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The I-70 Strangler is the nickname of an unidentified American serial killer who murdered at least twelve boys and men in the Midwest between 1980 and 1991. All of the victims' bodies were discovered in areas along Interstate 70 (I-70). Though officially unsolved, it is believed that deceased businessman Herb Baumeister, a suspect in over a dozen homicides in Indiana, might have been the perpetrator.
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