WESTFIELD, Ind. — Human remains found at the former home of serial killer Herb Baumeister were identified Thursday.
In a press release, Hamilton County Coroner Jeff Jellison said human remains recovered in 1996 from Fox Hollow Farm in Westfield have been identified as those of Manuel Resendez, who was reported missing in August 1993.
Several forensic experts have worked tirelessly together to identify almost 10,000 human remains from Fox Hollow Farm since Baumeister's death in 1996.
"I would like to thank the entire team of law enforcement and forensic specialists that have come together to support this effort," Jellison said. "A special thanks goes to the hardworking people at the Indiana State Police Laboratory and Dr. Krista Latham of the Biology & Anthropology Department at the University of Indianapolis."
Baumeister is suspected of ending the lives of at least 25 young men, and investigators believe he could be behind the disappearance of many more.
As police honed in on Baumeister the summer of 1996 following his own son's discovery of a skull in the family's backyard, the once-prominent businessman fled across the Canadian border and ended his own life.
With his death, Baumeister ensured the families of his many suspected victims never got closure on how their loved one's lives ended. That included the family of Allen Livingston, whose mother believed strongly in the years after her son's disappearance that Allen's remains were among those at Fox Hollow.
"I know he's there," Sharon told 13News in 2022. "I know he's there. I know that man got him. I just know it. I feel that. I know.”
Even three decades after her son's disappearance, Sharon held onto the wired telephone line she had in her west Indianapolis home for close to 40 years.
In October 2023, investigators confirmed human remains recovered from Fox Hollow Farm matched a Livingston family reference sample that was submitted in late 2022.