The follow-up is the next chapter of the investigation of suspected serial killer Herb Baumeister, coming after the success of the Emmy-nominated four-part docuseries "The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer."
On The Red Carpet spoke with Hamilton County coroner Jeff Jellison, who reopened the case in 2022, and has been leading the push to identify victims from the 10,000 remains discovered at Fox Hollow Farm in 1996 (This makes it the second largest unidentified human remains case, second only to 9/11).
"For 30 years, these remains sat on a shelf in a box. There was no work done by law enforcement or previous coroners to identify. So these families were just, you know, they were set aside. They didn't have answers," he explains.
Following the release of the original docuseries, Jellison tells us the series "generated about 500 leads."
The new leads have led to new revelations in the case, some going "towards the identification" and "some of those leads also were forwarded to the law enforcement partners."
Since the original docuseries aired in 2025, Jellison and his team have been able to identify two people.
"I have two purposes in doing this investigation," says Jellison. "One is to identify the remains. Get them off of a shelf. Get them to a final resting spot. And the other is, you know, getting these family members on a path of closure, you know and providing them with some answers."
In the original series, it asks the question, "Did Baumeister do this alone, or did he have an accomplice?" One witness, Mark Goodyear, piqued the interest of those involved in the investigation.
We asked Jellison what his thoughts were, to which he responded, "Certainly he's an interesting character. You know, I'm a former law enforcement officer. So the criminal investigation certainly has my interest. And Mark is an individual that knows a lot about this case. He talks about how he saw bodies burning in a pit behind Baumeister's house. Was he a suspect? You know, I don't know. That's not my job to determine... I will say this. How did one individual kill this many people by himself?"
"Return to Fox Hollow" digs deeper into this question and explores new ideas about potential accomplices, missing evidence and witness accounts, picking up with the investigation as the teams continue to search for answers.
When it comes to next steps, Jellison says, "We're going to keep moving forward identifying these remains. We've assembled a fantastic team of forensic experts. That team includes the Indiana State Police DNA team, University of North Texas, Othram DNA lab. The FBI is there to assist when needed... This team that we've assembled today is extremely passionate about providing names for these remains and providing the families with answers."
Both the original four-part docuseries "The Fox Hollow Murders" and the new episode "Return to Fox Hollow" are streaming now on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+.
"Return to Fox Hollow: New Victims, Darker Secrets" is produced for ABC News Studios.
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