This is just such an unbelievably sick and sad situation. Just heartbreaking for all the victims.Resendez is among the first to be positively identified as one of Baumeister’s potential victims.
According to the Indianapolis Star, investigators believe Baumeister targeted gay men, brought them back to his home, and killed them.
In June 1996, Baumeister’s teenage son reportedly found a human skull on their land and brought it to his mother. Baumeister reportedly said the remains were left over from his late father’s medical practice. Baumeister and his wife were in the middle of getting a divorce at the time, and when her son showed her the skull, she filed an emergency protective order against Baumeister.
WXIN-TV reports the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office believes there could be 25 people buried on the property
Missing man's remains identified among 10,000 bones and fragments on suspected serial killer's property
HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind. (TCD) -- Officials positively identified a man who went missing nearly 30 years ago after parts of his remains — along countless others — were discovered on a suspected serial killer’s property in 1996.truecrimedaily.com
IN IN - Herbert Richard Baumeister AKA Brian Smart Preyed on Gay Men - Remains Found at Fox Hollow Farm - Possibly I-70 IN/OH Serial Killer
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Wondering if HB had any victims in Ontario prior to committing suicide here? speculation, imo.
January 25, 2024 rbbm
toronto.citynews.ca
''Approximately 10,000 charred bones and bone fragments have been found at Baumeister’s 18-acre (7.3-hectare) estate in Westfield, about 16 miles (25.75 kilometers) miles north of Indianapolis, Jellison has said.
Baumeister was 49 when he killed himself in Canada in July 1996 as investigators sought to question him about the remains discovered at Fox Hollow Farm.
Investigators believed Baumeister, a married father of three who frequented gay bars, lured men to his home and killed them. By 1999, authorities had linked him to the disappearance of at least 16 men since 1980, including several whose bodies were found dumped in shallow streams in rural central Indiana and western Ohio.''
torontosun.com
2022
NO SEX: Herbs wife Julie later said they had sex just six times in 25 years of marriage. ISP/HANDOUT
''Knowing police were closing in on him, Baumeister went on the run and slipped across the border into Ontario where he eventually ended his life.''
January 25, 2024 rbbm
Remains found at a central Indiana estate are those of a man who has been missing since 1993
WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Remains recovered from the central Indiana estate of a presumed serial killer have been identified as those of a man reported missing in 1993, a coroner said Thursday. The remains recovered in 1996 at the Fox Hollow Farm estate of Herbert Baumeister were found to match...
toronto.citynews.ca
Baumeister was 49 when he killed himself in Canada in July 1996 as investigators sought to question him about the remains discovered at Fox Hollow Farm.
Investigators believed Baumeister, a married father of three who frequented gay bars, lured men to his home and killed them. By 1999, authorities had linked him to the disappearance of at least 16 men since 1980, including several whose bodies were found dumped in shallow streams in rural central Indiana and western Ohio.''
CRIME HUNTER: Serial killer Herb Baumeister ended it in Ontario park
Herb Baumeister put a gun to his head and squeezed the trigger at Pinery Provincial Park on Lake Huron on July 3, 1996.
NO SEX: Herbs wife Julie later said they had sex just six times in 25 years of marriage. ISP/HANDOUT
''Knowing police were closing in on him, Baumeister went on the run and slipped across the border into Ontario where he eventually ended his life.''