The final young victim in a New Hampshire cold case known as the "Bear Brook murders" has been identified, decades after her body and three others were found buried in barrels in Allenstown.

New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said the girl has now been identified as Rea Rasmussen , who was born in 1976 in Orange County, California. Rea was the biological daughter of serial killer Terry Rasmussen, who also used the alias Bob Evans, and Pepper Reed. Reed was born in 1952 and is originally from Texas, though she has not been seen since the late 1970s.

Formella said extensive DNA analysis and genealogical research were used to identify Rea Rasmussen.

A rendering of Rea Rasmussen. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

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