Jeffery Dahmer
Age: 34 (at time of arrest)
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Modus Operandi: Lured victims to his residence, drugged and strangled them, engaged in necrophilia and cannibalism.
Criminal Past: Convicted of 17 counts of murder, arrested in 1991. Committed between 1978-1991.
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer and sex offender who committed the murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys from 1978 to 1991. Wikipedia
Between 1978 and 1991, serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer killed and dismembered 17 boys and men. He was found guilty and given a life sentence after confessing to the killings. Borderline personality disorder, schizophrenia, and a psychotic condition were all identified in Dahmer. Additionally, it was discovered that he had an atypical brain structure, which might have contributed to his violent tendencies. The terrible example of Dahmer’s case demonstrates the devastating effects of untreated mental illness.
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was killed by a fellow inmate on November 28, 1994. He was beaten by Christopher Scarver who is now serving 3 life sentences.
His apology, covering a 13-year bloodbath, ran four typewritten pages:
“Your Honor:
“It is now over. This has never been a case of trying to get free. I didn’t ever want freedom. Frankly, I wanted death for myself. This was a case to tell the world that I did what I did, but not for reasons of hate. I hated no one. I knew I was sick or evil or both. Now I believe I was sick. The doctors have told me about my sickness, and now I have some peace. I know how much harm I have caused… Thank God there will be no more harm that I can do. I believe that only the Lord Jesus Christ can save me from my sins… I ask for no consideration.”
He was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms or a total of 957 years in prison.
Dahmer adjusted very well to prison life at the Columbia Correctional Institute in Portage, Wisconsin. Initially, he was not part of the general population of the prison, which would have jeopardized his safety. As it was, he was attacked on July 3, 1994, while attending a chapel service, by a Cuban whom he had never seen before.
Dahmer, the model prisoner, convinced the prison authorities to allow him more contact with other inmates. He was able to eat in communal areas and he was given some janitorial work to do with other teams of inmates.
For some incredible reason, he was paired up with two highly dangerous men on a work detail: Jesse Anderson, a white man who had murdered his wife and blamed it on a black man, and Christopher Scarver, a black delusional schizophrenic who thought he was the son of God, who was in for first-degree murder. It’s not difficult to imagine how Scarver viewed Jeff Dahmer, who had butchered so many black men, and Anderson. It was a disastrous combination.
On the morning of November 28, 1994, the guard left these three men alone to do their work. Twenty minutes later, the guards came back to find Dahmer’s head crushed and Anderson’s fatally injured body nearby. A bloody broom handle seemed to represent Scarver’s statement on the subject. Jeffrey Dahmer was pronounced dead at 9:11 A.M.
Known Victims
- Stephen Hicks, 18: June 1978
- Steven Tuomi, 26: September 1987
- Jamie Doxtator, 14: October 1987
- Richard Guerrero, 25: March 1988
- Anthony Sears, 24: February 1989
- Eddie Smith, 36: June 1990
- Ricky Beeks, 27: July 1990
- Ernest Miller, 22: September 1990
- David Thomas, 23: September 1990
- Curtis Straughter, 16: February 1991
- Errol Lindsey, 19: April 1991
- Tony Hughes, 31: May 24, 1991
- Konerak Sinthasomphone, 14: May 27, 1991
- Matt Turner, 20: June 30, 1991
- Jeremiah Weinberger, 23: July 5, 1991
- Oliver Lacy, 23: July 12, 1991
- Joseph Bradeholt, 25: July 19, 1991
A Victim Almost Escapes
Konerak was only 14 and he was running for his life. This was his only chance to escape from the horrible-smelling apartment where the creepy blond guy had slipped him some kind of powerful drug. It seemed that luck was with him that he started to come around just as the blond man had left the apartment.
It took all the strength he had to get up and get to the door. He was so disoriented and panicked that it made no difference that he was naked. This was his only chance to survive. He was working strictly on instinct. Just get out of there and run away.
It was just before 2 A.M. and Sandra Smith called 911 to report the boy running around “butt naked.” She didn’t know who he was, but she knew he was injured and terrified.
The paramedics got there first and put a blanket around the naked, dazed boy. Two police officers arrived soon after and tried to understand what was going on with this young man of Asian descent.
Sandra Smith, 18, and her cousin Nicole Childress, also 18, were standing near the boy when the Milwaukee city police arrived. The tall blond man was also standing near the boy. The conversation became heated between the girls, the blond man and the police.
The tall blond man told the police the Konerak was his 19-year-old lover who had been drinking too much. Konerak, who was drugged and incoherent, wasn’t able to contradict the smooth-talking blond man. Dahmer gave the police a picture ID.
The two young women tried to intervene. They had seen the terrified boy trying to resist the blond man before the police arrived. They were angry and upset. The police were ignoring them and listening to the white man instead.
Just to be on the safe side, the two officers went with the boy and the tall blond man to his apartment. The apartment smelled bad, but it was very neat. Konerak’s clothing was folded and placed on the sofa. There were a couple of photographs of Konerak in black bikini briefs.
Konerak sat quietly on the sofa unable to talk intelligently. It’s not even clear that he understood the calm explanation the blond man was giving the police. The blond man was apologizing that his lover had caused a disturbance and promised it wouldn’t happen again.
The police believed the blond man. They had no reason not to — he was well-spoken, intelligent and very calm. The Asian was apparently drunk and incoherent. The officers, not wanting to get in the middle of a domestic argument between homosexual lovers, left the apartment with Konerak still sitting quietly on the sofa. In that neighbourhood, the officers felt that there were more pressing things for them to do.
