Jeffrey Dahmer was convicted of murdering 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991 in Wisconsin. He engaged in gruesome acts including rape, torture, dismemberment, necrophilia, and cannibalism of his victims. Dahmer was born in 1960 and showed strange behaviors from a young age such as dissecting dead animals. He was arrested in 1991 when a intended victim escaped and called police, who discovered body parts in Dahmer's apartment. Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison but was beaten to death by another inmate in 1994.
Jeffrey Dahmer, a notorious serial killer (1960-1994), murdered 17 men and boys, often with gruesome methods including rape, cannibalism, and necrophilia.
Born in Wisconsin, Dahmer was socially withdrawn, showed disturbing behavior in adolescence, and struggled with alcoholism after high school.
Dahmer's killing spree began in the late 1980s, often targeting young men at gay bars, escalating to weekly murders before his arrest in 1991.
Dahmer pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, received 15 life sentences, reducing his total prison time to 957 years.
Dahmer was murdered by a fellow inmate in 1994; his brain was later used for research.
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Dahmer May 21,1960-November 28, 1994 Convicted of murdering 17 men& boys Most of them were either African or Asian Jeffrey brought about tragedy to many lives with particularly gruesome murders involving rape, torture, dismemberment, necrophilia, and cannibalism.
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Early Years Bornin West Allis, Wisconsin. Was withdrawn and unsocial during early teens. Bike around looking for dead animals to dissect. Became an alcholic by high school graduation.
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Leading up Droppedout of college, then moved in with his grandmother in 1982. For the next 6 years, he became increasingly strange. i.e. male mannequin, gun, dead squirells, indecent exposure, public masturbation.
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Murders He beganof string of murders that ended with his arrest in 1991. Usually picked them up at gay bars. On May 30, 1991, he drugged and raped a 14 year old boy. He was found by two women on the street naked, drugged up, and bleeding from the rectum. Although the police were called, they gave the boy back to Dahmer. By summer 1991, he was murdering a person a week.
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Arrest On July22, 1991 Dahmer tried to kill Tracy Edwards, but he escaped and called the police. The police searched his house and found several corpses in acid filled containers, skulls, and signs of necrophilia and cannibalism.
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Trial He pleadednot guilty by reason of insanity. He was found guilty and sentenced to 15 life sentences, because that was notorious enough for them to reduce 2 years(957 years in prison).
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Death While inprison on November 28, 1994, Dahmer and Jesse Anderson were beaten to death by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver with a bar from the weight machine. His brain was used for studies.