Remains on Serial Killer's Estate Identified as Man Missing Since 1993

Authorities Continue Efforts to Identify Thousands of Bone Fragments Found on Herbert Baumeister's Property

Remains found on the estate of suspected Indiana serial killer, Herbert Baumeister, have been identified as Manuel Resendez, a man reported missing in 1993.
Approximately 10,000 charred bones and bone fragments have been found at Baumeister's 18-acre estate in Westfield, Indiana.
Baumeister, who committed suicide in 1996, is believed to have lured men to his home from gay bars and killed them.
Authorities have linked Baumeister to the disappearance of at least 16 men since 1980.
A renewed effort to identify the remains began in 2022, with relatives of young men who disappeared between the mid-1980s and the mid-1990s asked to submit DNA samples.