Many serial killers have disappeared over the ages and never been found, but few have been this close to capture. At the point where police confirmed that Herb Baumeister was the killer that they were looking for, he disappeared until he was found dead from suicide. For this reason, he was never truly brought to justice, at least not in any kind of legal way. Despite his lack of trial, police are completely convinced that he was the man responsible for many terrible crimes.

Despite his normal upbringing, Baumeister didn’t exactly grow up normal. Friends knew him to have certain concerning behaviors, often showing anti-social habits that most parents don’t want to see. In school, he had a poor reputation and was often seen doing strange things. Not that he was the bad-boy type, but that he freaked the other students out. Several peers came forward and told investigators he would play with the bodies of dead animals. It is unclear whether he killed the animals in question. As he grew up, the strange boy grew to be a strange man. Though he was a good worker, his coworkers found him odd.

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