Suspected Indiana serial killer claims 12th victim as coroner needs help IDing remains after no DNA matches

The newest update out of Hamilton County is not a dramatic courtroom moment or a sudden arrest, but something quieter and, in its own way, more haunting: a set of human remains has produced a usable DNA profile, and yet the name still won’t come.

CBS4 Indy reporter Jesse Wells says the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office is now asking the public for help identifying what investigators believe is the 12th victim connected to the Fox Hollow Farm case and suspected serial killer Herbert Baumeister.

The coroner’s message is simple on the surface – help us identify this person – but it carries the weight of three decades of unfinished work, thousands of bone fragments, and families who never got a clear ending…

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