OH OH - Marvin 'Beau' King, 12, Clark Co, 25 Jan 1973

[Betty P]

An article from the Dayton Daily News, just a little north of Springfield. Article says there was a man already in jail being considered as a suspect

 

[Betty P]

The boy had been strangled with a rope

 

[Namlok04]

Welcome, Namlocko4! I have a subscription to Newspapers.com, so will try some searches.

Let me know what you find! Thanks

 

[jimmyjamm10]

Is/was there a truck stop anywhere in the vicinity of where these boys were found?

 

[DS2021]

there was a string of murders involving young men on I-70 starting in June 1980. 9 of which have been potenially linked to Herb Baumiester

UPI Focus: Sheriffs link 9 deaths to Indiana man - UPI Archives

After an exhaustive investigation, sheriffs in Indiana and Ohio have linked the mysterious deaths of nine men to an Indianapolis thrift-store owner who...

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[bessie]

there was a string of murders involving young men on I-70 starting in June 1980. 9 of which have been potenially linked to Herb Baumiester

UPI Focus: Sheriffs link 9 deaths to Indiana man - UPI Archives

After an exhaustive investigation, sheriffs in Indiana and Ohio have linked the mysterious deaths of nine men to an Indianapolis thrift-store owner who...

www.upi.com

Herbert Baumeister a/k/a the I-70 Strangler a/k/a Brian Smart, IN-OH SK, has never been linked to the murders of Beau King, Bill Comeans, or the other teens discussed here. His victims were yoZung gay men, primarily prostitures.

* See the Websleuths thread in the Serial Killers forum linked below.

* Not to be confused with the I-10 Killer who preyed on women in Texas.

A brief synopsis:
Beginning in the early 80's, the remains of young gay men were found buried or dumped in areas along I-70 from Ohio to Indiana. The bodies were nude or semi-nude, and the cause of death in each case was strangulation. All 11 have been ID'd.

In 1991, the findings ceased, but the murders continued. Baumeister purchased an 18 acre property in Westlake, Hamilton County, Indiana. Thereafter, Fox Hollow was the murder site and burial grounds for Baumeister's victims.

The initial investigation into the I-70 murders commenced in 1992 as a follow-up to a witness report.

1995, a P.I broke the case and positively linked Baumeister to the murders.
An investigation of the Fox Hollow property would turm up thousands of burned bone fragments, totalling approximately 25 bodies, possibly more.
Nine have been ID'd. A tenth ID is likely.

In July 1996 Baumeister fled to Ontario after LE issued a warrant for his arrest. In Plnery Provincial Park he shot himself in the head with a .367 magnum, leaving behind a three page letter in which he apologized for "messing up the park"
No mention was made of the murders he'd committed (see wiki link)

Websleuths thread:

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

Herbert Richard "Herb" Baumeister (April 7, 1947 - July 3, 1996) was an American serial killer from suburban Westfield, Indiana outside of Indianapolis. He was the founder of the successful thrift store chain Sav-a-Lot in Indiana. He killed 8 - 16 men in the Indiana/Ohio area. He committed...

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Wikipedia lin, updated:

Herb Baumeister - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Additional updated links from 2022-23:

Here's what we know about notorious Indiana serial killer Herbert Baumeister

In 1996, Hamilton County sheriff's deputies found thousands of thousands of decomposed and charred bone fragments on Herbert Baumeister's Fox Hollow Farms in Westfield.

www.wrtv.com

This private investigator cracked the case of notorious serial killer Herbert Baumeister

The biggest case in Virgil Vandagriff's long career as a police detective and private investigator began when two families hired him to find their missing loved ones in the mid-1990s.

www.wrtv.com

Mans remains identified, believed to be victim of I-70 Strangler - 95.3 MNC

A man’s remains have been identified after 30 years, and police believe he was a victim of the so-called I-70 Strangler, Herb Baumeister. You may remember hearing about Baumeister, a believed serial killer who possibly targeted gay men in the 1980s and 90s. Officials think he strangled most of...

www.953mnc.com

 

[nerosleuth]

Today is the anniversary of his death.

 

[CrimeAfterDark]

Hello everyone!
I'm currently in the process of starting up a podcast and Marvin's case is the first one in which I want to cover. Now this case seemed odd to me from the beginning, with a lot of questions that have not been answered or have been released. Now from the information I've been able to dig up, Marvin's neighbors had interacted with Marvin on the day of his disappearance, noting that everything seemed to be fine. It's also stated that a neighbor had witnessed Marvin getting into dark-colored car, "possibly a 1965 Chevrolet or Pontiac". So, here's a couple of questions that arise from this release of information.
1) Was the neighbor that witnessed Marvin get into the car the same one or one of the same ones that he had interacted with prior?
2) Was this dark colored car a frequent visitor to the mobile home? Did Marvin's mom drive a similar vehicle? The reason for this line of questioning is, why would Marvin willingly get into this dark colored vehicle?
3) How long was it between the first interaction with neighbors that Marvin had and the one where he was spotted getting into the unknown vehicle? That window of time would seem important.
4) This is more of a statement than a question, but feedback is always appreciated. I wonder if Marvin had been targeted specifically. Marvin had been left alone at home, he's twelve-years old, I'm sure he was given some ground-rules by his mother to not leave the home while she was at work. But yet, he was seen by a neighbor willingly get into this vehicle. Did this unknown individual know that Marvin was going to be home alone? Or by the craziest of coincidences, did this individual catch Marvin coming outside and formed a ruse to persuade Marvin to get into the car? Total stranger abductions are rare, but they do happen, did Marvin see a familiar face pull up to his home and he got into their vehicle?
5) There were a few individuals that Law Enforcement had been interested in for the abduction and eventual murder of Marvin, why did these individuals land on Law Enforcements radar? They've never been publicly named, at least not from what I've been able to gather.
What do you all think?