Jeffrey Dahmer: A Famous Serial Killer

The name Jeffery Dahmer has been referenced to in many American forms of American entertainment from Katy Perry's song "Dark Horse" to multiple episodes of the popular TV crime show Criminal Minds. But what do you really know about this infamous serial killer? Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was born May 21st, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to parents Lionel and Joyce Dahmer (Crime Museum). His father was studying to later become a chemist, which sparked Dahmer's interest in animals and especially animal carcasses (Montaldo). In his early teenage years, Dahmer came to realize that he was homosexual (Montaldo). His parents went through a bitter divorce and he began to abuse alcohol at a young age (Montaldo). These factors, along with his urge to act
He laced Edwards' cocktail and then made sexual advances (Murderpedia). Edwards suddenly fought back and escaped outside when Dahmer went to reach for a butcher knife (Murderpedia). He found cops nearby and told them about the encounter (Crime Museum). They arrived to Dahmer's apartment and were told about the knife in the bedroom (Crime Museum). One officer went to investigate in the bedroom with Jeffery while the other stayed with Edwards (Montaldo). The officer that went to search the bedroom found pictures of severed limbs and dead bodies, which gave the men enough of a reason to arrest Dahmer (Crime Museum). The Milwaukee police officers and detectives searched his 213 Oxford Apartment on North 25th Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and found the following inside; pictures of alive nude bodies as well as dead ones, heads, bags holding a heart, flesh, and muscle, a freezer filled with 3 heads, a torso, internal organs in bags, chemicals used for preserving, 2 more skulls that had been bleached, a kettle on the floor with hands and male genitalia, skulls in a filing cabinet, a complete skeleton, a human scalp, male genitalia, and 3 severed torsos (Murderpedia). The forensic investigators found 11 victims and DNA within the apartment
As the trial was coming to a close, the court declared Dahmer guilty and he was indicted on 17 murder charges and 15 counts of murder (Crime Museum). On February 15th, 1992, he was sentenced to 15 life terms (957 years) in jail and sent to the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin to serve his time (Crime Museum). He later said he was remorseful for his crimes and pleaded guilty for his first victim, Stephen Hicks (Crime Museum), as well as confessed to all 17 crimes (History.com). Another life term was added to his sentence for his first murder in Ohio (Investigating Crimes). He adopted a new religious life during his time behind bars and wanted to find Jesus and forgiveness (Crime Museum). While in jail, Jeffrey was attacked twice (Crime Museum). The first time, another prisoner took a knife to his throat and cut him (Crime Museum). He suffered from minor superficial wounds which were non-life threatening (Crime Museum). November 28th, 1994, Dahmer was cleaning the bathroom with two other inmates, Jesse Anderson and Christopher Scarver, when Scarver turned on them, killing both (Crime Museum). Jeffrey's head was bashed in and he died en route to the hospital (Crime Museum). There were many mixed emotions and further tensions