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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rick Callahan

Thousands of mystery human bones were found on a serial killer’s farm

Shannon Doughty holds a photo of her late brother Allen Livingston, who was identified in October 2023 as the ninth known victim of suspected serial killer Herbert Baumeiste - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Decades after investigators unearthed thousands of human bones and bone fragments on a suspected serial killer’s property, a quest is ongoing in laboratories to solve a long-running mystery: Who exactly were they?

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

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