Not only was he a serial killer, but also a sex offender. Born on May 21, 1960, Jeffrey Dahmer killed 17 males. He was a white male that murdered other males from African, Asian, or Latino descent. Between the ages of 10 and 15, he started showing signs that he was socially awkward and withdrawn from people and activities. Dahmer was very curious and went around his neighborhood looking for road kill he could dissect. In his teenage years he became interested in men and at the same time his parents’ marriage started disintegrating. His father moved out and his mother, unannounced, took his younger brother and also moved out, leaving Jeffrey alone. Unsupervised he was able to act out his fantasies. In 1978 he committed his murder. He picked up a hitchhiker named Steven Hicks. Dahmer brought him back to the house and had some drinks. After a while Hicks wanted to leave but Dahmer wouldn’t let him because he didn’t want to be alone. Dahmer attacked him and knocked him out with a barbell and then strangled him. To get rid of the evidence he dismembered the body with a knife, the same way he had practiced with animals. After this, he got a new apartment. Here was when his killing frenzy began.
Dahmer usually picked up his victims at gay bar and bathhouses, drugged them, and then strangled them. He would often preserve the bodies and have sex with them after killing them. When the bodies started piling up, Dahmer bought 57 gallon barrel and filled it with an acid that would dissolved the victim’s limbs and torsos. For others he boiled the skin off their bones. He would preserve some body parts and since he could not find the perfect partner that would be completely submissive but still alive, he would eat body parts to make him feel like they were a part of him. He’s trial began on January 30, 1992 and he was sentenced to 957 years in prison for murdering over 15 men. On November 28, 1994, he was beaten to death by an inmate.
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