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Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer

May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994

By: Thomas Canzanese


and Ryan Cubler
Apartment 213
 Killed 17 men and
boys, most of whom
were homosexual.
 Crimes ranged
anywhere from rape,
torture,
dismemberment,
necrophilia, and
cannibalism.
 Often kept skulls or
trophies of his victims.
The Victims
Childhood
 Had a fascination with
dead things, would often
dissect dead animals and
dissolve them with
chemicals in his basement.
 As a teenager he began
drinking, and he eventually
became an alcoholic by the
time he finished high-
school.
 While in the Army, Jeffrey
was discharged due to his
drinking problem, and soon
left to live with his
grandmother in Wisconsin.
Childhood continued
 Arrested twice for
indecent exposure and
masturbating in front
of two boys.
 Arrested again for
drugging and sexually
fondling a 13-year-old
boy.
 Kicked out of his
grandmother’s house
and soon moved to
the apartment where
he committed most of
his murders.
The Murders
 Often picked up his
victims at gay bars.
 Would have sex with
his victims first, then
kill them. Their bodies
would be dissolved in
vats of acid, or he
would eat any
remains.
 Tried to inject
hydrochloric acid into
the brains of his
victims, in an attempt
to create responsive
“zombies”.
The Arrest
 July 22, 1991
 Tracy Edwards would
have been his last
victim.
 Edwards escaped Apt.
213 and flagged down
local police, who
subsequently arrested
Dahmer.
 They then took
inventory of the body
parts found in his
apartment.
The Trial
 Trial began on January 30, 1992.
 Pleaded not guilty by reason of
insanity.
 Indicted on 17 murder charges,
reduced to 15. Not counting the
attempted murder of Tracy Edwards.
 Received 15 consecutive life terms,
totaling 957 years in prison.
The Death of Dahmer
 Was sent to Columbia Correctional
Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.
 After viewing material sent to him by
his father, he declared himself a
born-again Christian.
 Died on November 28, 1994, after a
fellow inmate named Christopher
Scarver beat him to death with a bar
from a weight machine.
Life After
 His father
published a book, A
Father’s Story,
about raising him.
Proceeds from the
book went to the
victims and their
families.
 His younger
brother David
changed his last
name, and now
lives in anonymity.

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