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All of Indiana serial killer's victims could be identified amid renewed investigative push

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A renewed quest is playing out in laboratories to solve a long-running mystery: Who were they? The original investigators believed that at least 25 people were buried at Herbert Baumeister's 18-acre estate in Westfield , Indiana .

A new team working to identify the unknown dead says the key to their success will be getting relatives of men who vanished between the mid-1980s and mid-1990s to provide DNA samples.

The case began in 1996 when Baumeister 's 15-year-old son discovered a human skull about 60 yards away from the home.

Three days after the boy discovered the remains, more remains were found by firefighters.

The three other DNA profiles remain unidentified and two are still undergoing testing.

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