He even onceurinated on a teachers desk.

Julie herself must have worried their marriage wasnt normal for a long time.

Herbs family had noted anti-social behavior in Herb since he was a child.

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In his teens, he was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but he never received treatment for this diagnosis.

Everyone thought he eventually got it together.

Still, that year in 1994 Julie thought Herb was actingmorestrange than usual lately.

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Thats when her son brought home a human skull.

Julie didnt go to the police.

He never explained why he left his fathers old medical skeleton in the backyard, and Julie never asked.

It seems like Julie spent as much time keeping the kids away from Herb as possible.

It was during this time that gay men and boys started disappearing from Indianapolis.

Brian Smart turned out to be Herb Baumeister.

The search ended up taking two weeks.

Hundreds of human bones were found.

Eventually, police identified eight victims, though at least three unidentified bodies were also found.

Herb was missing for 8 days before his body was found at a campsite in Canada.

Unfortunately, many of Herb Baumeisters victims remain unidentified.