Additional remains at Indiana serial killer's home identified; no longer being analyzed

WESTFIELD, Ind. (WXIN) — Another set of human remains found in Herb Baumeister's former home have been identified by the Hamilton County Coroner's Office.

According to a news release from the office, human remains originally found in 1996 at Fox Hollow Farm in Westfield were identified as Jeffrey Jones.

This comes after other remains found at the site were identified last year as Allen Livingston, a man reported missing from the Indianapolis Police Department in 1993. Jones is the third person to be identified from the remains found on the farm.

The Fox Hollow Farm was the former home of Baumeister, an Indiana serial killer who police say lured gay men to his home in the mid-1980s and 1990s before killing them and disposing of their body on the property. You can read more about the case against Baumeister here.

Officials said in the release that Jones' remains were identified through an “extensive forensic genetic genealogy investigation” conducted by the coroner's office and the FBI. Jones, a Fillmore resident, was reported missing in August 1993.

Authorities said more than 10,000 remains were found at Fox Hollow Farm, including bones, fragments and body parts. Investigators have four other as yet unidentified DNA profiles, bringing the total number of known victims to 12.

“Given that many remains were found burned and crushed, this investigation is extremely difficult; however, the team of law enforcement and forensic specialists working on the case remains engaged,” said Hamilton County Coroner Jeff Jellison. “Special thanks to the very talented and hardworking people at the FBI, the Indiana State Police Laboratory, Dr. Krista Latham of the Department of Biology and Anthropology at the University of Indianapolis, and the experts in DNA from the Othram laboratory based in Texas.”

The release said the four unidentified DNA profiles will be sent to the FBI for a genetic genealogy investigation.

According to previous reports, the investigation began in 1996 when Baumeister's 15-year-old son came across bones while on the family's 18-acre estate. Baumeister died shortly afterwards.