ALLENSTOWN, N.H. (WCAX) - New Hampshire State Police say the final unidentified victim in the 1985/2000 Allenstown homicide case -- or the Bear Brook Murders -- has been identified.

The final unidentified victim, previously known as the “middle child” has been identified a Rea Rasmussen.

Rasmussen was born in 1976 in Orange County, California.

She was the biological daughter of Terry Peder Rasmussen, the man responsible for the murders and who died in prison in 2010, and Pepper Reed, who has not been seen since the late 1970s.

New Hampshire State Police Cold Case Unit partnered with the DNA Doe Project in 2024 to reinvestigate the unidentified child using advanced genetic genealogy. Through extensive DNA analysis and genealogical research, she was identified as Rea Rasmussen.

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