Waaaaay Too Many Questions...






An Indiana serial killer's property was found to contain 10,000 "burnt and crushed" human remains.

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Serial killer Herb Baumeister is believed to have murdered at least 25 people from the late 1980s to the early 1990s.

Over 10,000 human remains found on serial killer Herb Baumeister's farm.

Authorities discovered the remains, mostly crushed and burned, on Baumeister's 18-acre property in Westfield. The victims, predominantly teenage boys, and young men were abducted and murdered during the... pic.twitter.com/COZISRrLng

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According to reports, Baumeister mostly targeted gay men in Westfield, Indiana, where he lived.

Authorities have stated that for decades they have still been uncovering remains buried in his property.

The Hamilton County Coroner's Office said that the latest victim they have identified is Jeffery A. Jones, who was reported missing in 1993.

Following Baumeister's 1996 passing, thousands of human remains were found on his property, and Hamilton County Coroner Jeff Jellison reopened the investigation.

Jellison stated that there are four more unidentified DNA profiles that the investigators are working with, making Baumeister's body count now 12.

"Because many of the remains were found burned and crushed, this investigation is extremely challenging," the county coroner said in a statement. "However, the team of law enforcement and forensic specialists working on the case remains committed."

In December 2023, the coroner's office identified victim Allen Livingston, who was 27-years-old when he went missing in August 1993.

Manuel Resendez was identified in January, and he was 34 years-old when he vanished in 1996.

Reports stated that Baumeister would use the farm that his family had moved to in 1988 to hide thousands of decomposed remains, charred bone fragments, and more.

The discovery of his crimes began when his teenage son discovered a skull buried in the trail adjacent to their home and showed it to his mom.

Baumeister's wife ultimately divorced him as it became clearer he was a serial killer. However, she had initially blocked police from searching their property.

He fled to Ontario in 1996 after a warrant was issued for his arrest after police searched the property and dug up the remains of several victims.

He then ended up fatally shooting himself at age 49 while in hiding.

Baumeister was never charged with any of the murders, and he did not admit to any crimes on his suicide note.

According to a report from the FBI released in 2005, while Baumeister was alive, he was living a double life.

He was a working husband and father in one "life," and in the other, he went by the fake name "Brian Smart" and targeted young gay men he met at bars.

This is very confusing. 10,000 remains. Yes very confusing.

Quote from: Rick on June 02, 2024, 07:44:10 PMThis is very confusing. 10,000 remains. Yes very confusing.

Was this a generational issue? Great great great grand pa was taught the trade by his great great great grand ma, and no one knows when she started?

I see nothing saying the body's are older than 1990's.

10,000 body's at one per day is 27 years, and he had to work. Yea, there must be generational level here.

Quote from: Rick on June 03, 2024, 07:50:35 AMI see nothing saying the body's are older than 1990's.

10,000 body's at one per day is 27 years, and he had to work. Yea, there must be generational level here.

Yeah, he'd have to have started as a kid, there is no way possible, unless there were a lot of people involved.
This is just sick beyond belief...

You think this could have been/or is a religious cult?

Could they be counting each fragment found as a remain?

Quote from: Rick on June 03, 2024, 10:29:47 AMYou think this could have been/or is a religious cult?

yEAH, i WAS WONDERING THE SAME THING.

Not enough information. Could be fetus's, gay's, Negros. I would hope they are professional enough not to count each fragment.

I was telling Solar about this a few weeks back... I literally walk by this house (almost) every day... the back yard where he buried those people.

Quote from: Rick on June 03, 2024, 07:50:35 AMI see nothing saying the body's are older than 1990's.

10,000 body's at one per day is 27 years, and he had to work. Yea, there must be generational level here.

It was body parts... a tooth over here... a femur over there... not bodies.

Quote from: Rick on June 03, 2024, 02:22:05 PMNot enough information. Could be fetus's, gay's, Negros. I would hope they are professional enough not to count each fragment.

Gays. He was the I-70 killer, and then when he moved to Westfield, he started trolling the gay bars and bringing them back to his house.

Quote from: Possum on June 03, 2024, 02:14:20 PMCould they be counting each fragment found as a remain?

Yup, that's what it was...  His kid one time found one of the bones and brought it to his mother. His dad was a doctor and he said it was one of his old medical props.  The wife wasn't the sharpest knife in the chandelier.

Quote from: taxed on August 26, 2024, 04:55:25 PMYup, that's what it was...  His kid one time found one of the bones and brought it to his mother. His dad was a doctor and he said it was one of his old medical props.  The wife wasn't the sharpest knife in the chandelier.

Nor ever plugged in.

Quote from: taxed on August 26, 2024, 04:55:25 PMYup, that's what it was...  His kid one time found one of the bones and brought it to his mother. His dad was a doctor and he said it was one of his old medical props.  The wife wasn't the sharpest knife in the chandelier.

...to clarify for "his dad", I mean the killer's, i.e. the grandfather of the child.