Police believe Herb Baumeister targeted gay men and buried at least 25 victims on $1 million Indiana estate in the 1990s.

Herb Baumeister was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on April 7, 1947, in a privileged family. His father was an anesthesiologist, and Herb reportedly had an ordinary childhood devoid of any red flags.

The victims of Herb Baumeister are still being identified nearly three decades after the serial killer’s death on July 3, 1996. The Indiana native, a husband and father of three, led a double life.

The victims of Herb Baumeister are still being identified nearly three decades after the serial killer’s death on July 3, 1996. The Indiana native, a husband and father of three, led a double life. In ...

Grisly discovery On June 24, 1996, Herbert Baumeister’s 15-year-old son stumbled onto bones while on the family’s 18-acre property in a remote wooded area of Hamilton County.

Herb Baumeister, a married father with three children, seemed like a normal and successful family man — until thousands of bone fragments were discovered on his property, unveiling that Indiana ...

The victims of Herb Baumeister are still being identified nearly three decades after the serial killer’s death on July 3, 1996. The Indiana native, a husband and father of three, led a double life. In ...

At the time, Herb Baumeister explained away the skull, saying it was part of his dead father’s medical practice. It didn’t seem out of character, as Baumeister collected and kept everything.