Allen Lee Livingston was a man who disappeared from Indianapolis, Indiana, on August 6, 1993.
In October 2023, his remains were identified as those found on the property of businessman and suspected serial killer Herb Baumeister in June 1996.
Case
Allen, a resident of downtown Indianapolis, was last seen in the downtown area.
On June 24, 1996, Herb Baumeister, a local businessman whose behavior had drawn concern, was discovered to have sexually assaulted, killed, and disposed of the remains of at least 11 young gay and bisexual men at his Fox Hollow Farm estate in the Westfield suburb of Indianapolis. After an arrest warrant was issued for the murders at his estate, Baumeister fled to Ontario, Canada, and died by suicide in Pinery Provincial Park before he could be brought to trial. He did not confess to killing anyone in his suicide note and blamed his failing marriage and business for his death.
Baumeister is also suspected of being the I-70 Strangler who, between 1980 and 1991, killed 12 young boys and men who were strangled, and their naked bodies were dumped near Interstate 70 in Indiana and Ohio. Most of those victims were members of the LGBTQ community who disappeared within a four-block radius in Indianapolis, including Maurice Taylor and Mike Glenn.
In the original investigation, authorities gathered 11 DNA samples out of 10,000 charred and destroyed bone fragments. Eight men were identified: Johnny Bayer, Jeff Jones, Richard Hamilton Jr., Manuel Resendez, Steven Hale, Allen Broussard, Roger Goodlet, and Mike Keirn. As Allen was a young gay man, he fit Herb's victim profile and was suspected of being a victim. He also disappeared on the same day as Manual Resendiz did. However, Allen's DNA was not compared to the remains.
In 2022, Hamilton County Coroner Jeff Jellison was asked by a cousin of Allen's to compare his DNA to the remaining unidentified remains from the Fox Hollow Farm because Allen's mother was ailing, and the family wanted to provide her with closure. From there, 44 bone fragments were sent to the Indiana State Police Laboratory for DNA analysis. With a DNA swab provided by his mother, at least one of the bones analyzed was identified as Allen's on October 17, 2023, making him the 9th confirmed victim at Fox Hollow Farm.
Jellison reported that four additional DNA samples were developed and that the remains found on the property could represent at least 25 people (presumably including the original 11 victims) and encourages families who had someone disappear between the 1980s and mid-1990s to contact the Hamilton County Coroner's Office; more than 30 families have come forward and provided DNA samples.
In April 2025, a tenth victim, Daniel Halloran, was identified as part of the renewed identification effort.
Characteristics
- Brown hair.
- Blue eyes.
- Pierced left ear.
- Dimple in the right cheek.
- Cleft chin.
Gallery
Sources
- CBS
- WTHR
- MSN
- Investigative Reports POSTMORTEM WARNING
- Allen Livingston at the Charley Project
- Allen Livingston at the Doe Network
- Herb Baumeister on Wikipedia