Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Killer And Sex Offender

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There have been many serial killers over the years, one in fact is a man named Jeffrey Dahmer.
Jeffrey Dahmer was a convicted serial killer and sex offender. Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 males between 1978 and 1991. (“Jeffrey Dahmer-1”). Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 21, 1960, into the household of Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. He was considered a energetic and happy child until age 4, when he had to have surgery because he had a double hernia this effected a change in little Jefferey. Jeffrey become increasingly withdrawn following the birth of his little brother and with the family moving around a lot. (“Jeffrey Dahmer-1”) Around the ages of 10 and 15 Jeffrey Dahmer did not like doing hobbies or having social interactions. Dead animals …show more content…

Jeffrey would drill holes in the skulls of his victims and put hydrochloric acid or boiling water into their brains, which would stink up his apartment and he started getting complaints of bad smells and lots of loud noises from falling objects (“Jeffrey Dahmer-2”). On the day of Jeffrey’s arrest he got a man named Tacy Edwards to come into his home, Jeffrey then forced him into the bedroom with a butcher knife, Edwards got free and ran down the street and got a cop car's attention, when Edwards showed the cops Jeffreys bedroom the cops found pictures of the victims and human remains in the refrigerator. A total of seven skulls were found in his apartment and a human heart in the freezer (“Jeffrey Dahmer-2”).
On January 30, 1992 the trial began he was charged with 17 murder charges his says “he doesn’t plead guilty for reason of insanity”, but the court declared him sane and guilty of 15 counts of murder. He was sentenced to 15 life terms, for a total of 957 years in prison. During his prison time he was attacked twice, the first attempt was someone sliced his throat with a razor and only left scars, however the second attack killed him, he died on the way to the hospital from severe head trauma on November 28, 1994 in Portage, Wisconsin (“Jeffrey

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