before_revision: Herbert Richard Baumeister (April 7, 1947 July 3, 1996) was an American  suspected serial killer. A resident of the Indianapolis suburb of Westfield, Indiana, he was under investigation for murdering over a dozen men in the early 1990s, most of whom were last seen at gay bars. Police found the remains of eleven persons, eight identified, on Baumeister's property. After an arrest warrant was issued, Baumeister fled to Canada and killed himself before he could be brought to trial. He never confessed to the crimes and his suicide note made no mention of the murder allegations. He was later linked to a series of murders of at least nine men along Interstate 70, which occurred in the early to mid-1980s. Early life  Baumeister was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the oldest of four children born to Herbert and Elizabeth Baumeister. His childhood was reportedly normal . By the onset of adolescence, he began exhibiting anti-social behavior . Acquaintances later recalled the young Baumeister playing with dead animals and urinating on a teacher's desk , which are textbook signs of a burgeoning serial killer . In his teens, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia , but did not receive further psychiatric treatment. In 1965, Baumeister attended Indiana University for a semester before dropping out, but returned in 1967. In 1972, he attended a semester at Butler University. As an adult, he drifted through a series of jobs, marked by a strong work ethic , but also by increasingly bizarre behavior. Baumeister married Juliana "Julie" Saiter in November 1971, a union that produced three children. Julie later said they had been sexually intimate only six times in over 25 years of marriage. In the 1970s, Baumeister was committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father . His wife said he was "hurting and needed help." Baumeister founded the successful Sav-A-Lot thrift store chain (two stores total) in Indianapolis in 1988. Investigation By the early 1990s, investigators with the Marion County Sheriff's Department and the Indianapolis Police Department began investigating the disappearances of gay men of similar age, height, and weight in the Indianapolis area. In 1992, they were contacted by a man named Tony Harris claiming that a gay bar patron calling himself "Brian Smart" had killed a friend of his, and had attempted to kill him with a pool hose during an erotic asphyxiation session. Harris eventually saw this man again in August 1995, following him and noting a license plate number. From this data, police identified "Brian Smart" as Herb Baumeister. Investigators approached Baumeister, told him he was a suspect in the disappearances, and asked to search his house. Both Baumeister and his wife, Julie, refused to allow a search of their house . By June 1996, however, Julie had become sufficiently frightened by her husband's mood swings and erratic behavior that, after filing for divorce, she consented to a search. The search of the estate, Fox Hollow Farm, was conducted while Baumeister was on vacation. It turned up the remains of eleven men, eight of whom were identified. Baumeister would posthumously be suspected of killing nine other men, the bodies of whom were found in rural areas along the corridor of Interstate 70 between Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio  during the early to mid 1980s. One eyewitness identified Baumeister as the man seen leaving a bar in 1983 with Michael Riley, who was later found dead. Like the other victims, Riley was strangled to death and deposited nude or semi-nude in a river.
after_revision: Herbert Richard Baumeister (April 7, 1947 July 3, 1996) was an American businessman and suspected serial killer. A resident of the Indianapolis suburb of Westfield, Indiana, Baumeister was under investigation for murdering over a dozen men in the early 1990s, most of whom were last seen at gay bars. Police found the remains of eleven persons, eight identified, on Baumeister's property. After an arrest warrant was issued, Baumeister fled to Canada and committed suicide before he could be brought to trial. He never confessed to the crimes and his suicide note made no mention of the murder allegations. Baumeister was later linked to a series of murders of at least nine men along Interstate 70, which occurred in the early to mid-1980s. Early life Herbert Baumeister was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the oldest of four children born to Herbert and Elizabeth Baumeister. His childhood was reportedly normal but he began exhibiting anti-social behavior by the onset of adolescence, playing with dead animals and urinating on a teacher's desk . In his teens, Baumeister was diagnosed with schizophrenia but did not receive further psychiatric treatment. In 1965, Baumeister attended Indiana University for a semester before dropping out, but returned in 1967. In 1972, he attended a semester at Butler University. As an adult, Baumeister drifted through a series of jobs, marked by a strong work ethic but also by increasingly bizarre behavior. Baumeister married Juliana "Julie" Saiter in November 1971, a union that produced three children. Julie later said they had been sexually intimate only six times in over 25 years of marriage. In the 1970s, Baumeister was committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father ; his wife said he was "hurting and needed help." Baumeister founded the successful Sav-A-Lot thrift store chain (two stores total) in Indianapolis in 1988. Investigation By the early 1990s, investigators with the Marion County Sheriff's Department and the Indianapolis Police Department began investigating the disappearances of gay men of similar age, height, and weight in the Indianapolis area. In 1992, they were contacted by a man named Tony Harris claiming that a gay bar patron calling himself "Brian Smart" had killed a friend of his, and had attempted to kill him with a pool hose during an erotic asphyxiation session. Harris eventually saw this man again in August 1995, following his car and noting his license plate number. From this data, police identified "Brian Smart" as Herb Baumeister. Investigators approached Baumeister, told him he was a suspect in the disappearances, and asked to search his house. Both Baumeister and his wife, Julie, refused to allow a search of their property . By June 1996, however, Julie had become sufficiently frightened by her husband's erratic behavior that, after filing for divorce, she consented to a search. The search of the estate, Fox Hollow Farm, was conducted while Baumeister was on vacation. It turned up the remains of eleven men, eight of whom were identified. Baumeister would posthumously be suspected of killing nine other men, the bodies of whom were found in rural areas along the corridor of Interstate 70 between Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio , during the early to mid 1980s. One eyewitness identified Baumeister as the man seen leaving a bar in 1983 with Michael Riley, who was later found dead. Like the other victims, Riley was strangled to death and deposited nude or semi-nude in a river.
edit_actions: A
edit_actions: businessman and
edit_actions: meaning-changed
edit_actions: meaning-changed meaning-changed meaning-changed
edit_actions: R
edit_actions: he
edit_actions: Baumeister
edit_actions: clarity
edit_actions: clarity fluency clarity
edit_actions: R
edit_actions: killed himself
edit_actions: committed suicide
edit_actions: clarity
edit_actions: clarity clarity style
edit_actions: R
edit_actions: He
edit_actions: Baumeister
edit_actions: clarity
edit_actions: clarity meaning-changed clarity
edit_actions: A
edit_actions: Herbert
edit_actions: meaning-changed
edit_actions: meaning-changed meaning-changed meaning-changed
edit_actions: R
edit_actions: . By the onset of adolescence,
edit_actions: but
edit_actions: clarity
edit_actions: style clarity clarity
edit_actions: R
edit_actions: . Acquaintances later recalled the young Baumeister
edit_actions: by the onset of adolescence,
edit_actions: style
edit_actions: clarity style style
edit_actions: D
edit_actions: , which are textbook signs of a burgeoning serial killer
edit_actions: coherence
edit_actions: coherence coherence clarity
edit_actions: R
edit_actions: he
edit_actions: Baumeister
edit_actions: clarity
edit_actions: meaning-changed clarity clarity
edit_actions: D
edit_actions: ,
edit_actions: fluency
edit_actions: fluency fluency fluency
edit_actions: R
edit_actions: he
edit_actions: Baumeister
edit_actions: clarity
edit_actions: clarity clarity meaning-changed
edit_actions: D
edit_actions: ,
edit_actions: fluency
edit_actions: fluency fluency fluency
edit_actions: R
edit_actions: . His
edit_actions: ; his
edit_actions: fluency
edit_actions: fluency fluency coherence
edit_actions: R
edit_actions: him and noting a
edit_actions: his car and noting his
edit_actions: clarity
edit_actions: clarity others clarity
edit_actions: R
edit_actions: house
edit_actions: property
edit_actions: clarity
edit_actions: clarity others style
edit_actions: D
edit_actions: mood swings and
edit_actions: clarity
edit_actions: clarity clarity clarity
edit_actions: A
edit_actions: ,
edit_actions: fluency
edit_actions: fluency fluency fluency