Herbert Richard "Herb" Baumeister (April 7, 1947 – July 3, 1996) was an American suspect serial killer. A resident 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 the suspect fled to Canada and subsequently 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.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.