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Can Quebecers help solve New Hampshire cold case?

Police have identified Terrance Peder Rasmussen as the alleged killer in a quadrauple homicide in Allenstown, N.H. From left to right, Rasmussen is pictured in 1985, 1969 and 1960. Investigators believe he may have had ties to Quebec. Saturday. Aug. 19, 2017. Courtesy of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children

American investigators are hoping Quebecers might be able to help them solve a decades-old homicide case in New Hampshire.

The mystery revolves around the discovery of three girls and a woman found dead in overturned steel barrels in the small community of Allenstown, N.H.

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DNA evidence has shown that two of the girls and the adult female are maternally related to each other, but it is unclear how the third child is connected to the other victims.

It is believed they died sometime between 1978 and 1984.

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The prime suspect in the case, Terrance Peder Rasmussen, died in prison in 2010.

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Rasmussen, who was born in Colorado, used several aliases throughout his life, including Bob Evans.

Investigators are hoping to fill in the timeline surrounding Rasmussen’s whereabouts between the early and late 1970s.

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Although police do not believe the victims are from Quebec, they hope to be able to identify them by retracing the alleged killer’s steps.

According to police, Rasmussen claimed he was in Quebec in 1979, where he met a woman called Donna or Denise Laporte — who has yet to be identified.

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