Decades after the discovery of thousands of human bones and bone fragments on a suspected Indiana serial killer's property, a new team is working diligently to solve the mystery of who these individuals were. The remains were found on Herbert Baumeister's property in Westfield, Indiana, starting in 1996. Baumeister, a thrift store owner, was believed to have lured men to his home, where he killed and buried them.
Efforts to identify the victims were initially made in the late 1990s, resulting in the identification of eight men using dental records and available DNA technologies. However, the identification process was halted, leaving at least 17 individuals unidentified. A renewed quest is now underway to identify these victims by obtaining DNA samples from relatives of men who went missing between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s.
