NH DENISE ANN DANEAULT: Missing from Manchester, NH - 8 June 1980 - Age 25

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Denise Ann Daneault

Daneault, circa 1980; Terry Rasmussen, circa 1985; Rasmussen, circa 2002

Missing Since: 06/08/1980
Missing From: Manchester, New Hampshire
Classification: Endangered Missing
Sex: Female
Race: White
Date of Birth: 06/14/1954 (65)
Age: 25 years old
Height and Weight: 5'5 - 5'6, 135 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description: A brown print skirt.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Caucasian female. Blonde/brown hair, brown/green eyes. Daneault's maiden name is Lavoie.

Details of Disappearance
Daneault was last seen leaving a private social club in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire at 1:30 a.m. on June 8, 1980. She left the club, saying she was going to a party, and has never been heard from again. Few details are available in her case.

Daneault was divorced, with two young sons, at the time of her disappearance, and lived with a roommate in the 300 block of Hayward Street Street in Manchester. It's uncharacteristic of her to leave without warning.

Laureen Rahn, a 14-year-old girl who lived on Merrimack Street just two blocks from Daneault, disappeared six weeks before Daneault did and was never found. She and Daneault reportedly closely resembled each other in spite of the difference in their ages, but it has never been shown that their disappearances were linked.

Daneault also lived just a few doors down from suspected serial killer Terry Peder Rasmussen, who was living in the area under the name "Bob Evans", one of his many false identities, at the time. Photos of Rasmussen as he appeared in 1985 and in 2002 are posted with this case summary. He pleaded guilty to murdering his wife in California in 2003, and died in 2010.

Authorities believe Rasmussen was responsible for at least five more deaths, including the murder of Denise Beaudin, who disappeared from Goffstown, New Hampshire in 1981 and was never found, the murders of an unidentified woman and three female children whose bodies were found in a wooded area near Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, New Hampshire.

Investigators don't know whether Rasmussen was involved in Daneault's case, but are investigating a possible connection. Her disappearance remains unsolved.

Investigating Agency
Manchester Police Department 603-668-8711

Source Information
NamUs
The Manchester Union Leader
Oak Hill Research
Manchester Ink Link

Denise Ann Daneault – The Charley Project

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DENISE ANN DANEAULT has been missing from Manchester, NH since 8 June 1980 - Age 25

Daneault was last seen leaving a private social club in downtown Manchester, New Hampshire at 1:30 a.m. on June 8, 1980. She left the club, saying she was going to a party, and has never been heard from again.

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Divorced mother of two from Manchester last seen alive 43 years ago

The 1980 disappearance of a Manchester woman has never been solved, though the investigation has picked up some steam in recent years.

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Jun 8, 2022

New Hampshire unsolved case file: Disappearance of Denise Daneault​

The 1980 disappearance of a Manchester woman has never been solved, though the investigation has picked up some steam in recent years.

Denise Ann Daneault, 25, has not been seen alive in 42 years. She was last seen socializing on the night of June 8, 1980, in Manchester.

In connection with this case, authorities conducted multi-day searches in November 2017 and May 2018, combing for clues in a wooded area behind public housing buildings at 541 Kimball Street in Manchester.

Investigators said the searches were the result of accumulated information.

Authorities never said if anything of interest was found during either search, though the May search was conducted in some areas of interest identified by dogs during the November search, officials said.

Daneault, a divorced mother of two, lived on Hayward Street in Manchester -- the same street as Denise Beaudin, who disappeared in 1981 and was last seen alive with suspected serial killer Terry Peder Rasmussen, who was known as “Bob Evans” during his time in the Granite State.

Authorities said there is no connection between the Beaudin and Daneault cases.

"There's no evidentiary connection between the two," Senior Assistant Attorney General Jeff Strelzin told WMUR. "The only reason there's been talk about a connection is because the interest in the Rasmussen case resulted in renewed investigation into the Denise Daneault case."

Can you help police solve this case? Submit a tip to Detective Lucas Hobbs at the Manchester Police Department at 603-792-5519 or lhobbs@manchesternh.gov.

 

[SheWhoMustNotBeNamed]

Divorced mother of two from Manchester last seen alive 43 years ago

The 1980 disappearance of a Manchester woman has never been solved, though the investigation has picked up some steam in recent years.

www.wmur.com

Disappearance of Denise Daneault remains unsolved more than 40 years later​

The 1980 disappearance of a Manchester woman has never been solved, though the investigation has picked up some steam in recent years.

Denise Ann Daneault, 25, has not been seen alive in 43 years. She was last seen socializing on the night of June 8, 1980, in Manchester.