Michael Allen Glenn, a 29-year-old man, was found strangled to death on August 15, 1986, in Jackson Township, Ohio. His body was discovered in a ditch, wearing only underwear, with strangulation marks on his neck, possibly from a rope. Glenn was later identified in the fall of 1989 through fingerprints circulated by Preble County deputies. His mother, Joyce Glenn, had his body moved to Bicknell Memorial Cemetery in Indiana after his identification.
Glenn is considered the sixth victim of
the I-70 Strangler, an unidentified serial killer suspected of murdering at least twelve young men between 1980 and 1991. The victims were primarily members of the LGBTQ community, many of whom disappeared within a four-block radius in Indianapolis before their bodies were found near Interstate 70. The killer's modus operandi involved strangulation, with victims often found naked or partially clothed in rivers, streams, and ditches.
Authorities investigated several suspects, including Larry Eyler and Herb Baumeister. Eyler, a convicted serial killer responsible for 21 to 24 murders between 1982 and 1984, never confessed to killing any of the I-70 victims before his death in 1994. Baumeister, a businessman known for murdering and disposing of the remains of eleven men at his Fox Hollow Farm estate, was suspected of being the I-70 Strangler. A witness claimed Baumeister was seen leaving a gay bar with Michael Riley, the fourth I-70 Strangler victim, before Riley was found strangled in 1983. Baumeister fled to Canada after an arrest warrant was issued for the murders at his estate and died by suicide before he could be brought to trial.
Despite investigations, no one has been arrested or convicted for Glenn’s murder or the other I-70 Strangler killings. The case remains officially unsolved, leaving lingering questions about the identity of the perpetrator and justice for the victims.
