A Smaller Haystack

After 30 years of torpor, investigators finally inch the Bear Brook case forward. A geologist uncovers the history buried in human teeth and hair. The faces of the victims are reconstructed.

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Map: What insight did isotope testing give investigators about where the Bear Brook victims lived?

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Sara Plourde

Victim composites released by investigators at the 2015 press conference:

Adult woman (discovered in first barrel)

Oldest child (discovered in first barrel)

Middle child (discovered in second barrel)

Youngest child (discovered in second barrel)

Do you have information about the victims in the Bear Brook Murders case? Call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Hotline: 1-800-843-5678