Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal Killer

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Joyce Flint died of cancer on November 27, 2000. Prior to her death, she had attempted suicide on at least one occasion. [330] Dahmer's younger brother, David, changed his surname and lives in anonymity. [331] Victims Worthington, Rogers (December 13, 1992). "After Dahmer: Police Try To Learn". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021 . Retrieved January 22, 2021. Three weeks after the murder of Miller, on September 24, Dahmer encountered a 22-year-old father of two named David Thomas at the Grand Avenue Mall. [161] He persuaded him to return to his apartment for a few drinks, with additional money on offer if he would pose for photographs. In his statement to police after his arrest, Dahmer said that, after giving Thomas a drink laden with sedatives, he did not feel attracted to him, but was afraid to allow him to awaken, fearing that he would be angry over having been drugged. Therefore, he strangled him and dismembered the body—intentionally retaining no body parts whatsoever. He photographed the dismemberment process and retained these photographs, which later aided in Thomas's identification. [161] After strangling Lacy, Dahmer had sex with the corpse before dismembering him. [206] He placed Lacy's head and heart in the refrigerator and his skeleton in the freezer. [206] Four days later, on July 19, Dahmer received word that he was dismissed. [209] Upon receipt of this news, Dahmer lured 25-year-old Joseph Bradehoft to his apartment. Bradehoft was strangled and left lying on Dahmer's bed covered with a sheet for two days. On July 21, Dahmer removed the sheet to find the head covered in maggots. He decapitated the body, cleaned the head and placed it in the refrigerator. [210] He later acidified Bradehoft's torso, along with those of two other victims killed within the previous month. [211] [212] Arrest Capture

Several of Dahmer's possessions unrelated to his crimes such as items of furniture were retrieved by his father shortly after Dahmer's sentencing. [325] Dahmer's Dad Subtly Lets Loose Rage in Book". The San Bernardino County Sun. April 17, 1994. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021 . Retrieved July 4, 2021. Expert Findds Few Clues in Dahmer 'Temple' ". The Chicago Tribune. February 5, 1992. Archived from the original on April 16, 2022 . Retrieved July 7, 2021. Shortly after his bathhouse memberships were revoked, [110] Dahmer read a report in a newspaper regarding the upcoming funeral of an 18-year-old male. He conceived the idea of stealing the freshly interred corpse and taking it home. [111] According to Dahmer, he attempted to dig up the coffin from the ground, but found the soil too hard and abandoned the plan. [112]It was my way of remembering their appearance, their physical beauty. I also wanted to keep ... if I couldn't keep them there with me whole, I at least could keep their skeletons.

Jeffrey Dahmer's Killer Gets 2 Life Sentences". Daily News. Vol.24, no.70. Kingsport, Tennessee: SandDahmer wrapped Miller's heart, liver, biceps, and portions of flesh from the legs in plastic bags and placed them in the freezer for later consumption. [6] He boiled the remaining flesh and organs into a "jelly-like substance" using Soilax, which enabled him to rinse the flesh off the skeleton, which he intended to retain. To preserve the skeleton, Dahmer placed the bones in a light bleach solution for 24 hours before allowing them to dry upon a cloth for one week. The severed head was initially placed in the refrigerator before being stripped of flesh, then painted and coated with enamel. [160]

Milwaukee's gay scene was generally underground and transient in nature at the time of Dahmer's murders, with many sexually active gay men using aliases. [321] Many in the city's gay community were nervous of the intentions of others after the extent of Dahmer's murders became known, although the fear and distrust generated by Dahmer's crimes was short-lived. As the 1990s progressed, the usage of aliases became less common among members of Milwaukee's gay community. [321] Killer Remembered As a 'Wimp' ". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Publishing Company. July 28, 1991. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021 . Retrieved July 6, 2021.

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He Killed Them So They Wouldn't Leave' ". Quad City Times. August 11, 1991. Archived from the original on November 5, 2021 . Retrieved November 5, 2021. The family had relocated to a rented property in Barberton, Ohio, prior to moving to Bath Township. [25] Dahmer readily admitted to engaging in necrophilia with several of his victims' bodies, including performing sexual acts with their viscera [240] as he dismembered their bodies in his bathtub. Having noted that much of the blood pooled inside his victims' chest after death, Dahmer first removed their internal organs, then suspended the torso so the blood drained into his bathtub, before dicing any organs he did not wish to retain and paring the flesh from the body. [241] The bones he wished to dispose of were pulverized or acidified, with Soilax and bleach solutions used to aid in the preservation of the skeletons and skulls he wished to keep. [153] Dahmer confessed to having consumed the hearts, liver, biceps, and portions of thigh [242] of three victims he had killed at the Oxford Apartments (Raymond Smith, Ernest Miller and Oliver Lacy), and to have retained the flesh and organs of other victims for intended consumption. [243] Typically, Dahmer would tenderize the body parts he intended to consume prior to preparing meals flavored with various condiments. [235] [244] [n 17] In October 1966, the family moved to Doylestown, Ohio. [25] When Joyce gave birth in December, Dahmer was allowed to choose the name of his new baby brother; he chose the name David. [26] The same year, Lionel earned his degree [27] and started work as an analytical chemist in nearby Akron, Ohio. [28]

Despite Dahmer's insistence the race of his victims was incidental to him, some theorize the majority of his murders may have held a racial motive. [332] [333] Alternatively, his victim selection may have simply been a result of his living in an ethnically mixed area, and the demographics of the districts of Milwaukee and Chicago where he typically selected his victims. [40] March 24: Richard Guerrero, 22. Drugged and strangled in Dahmer's bedroom at West Allis. Dahmer dismembered Guerrero's corpse in the basement, dissolved the flesh in acid and disposed of the bones in the trash. He bleached and retained the skull for several months before disposing of it. [338] No remains were ever found.

Worthington, Rogers (February 10, 1992). "Dahmer Case Comes Down to Will Vs. Impulse". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on November 26, 2021 . Retrieved January 22, 2021.