: TWO 55-GALLON DRUMS CONTAINING THE BODIES OF A WOMAN AND THREE LITTLE GIRLS, DISCOVERED IN ALLENSTOWN, FIRST IN 1985, THEN IN 2000. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THEY WERE DUMPED IN WOODS NEAR BEAR BROOK STATE PARK AROUND 1980 THE CASE UNSOLVED UNTIL 2017, WHEN INVESTIGATORS LINKED A GENETIC GENEALOGIST’S CLUES TO TERRY RASMUSSEN, ALSO KNOWN AS BOB EVANS, A SERIAL KILLER, WHO DIED IN A CALIFORNIA PRISON YEARS EARLIER. IN 2019, GENETICS HELPED IDENTIFY MARLYSE HONEYCHURCH AND HER DAUGHTERS, MARIE VAUGHN AND SARAH MCWATERS. THE IDENTITY OF THE OTHER LITTLE GIRL STILL A MYSTERY. MR. STREZLIN:
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“20/20” reports on a murder mystery that unraveled across the country for over three decades, including details about how cutting-edge DNA technology and a mysterious 5-year-old girl provided crucial clues that helped authorities solve the case. The story began in 1985 in the deep woods of New Hampshire’s Bear Brook State Park when authorities discovered a barrel, and years later a second barrel, containing the unidentified bodies of a woman and three children. In 2018, a local podcast renewed interest in the cold case and sparked a movement of
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“20/20” reports on a murder mystery that unraveled across the country for over three decades, including details about how cutting-edge DNA technology and a mysterious 5-year-old girl provided crucial clues that helped authorities solve the case. The story began in 1985 in the deep woods of New Hampshire’s Bear Brook State Park when authorities discovered a barrel, and years later a second barrel, containing the unidentified bodies of a woman and three children. In 2018, a local podcast renewed interest in the cold case and sparked a movement of citizen sleuths, working alongside homicide detectives, plus a genetic genealogist, who uncovered the true identities of three of the four victims in 2019.