Killer from Orange County’s last victim identified as his own daughter

The final victim in New Hampshire’s infamous Bear Brook murders has been identified, officials said Sunday, ending a more-than-40-year effort to identify all four bodies found in a state park in Allenstown across three decades.

Rea Rasmussen, who was last seen in the late 1970s, has been identified as the final victim, state police and prosecutors announced. She’d previously been referred to as the “middle child.”

Born in 1976 in Orange County, California, Rea was the daughter of Bear Brook murderer Terry Peder Rasmussen, officials said. Her mother, Pepper Reed, remains missing…

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