MANCHESTER, NH – For those who have followed the unsolved case of the Bodies of Bear Brook Park – three children and an adult female murdered more than 30 years ago, whose bodies were found in storage barrels in the Allenstown woods, you will want to read a follow-up story in this weekend’s Boston Globe, “Finding Lisa: a story of murders, mysteries, loss, and, incredibly, new life.”
Reporter Shelley Murphy begins and ends the story with Lisa, the daughter of Denise Beaudin, who became the link in a cold case that helped authorities name the man who killed Lisa’s mother – and who they also discovered was responsible for killing and dumping those four bodies in a New Hampshire park.
Bob Evans was already dead when authorities made the announcement in January 2017, that Evans, also known by the alias Curtis Kimball, was not only a convicted killer, but likely a serial killer with many more victims yet to be discovered.
Authorities learned that Evans killed Lisa’s mother, Denise Beaudin, then fled New Hampshire with Lisa, then a young child, and ended up in California. The Globe story begins there, and pieces together how Lisa’s quest, to know where she came from and who her parents were, led to a major breakthrough for authorities in New Hampshire.
Beaudin’s remains have yet to be found.
Prior to that, authorities held a news conference in November of 2015, reviving interest in the case in which the first two bodies, of a woman and the oldest child, were found by a hunter in 1985 in Bear Brook State Park, inside an industrial barrel. Two more children were found in 2000 by a State Police officer, also inside barrels at the park, as the officer was there looking for additional clues in the case. Investigators believe all four victims were killed sometime between 1980 and 1984.
Along with the Globe story, there is also a comprehensive recap of the case compiled by Ronda Randall, of Maine, a genealogist who grew up not far from Bear Brook Park, and became interested in the fact that the bodies found in the woods have yet to be identified. You can read all about her research at oakhillresearch.blogspot.com
Below is the Power Point presentation released back in Jan. 2017 by the NH AG’s office. They continue to field any and all leads as they work to identify the bodies found in Bear Brook Park.
Anyone with information about this case should contact any of the following:
- NH State Police Cold Case Unit, 603-223-3856 or coldcaseunit@dos.nh.gov
- Manchester Police Department, 603-668-8711, or MPDcoldcase@manchersternh.gov
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 1-800-THE-LOST, ncmectips@ncmec.org
