CONCORD, NH — An update is expected Thursday in the cold case involving four bodies found decades ago in barrels at Bear Brook State Park. Manchester Police are participating in the press conference, to be held in Concord.
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On June 5 authorities announced that a press briefing will be held at 1:30 p.m., at the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles Auditorium in Concord.
UPDATE: Bear Brook Cold Case Update
During the press briefing, authorities will discuss updates on efforts made to identify the four unidentified murder victims (one adult female and three children) found in Allenstown.
According to authorities the first two bodies, of a woman and the oldest child, were found by a hunter in 1985 in Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, inside an industrial barrel. Two more children were found in 2000 by a State Police officer, also inside a barrel at the park, as the officer was there looking for additional clues in the case.
The last major update came in 2017 and connected the murders to Manchester (related story: Face of a serial killer: Authorities have their man; now they want to identify his victims).
Based on forensic evidence, investigators believe the woman and the two children who were her daughters lived in the region where their bodies were found, but the third girl likely came from the Dakotas or Nebraska, according to testing of their hair, teeth and bones. The two bodies found in 1985 indicted they suffered blunt-force trauma as cause of death. Investigators have yet to release a cause of death for the two young girls found in 2000.
