Herb Baumeister

Herb Baumeister
Baumeister's 1986 mugshot
Born
Herbert Richard Baumeister

(1947-04-07)April 7, 1947
DiedJuly 3, 1996(1996-07-03) (aged 49)
Cause of deathSuicide by gunshot
Criminal statusDeceased
Spouse
Juliana Saiter
(m. 1971)
Children3
Details
Victims11–unknown
Span of crimes
1980–1995
CountryUnited States
StatesIndiana, possibly Ohio

Herbert Richard Baumeister (April 7, 1947 – July 3, 1996) was a German-American businessman and serial killer who came under suspicion of murdering over a dozen men in the early-to-mid 1990s, most of whom were last seen at gay bars in central Indiana. Police ultimately found the remains of eleven men, eight identified, on Baumeister's property. He died by suicide after a warrant was issued for his arrest. Since his death, he has come under suspicion for the murders of twelve other men along Interstate 70 in Indiana and Ohio, which occurred from the early 1980s to the early 1990s.