2 serial killers met in gay bar
New DNA technology and witness revelations expose dark secrets in Fox Hollow Farm case
Over the years, various notorious groups of murderers have gained national attention for their shocking crimes, including figures like Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy. However, one killer who was equally cruel in his crimes did not receive as much national recognition as Gacy or Dahmer. He was from Indiana and his farm harbored a gloomy double life, ultimately claiming the lives of at least 13 men, according to investigators.
Businessman Herbert Baumeister of Westfield, Indiana, has never been convicted, but police believe he is responsible for killing those victims, mostly gay men – and potentially more – after more than 10,000 bone fragments and bones were found scattered across his Fox Hollow Farm.
To this day, nobody knows the identities of all of Baumeister's alleged victims or how many people he may possess killed. However, with novel technology available today, coroner Jeff Jellison of Hamilton County has opened a new investigation into the notorious serial killer case.
"When you look at the original investigation back in the '90s, when the search warrant was assist
Here's what we realize about notorious Indiana serial killer Herbert Baumeister
WESTFIELD — Most people knew Herbert Baumeister as a successful businessman with a wife and three kids who lived in a big house on a horse farm in suburban Indianapolis.
But Baumeister led a secret, murderous experience. He picked up young men in gay bars and brought them advocate to his house at Fox Hollow Farms in Westfield — and killed them.
In 1996, Hamilton County sheriff's deputies found thousands of decomposed and charred bone fragments on Baumeister's property just west of U.S. 31 on 156th Street in Westfield.
Here's what we comprehend about Herbert Baumeister.
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Who was Baumeister
Baumeister was born in Indianapolis in 1947, married wife Juliana in 1971 and the couple had three children, according to several media sources. In the adv 1980s, he founded the successful Sav-A-Lot thrift stores and operated two locations in the Indianapolis area.
Juliana filed for divorce in January 1996, just months after police questioned her about her husband's possible link to the disappearances of several youthful men, according to media reports.
Killings
When Baumeister's wife and children left for summ
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In the decades-long search for a San Francisco serial killer, police released new details Wednesday, including an updated photo of the suspect and a 911 call, as well as announcing a new reward for information primary to the killer’s arrest.
Gay men in San Francisco were targeted in the 1970's by a serial killer acknowledged as “The Doodler.”
The Doodler is believed to be responsible for five murders and possibly more, authorities said.
The killings occurred between January 1974 and June 1975, "gripping the community," officials said. The victims -- all gay pale men in San Francisco -- suffered similar injuries including stab wounds to the upper chest and back, officials said.
One victim who survived his invade said that when he met the suspect at a gay bar, he was drawing caricatures on a piece of paper. This led to the "Doodler" nickname, San Francisco police officials told reporters Wednesday.
The surviving victim provided a sketch of the suspect, who was described as an African-American guy between the ages of 19 to 25.
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