Jeffrey Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder & Cannibalism: Volume 1 (The Serial Killer Books)

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Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer ( / ˈ d ɑː m ər/; May 21, 1960– November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen males between 1978 and 1991. [4] Many of his later murders involved necrophilia, [5] cannibalism, and the permanent preservation of body parts—typically all or part of the skeleton. [6] Several of Dahmer's possessions unrelated to his crimes such as items of furniture were retrieved by his father shortly after Dahmer's sentencing. [325]

After strangling Lacy, Dahmer had sex with the corpse before dismembering him. [206] He placed Lacy's head and heart in the refrigerator and his skeleton in the freezer. [206] Four days later, on July 19, Dahmer received word that he was dismissed. [209] Upon receipt of this news, Dahmer lured 25-year-old Joseph Bradehoft to his apartment. Bradehoft was strangled and left lying on Dahmer's bed covered with a sheet for two days. On July 21, Dahmer removed the sheet to find the head covered in maggots. He decapitated the body, cleaned the head and placed it in the refrigerator. [210] He later acidified Bradehoft's torso, along with those of two other victims killed within the previous month. [211] [212] Arrest Capture On August 5, 1991, as the nature and scale of Dahmer's crimes initially came to light, a candlelight vigil to celebrate and heal the Milwaukee community [319] was attended by more than 400 people. Present at the vigil were community leaders, gay rights activists, and family members of several of Dahmer's victims. Organizers stated the purpose of the vigil was to enable Milwaukeeans to "share their feelings of pain and anger over what happened". [9] The three women were exasperated, and when one of the trio attempted to indicate to one of the officers—both of whom had observed no injuries beyond a scrape to Sinthasomphone's knee and believed him to be intoxicated [189]—that Sinthasomphone had blood upon his testicles, was bleeding from his rectum and that he had seemingly struggled against Dahmer's attempts to walk him to his apartment prior to their arrival, [n 12] the officer harshly informed her to "butt out", [190] "shut the hell up" and to not interfere. [193] In January 1985, Dahmer was hired as a mixer at the Milwaukee Ambrosia Chocolate Factory, where he worked from 11p.m to 7a.m. six nights per week, with Saturday evenings off. [102] Shortly after he found this job, an incident occurred in which Dahmer was propositioned by another man while reading in the West Allis Public Library. The stranger threw Dahmer a note offering to perform fellatio upon him. Although Dahmer did not respond to this proposition, [103] the incident stirred in his mind the fantasies of control and dominance he had developed as a teenager, and he began to familiarize himself with Milwaukee's gay bars, gay bathhouses, and bookstores. He also stole a male mannequin from a store, [104] which he briefly used for sexual stimulation, until his grandmother discovered the item stowed in a closet and demanded that he discard it. [105] The Investigation Discovery channel has also broadcast a documentary focusing upon Dahmer within its documentary series, Most Evil. This documentary features excerpts of Dahmer's 1994 Dateline NBC interview with Stone Phillips and was first broadcast in August 2006. [368]

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Bardsley, Marilyn. "Jeffrey Dahmer– Serial Killer and Cannibal– Exposed!". TruTV.com. TruTV Crime Library. Archived from the original on August 31, 2009 . Retrieved July 26, 2010. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link) Dahmer Chronicles: A Prom, A Seance, and A Victim". The Akron Beacon Journal. August 11, 1991. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022 . Retrieved February 19, 2022.

Dahmer: Guilty, Insane". Reading Eagle. Associated Press. January 13, 1992. Archived from the original on July 15, 2022 . Retrieved December 5, 2013– via Google News.Initially, Dahmer's living arrangements with his grandmother were harmonious: he accompanied her to church, willingly undertook chores, actively sought work and abided by most of her house rules (although he continued to drink and smoke). [98] In early 1982, he found employment as a phlebotomist at the Milwaukee Blood Plasma Center. He held this job for a total of ten months before being laid off. [95] Dahmer remained unemployed for over two years, during which he lived upon whatever money his grandmother gave him. [99] March 25: Anthony Lee Sears, 24. Sears was the last victim to be drugged and strangled at Dahmer's grandmother's residence; he was also the first victim from whom Dahmer permanently retained any body parts. [339] His preserved skull and genitals were found in a filing cabinet at 924 North 25th Street following Dahmer's arrest in 1991. [340] Milwaukee's gay scene was generally underground and transient in nature at the time of Dahmer's murders, with many sexually active gay men using aliases. [321] Many in the city's gay community were nervous of the intentions of others after the extent of Dahmer's murders became known, although the fear and distrust generated by Dahmer's crimes was short-lived. As the 1990s progressed, the usage of aliases became less common among members of Milwaukee's gay community. [321]

July 15: Oliver Joseph Lacy, 24. A bodybuilding enthusiast whom Dahmer enticed to his apartment on the promise of money for posing for photographs. Lacy was drugged and strangled with a leather strap before being decapitated, with his head and heart being placed in the refrigerator. [350] His skeleton was retained to adorn one side of the private shrine of skulls and skeletons Dahmer was in the process of creating when arrested one week later. Teen Describes Escape from Dahmer". Lodi News-Sentinel. Lodi, California. Associated Press. February 8, 1992. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021 . Retrieved December 5, 2013. Dahmer Autopsy Completed". United Press International. November 29, 1994. Archived from the original on April 28, 2022 . Retrieved April 28, 2022. Dahmer reportedly adjusted well to prison life at the Columbia Correctional Institution in south-central Wisconsin, though he was initially kept apart from the general population. He eventually convinced authorities to allow him to integrate more fully with other inmates. He found religion in the form of books and photos sent to him by his father, and he was granted permission by the Columbia Correctional Institution to be baptized by a local pastor. Death Dahmer was then sentenced to life imprisonment plus ten years upon the first two counts. [287] The remaining thirteen counts carried a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment plus seventy years. The death penalty was not an option for Judge Gram to consider at the penalty phase, as Wisconsin had abolished capital punishment in 1853. [288]Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. A 10-part biographical crime drama series that was commissioned by Netflix and released on September 21, 2022. Evan Peters portrayed Dahmer. [373] [374] The family had relocated to a rented property in Barberton, Ohio, prior to moving to Bath Township. [25]

Inside Edition conducted an interview with Dahmer in January 1993. Conducted by reporter Nancy Glass, this 30-minute interview was broadcast in February 1993. [361] Referencing his reasons for consuming his victims, Dahmer stated he had initially consumed portions of his victims due to "curiosity" before adding: "I suppose, in an odd way, it made me feel they were even more a permanent part of me." [245] Dahmer had been an "energetic and happy child" but became notably subdued after double hernia surgery shortly before his fourth birthday. [20] [21] At elementary school, Dahmer was regarded as quiet and timid; one teacher recollected she detected early signs of abandonment [22] due to his father's absence and mother's illnesses, the symptoms of which increased when she became pregnant with her second child. [23] In elementary school, Dahmer had a small number of friends. [24]April 7: Errol Lindsey, 19. The first victim upon whom Dahmer practiced what he later described to investigators as his "drilling technique", a procedure in which he drilled holes into the victim's skull, through which he injected hydrochloric acid into the brain. According to Dahmer, Lindsey awoke after this practice, after which he was again rendered unconscious with a drink laced with sedatives, then strangled to death. Dahmer flayed Lindsey's body and retained the skin for several weeks. [346] His skull was found following Dahmer's arrest. The family of Sinthasomphone would later sue the City of Milwaukee and the three police officers, alleging violations of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. These charges were summarily dismissed. [194] Fifteen counts of first-degree intentional homicide in Wisconsin and one count of aggravated murder in Ohio.