Fox Hollow victims honored with public funeral

CONSERVATIVE STUDENTS. *PHI*) NINE MEN WHO DIED AT THE HANDS OF ONE OF INDIANA'S MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLERS ARE HONORED TODAY. OUR NEWS 8'S KYLA RUSSELL SPENT THE DAY AT THEIR FIRST PUBLIC DEDICATION. *REPORTIN*) (A(ALL NAT POPS) NAMES READ, A DOVE SEND OFF, AND AN EMOTIONAL SERVICE MARKED THE DAY FAMILIES HAVE LONGED FOR. (( MICHAEL PRANGER/ALLEN LIVINGSTON'S COUSIN : TO SEE THIS TODAY MAKES IT TO WHERE IT'S NOT SO SURREAL, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY REAL. IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO LOOK FORWARD TO PEACE AND CLOSURE, AS OPPOSED TO LIVING IN THAT DARKNESS. )) MICHAEL IS THE FIRST COUSIN OF ALLEN LIVINGSTON -- ONE OF THE MEN IDENTIFIED FROM THE REMAINS FOUND ON HERBERT BUMEISTER'S SPRAWLING WESTFIELD PROPERTY IN THE NINETIES. MICHAEL FINALLY HONORED HIM TODAY AT PRAIRIE WATERS FUNERAL CENTER -- LESS THAN FIVE MILES FROM WHERE HE WAS FOUND. BAUMEISTSTER KILLED HIMSELF IN 1996 AS INVESTIGATORS TRIED TO QUESTION HIM. BY 1999, HE WAS LINKED TO THE DISSAPEARANCE OF AT LEAST 16 MEN MISSING SINCE 1980. (( MICHAEL PRANGER/ALLEN LIVINGSTON'S COUSIN : HE WOULD BE THAT ENTERTAINMENT, THAT LIFE OF THE PARTY. AND WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT HE LIVES ON WITHOUT US. )) ALLEN'S REMAINS WERE LAID TO REST ALONG WITH ANOTHER MAN'S -- JEFFERY ALLEN JONES. BUT THE OTHER MEN WERE HONORED TOO. (( LINDA ZNACHKO/HE KNOWS YOUR NAME, FOUNDER : WE WANT TO SET THIS TIME APART AS BEING HOLY, GIVING DIGNITY TO THE NINE LIVES, THAT WE KNOW ABOUT, TO THIS DAY, WHO ARE LOST, MISSING. )) LOCAL MINISTRY HE KNOWS YOUR NAME PARTNERED WITH HAMILTON COUNTY CORONER JEFF JELLISON TO MAKE THE PROGRAM POSSIBLE. (( JEFF JELLISON/HAMILTON COUNTY CORONER : TODAY IS A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY FOR ME. )) JELLISON SAID HE HAD TWO GOALS WHEN HE REOPENED THE BAUMEISTER INVESTIGATION TWO YEARS AGO -- TO PROVIDE CLOSURE TO FAMILIES THAT HAVE HAD THEIR LOVED ONES IDENTIFIED AND TO CREATE A FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED. THIS MONUMENT DOES JUST THAT. (( LINDA ZNACHKO/HE KNOWS YOUR NAME, FOUNDER : I REALLY FELT INSPIRED FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO HAVE THE MONUMENT MADE OUT OF LIMESTONE, BECAUSE I KNEW THAT WAS NATIVE TO INDIANA, AND IT CAME FROM THE GROUND. )) THE LIMESTONE MONUMENT IS FRACTURED IN SPOTS THAT ALLOW LIGHT TO PEEK THROUGH -- LEADERS SAY IT'S A SIGN OF THE HOPE FAMILIES CAN FEEL MOVING FORWARD. BUT, THE WORK ISN'T DONE YET. (( KYLA RUSSELL/KYLARUSSELLNEWS : LEADERS HERE URGED ANYONE WHO BELIEVES THEIR LOVED ONE MIGHT BE ONE OF THE MANY UNIDENTIFIED VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD FOR CLOSURE. REPORTING HERE IN WESTFIELD, I'M KYLA RUSSELL, FOR WISH-TV, WISHTV.COM, OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR UPDATES. )) *