Episode 435: The Bear Brook Murders

Inside two 55-gallon drums in the woods of Bear Brook State Park in New Hampshire, US, four murder victims were found 15 years apart. The victims - a woman and three children - remained unidentified for several decades before genetic genealogy helped determine their identities and what likely happened to them.

Information regarding the fourth unidentified victim: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/unidentified-persons/jane-doe-2

Sources for this episode:

https://www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-News/615508-DNA-Doe-Project-Working-to-ID-Girl-in-Bear-Brook-Murders/

https://www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2019-06-05/three-bear-brook-murder-victims-identified-citizen-sleuth-genetic-genealogy-provide-key-clues

https://abcnews.go.com/US/terry-rasmussens-victims-unknown/story?id=69585534

https://www.bearbrookpodcast.com/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bear-brook-murders

https://www.vermontpublic.org/programs/2019-06-17/bear-brook-break-how-victims-in-decades-long-cold-case-were-identified

https://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/killer-tied-bear-brook-murders-identified-terry-rasmussen-69722714