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Police suspected she was between five and six years old — slightly older than the other girl found with her, who had light brown hair and a gap between her teeth.
The answer to who killed them came in 2017 when police announced thatTerry Rasmussen, a drifter who died in prison in 2010, was the prime suspect. DNA tests confirmed Angel was Rasmussen’s daughter.
Composite sketch of Terry Rasmussen’s biological daughter.National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
More answers came in early 2019 when officials identified the adult victim as the killer’s girlfriend Marlyse Honeychurch. The two other girls were Honeychurch’s daughters.
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Officials are also seeking answers about the disappearance of another woman who dated Rasmussen, as well as the whereabouts of a six-month-old girl whom the killer was seen with in 1985.
“We’ve still got more people out there,” San Bernardino County Sheriff Deputy Peter Headley tells PEOPLE.
Rasmussen’s daughter and another little girl were found in the barrel in May of 2000.Allenstown Police Department
“It didn’t look like the four of them had been together for a long period of time,” New Hampshire Associate Attorney General Jeffery A. Strelzin tells PEOPLE. “[Angel] kind of appears to have come along towards the end.”
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Beaudin, 23, was not with Rasmussen when he showed up in Orange County, California, in 1985 with Dawn and an unidentified six-month-old girl.
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Rasmussen later fled the area and left Dawn behind with neighbors.
He moved on to Contra Costa County where he killed his girlfriend Eunsoon Jun in 2002. Her body was discovered under cat litter in the basement of her home.
Headley says he remains hopeful that one day he will find answers.
“It would be fantastic to try to give these families some closure,” he says.
source: people.com
