Father's obituary - https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8188307/herbert_e_baumeister/

He was a member of various Indiana medical and several anestheologist associations. Served in the Army during WWII.

News articles on found skull near a cottage the Baumeister's frequently visited. It was owned by Herb's mother. It was eventually written off as the skull of a Native American - https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/alt.true-crime/mCfEYhJLNVQ

"A skull pulled from Lake Wawasee last month that

originally was thought to have been primitive was actually in the water only

about five years, Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine said Wednesday.

Stephen Nawrocki, a forensic anthropologist with the University of

Indianapolis, estimates the skull belonged to a white male 35 to 50 years old.

Rovenstine said the department has no missing persons cases that fit the

description.

The department is exploring the possibility that the skull may be that of a

suspected serial killer's victim. Herb Baumeister, who police say killed 16

men, most of them gay, committed suicide four years ago as investigators were

digging up human bones behind his suburban Indianapolis home.

"We're just exploring the possibility it could be one of his victims,"

Rovenstine said.

Authorities said Baumeister's mother had a cottage on Lake Wawasee, about

one-eighth of a mile from where the skull was found.

A woman found the skull about 10 feet from shore while looking for rocks in the

lake and called authorities."

"New information indicates the skull pulled from Lake Wawasee last month may

have been from the victim of a Indianapolis-area homicide.

Debra A. Thomas of East Hatchery Road found the skull about 10 feet from shore

while looking for rocks in the lake. After digging up the skull, Thomas put it

on the shore and called authorities.

Preliminary investigations noted that the skull might have been that of a

primitive human or an Indian.

However, Dr. Stephen Nawrocki, a forensic anthropologist with the University of

Indianapolis, estimated that the skull belonged to a white male 35 to 50 years

old and that it may have been in the water for only five to six years.

The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department is exploring the possibility that

the skull may be that of a victim of a serial killer, Herb Baumeister, who

reportedly murdered several homosexual males between 1993 and 1996 in the

Indianapolis. Baumeister committed suicide reportedly when investigators were

closing in on him.

Detective Sgt. Tom Brindle of the KCSD assisted the Hamilton County Sheriff’s

Department in that case in 1996 and recalled that although several thousand

human bones were found on the farm where Baumeister and his family had lived,

no skulls were ever located. The Fox Hollow Farm is in Westfield, a suburb of

Indianapolis. Brindle said Baumeister apparently told an intended victim that

he murdered 50 to 60 men.

The case can be linked to Kosciusko County because authorities said

Baumeister’s mother had a cottage on Lake Wawasee, about one-eighth of a mile

from the location of the skull recovery.

Local officials said if the skull is identified as belonging to one of

Baumeister’s victims, an attempt will be made to determine whether additional

skulls are in the lake, “but locating anything in Lake Wawasee could be

difficult,” said Kosciusko County Sheriff Aaron Rovenstine.

Kosciusko County Coroner Larry Ladd said that Nawrocki was among the initial

group of investigators in the Hamilton County case and “is very interested in

it because of his earlier connection to the case,” Ladd said. He added that

the research into the matter, including comparing the skull to X-rays of males

who are missing and believed possible victims of Baumeister, will likely take

several months.

Officials said the information on the age of the skull was provided by Nawrocki

before the Baumeister connection was theorized.

Both Nawrocki and the KCSD are continuing their investigations."

Article on the Sav-A-Lot Stores. Mentions Julie Baumeister but not Herb -https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INR19890429-01.1.17&txq=Julie+Baumeister

"It means everything in the world to me to make sure the store succeeds for the Children’s Bureau,” said Baumeister, manager of the store. "I’ve worked about 16-18 hours per day for the last nine months. This is going to be a big business. It is here to serve the people in the community, and ultimately, the Children’s

bureau."

Baumeister, a former English teacher at Broad Ripple High School from 1971-75, and a native of the Devington area, approached the Children’s Bureau with the

idea last spring.

Although Baumeister provided all of the resources to open the store, it is considered the property

of the Children’s Bureau."