Crime

For three decades, Indiana’s most disturbing serial killer flew under the true crime radar. In 1996, at least a dozen bodies were found at a Westfield estate belonging to wealthy businessman Herb Baumeister, but it wasn’t until recently that efforts to identify the victims went into high gear.

Don Huckstep thought he’d found true love in his small hometown of Fowler, Indiana. But when Teri Deneka mysteriously vanished from his life, the disappearance foreshadowed a bizarre—and grisly—series of discoveries that left Huckstep, police, and another man’s family with more questions than answers.

At least 15 critical mistakes led directly to Tyson’s conviction.

This was the story that "kept circling through my mind."

Though the ambush in Chicago cut short Dillinger’s crime spree and meteoric rise to fame, it sealed his reputation as one of the great bank robbers of all time. And his untimely, violent death made him an idol.

Co-author Bettie Cadou was a longtime reporter for The Indianapolis News and taught journalism at Butler University and IUPUI. After her death in 2002, she was inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame. Brian D. Smith is a former IM senior editor.

“It’s pretty much known by everyone around here,” a Marion County deputy prosecutor says of Mark Nicholson's background.

Councillor John Barth proposed a bipartisan study to help determine how many officers Indy really requires, so the Council can work on a long-term plan. “We need to take politics out of policing,” he says.

The details of her demise, revealed at the 1966 trial, defy belief. Here, a peek at the lives of the participants in the murder of Sylvia Likens 50 years later.

When will the amateur sleuths with professional problems get a clue?