Jeffrey A. Jeff Jones vanished from Fillmore, Indiana, in August 1993 and remained missing for decades. In the summer of 1996 investigators excavating Fox Hollow Farm in Westfield, Indiana, the 18-acre property owned by Herb Baumeister, recovered more than 10,000 charred and crushed bone fragments attributed to numerous victims. For years the identities of many remains were unknown.

In May 2024 the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, working with the University of Indianapolis and the FBI, used advanced DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy to identify Jeff Jones among the remains recovered at Fox Hollow Farm. His cause of death was determined to be homicide.

Baumeister, the farm owner, is described as having preyed on young men he met at Indianapolis-area gay bars during the 1980s and early 1990s, luring some back to his home and killing them. A warrant for his arrest was issued in 1996; he fled to Canada and subsequently took his own life before facing trial. Does anyone who knew Jeff or his movements in 1993 have information that could help fill gaps in his final months?