Decades after serial killer Herb Baumeister died by suicide, a new documentary is shedding light on the possibility that he did not act alone. The documentary "Return to Fox Hollow: New Victims, Darker Secrets" has identified Thomas Ackerman, a local man who died in 2024, as a potential accomplice.

Former journalist Laura Musall, who covered the Fox Hollow Farm murders extensively in 1996 for the Noblesville Daily Ledger, noticed Ackerman's name repeatedly appearing in police records while reviewing case files for the documentary. These records reportedly date back to 1993, three years before investigators focused on Baumeister and discovered the remains on his 18-acre estate in Westfield, Indiana.

"As I was combing through them, I kept seeing the name Thomas Ackerman," Musall stated in the documentary. "And I had never heard that name before."

Baumeister, a thrift store owner, lived a seemingly ordinary life with his wife and three children on his $1 million estate, masking a dark secret. Between 1993 and 1994, the LGBT community in downtown Indianapolis saw numerous young men, aged 18 to 35, go missing after being last seen in local gay bars. Police in Hamilton County at the time were criticized for not taking the disappearances seriously.

In 1996, investigators discovered a graveyard of charred human bones on Baumeister's property, where an estimated 25 victims are believed to have been killed. Baumeister fled to Canada, where he died by a suspected suicide, taking many of the secrets of his crimes with him. In 1998, the investigation was officially closed, with thousands of unidentified remains left at the University of Indianapolis.

While Baumeister was the primary suspect, suspicion has also fallen on Mark Goodyear. Goodyear initially claimed to be a victim attacked by Baumeister in 1994, a claim that led police to the serial killer. However, Goodyear later admitted in a documentary last year that he lied about the encounter, stating he had drugged Baumeister and that they met numerous times. He also claimed Baumeister confessed to killing 56 victims and showed him a burning pile of bodies.

LeRoy Bray, now deceased, had previously told police in 1997 that he witnessed Baumeister shooting a man dead while Goodyear held the victim at Fox Hollow Farm. Goodyear denied this accusation, calling Bray