Otto Gary Becker, 41, was found dead in a ditch beside a rural gravel road in south-western Henry County, Indiana, in the late summer of 1991; his death occurred on or around August 7, 1991. Becker, who frequented homeless shelters and missions on Indianapolis’ east side, was last seen inside his brown 1982 Honda Accord traveling northbound on I-465 near Shadeland Avenue. Witnesses reported two other white males in the car, with one driving and the other restraining Becker, an account that suggests a violent abduction.

Becker’s vehicle was later found abandoned in Columbus, Ohio. Investigators noted similarities between his killing and a series of at least 11 slayings along the I-70 corridor in the 1980s and early 1990s attributed to a figure known as the I-70 Strangler, but no definitive link was established in Becker’s case. Herbert Baumeister was later considered a potential, unconfirmed suspect; he was never charged in Becker’s death and died by suicide after fleeing before a full investigation could occur. The murder remains officially unsolved.

Did anyone who knew Becker or who traveled I-70 or I-465 in August 1991 see his brown 1982 Honda Accord or those men in the car?