((So! I'm sick. Got it from my mom. But I also have some good news. TW for death of a child and serial killers.))
((If you follow me on my main @/dreamsofalife, you've already heard this, but; the Bear Brook victims are all identified. Known for 25 years only as "the middle child", Bear Brook Jane Doe 2000 was identified as Rea Rasmussen, age unknown but estimated between 2 and 4. Her mother, Pepper Reed, is also believed to be one of the victims of Terry Rasmussen, the chameleon killer and unfortunately the biological father of Rea.
The other victims in this case in particular were 33 year-old Marlyse Honeychurch and her two daughters, Sarah McWaters and Marie Vaughn. Their remains were discovered in 1985 in Bear Brook Park, Allenstown and identified in 2019. Rea was the last to be found and the last to be identified, but she was never once forgotten about or unloved. Investigators gave her the nicknames Anita Moon and Angel as a way of giving her some kind of identity to hold onto. You don't give someone the name Angel unless you love them.
There are no known photos of Rea, but in her composite image, you can see the face of an innocent, curious young girl who looks up at you, as if asking, "do you know me?" We don't know much about her when she was alive, but as a person who's had toddler nieces and nephews since I was 15, I can tell you that even if they test your patience, they melt your heart. They're just learning everything for the first time and it's so new and beautiful, but unfortunately that's where it all ended.
Pepper Reed is still considered a missing person and disappeared around 1976 and was last seen by family in Texas at Christmas of 1975. Rea was born in Orange County, California and was discovered in Allenstown, New Hampshire, so Pepper could be anywhere between those two locations or more.
If you or someone you know has seen a woman matching Pepper's description, or know of an unidentified woman found after 1976, you're urged to contact Crimestoppers, The Doe Network, the FBI tipline, or local law enforcement. You can remain anonymous.))