Well Andy, I guess I’m a Serial Killer THE NOVEMBER PROJECT

World Geography Fall Semester 2013 Warning: This project may be graphic in nature.

THE NOVEMBER PROJECT 1.25 SLIDES-details of the case-biography, 1 st kill, modus operandi, number of fatalities and who. 2.5 SLIDES-how the killer utilized the five themes of Geography: location, place, human- environment interaction, movement, region slides-how police caught the killer: what method, five themes used?, GIS/GPS software used and how? 4.KEEP IT ALL SCHOOL APPROPRIATE-approval by me for anything and everything 5.MUST USE THE SLIDES ON MY WEBSITE ONLY!

RESEARCH WEBSITES Serial Killers General Search Serial Killer Database Five themes of geography Serial Killer Facts Death Maps Tracking Psycho-Geographical Profiling Infectious Disease Model Borrow Ideas GIS Development

Jeffrey Dahmer-early years Early On--- Jeffrey Dahmer had a fairly normal childhood living with his parents in the Mid-West. Dahmer, an attractive, shy kid, did okay in school, and kept to himself. None of the folks that knew him would have thought him capable of the horrors he committed against young males. An all American Kid?

Dahmer-teens & young adulthood During Dahmer’s adolescence, his parents went through an acrimonious divorce. It was during this time that Dahmer killed his first victim, a hitch-hiker named Stephen Hicks. He didn’t kill another person until 9 years later. – After graduating from high school, Dahmer went to college briefly before dropping out. Feeling a lack of direction, Dahmer joined the Army, but was thrown out for being a drunk. – Jeff, in need of money & direction, got a job in a chocolate factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dahmer was arrested and convicted of child molestation in He received probation & went on with his life. When this occurred, Lionel Dahmer, Jeff’s father, wrote, “I could not imagine how he had become such a ruined soul. For the first time, I no longer believed that my efforts and resources alone would be enough to save my son. There was something missing in Jeff. We call it a ‘conscience.’ That had either died or had never been alive in the first place.”

Dahmer’s Modus Operandi Dahmer frequented gay bars to pick up his victims, young gay or bisexual males who were predominantly African American, Asian, or Hispanic. Dahmer offered his victims money to pose for pictures or he just invited them to come back to his apartment to watch videos or to drink. He drugged his victims by lacing their drinks & once they were asleep, he would either strangle them or stab them to death. Following this, Dahmer usually dismembered them with a hacksaw.

Dahmer’s MO (contd.) A. Victims bodies Dahmer kept the victims heads and genitalia as trophies. He froze these body parts. Dahmer also froze the victims’ biceps and other muscles which he would later eat. The rest of the body was boiled down using chemicals & acids, which were disposed of via the drain.

Dahmer’s MO (contd.) B. Dahmer’s experiments Sometimes Dahmer wouldn’t kill the victims outright. Instead, he would perform experiments on his “drugged” alive victims. He lobotomized a number of his victims. Most died immediately. However, he claimed that 1 victim lived, following an experiment, where Dahmer drilled a whole into the victim’s skull & poured muriatic acid into it. Dahmer argued the man was turned into a zombie & lived for several days.

Dahmer’s MO (contd.) C. Rituals Dahmer believed in the occult & planned to create a shrine to an evil force he thought influenced him. Dahmer used his skulls, other human trophies, & a statue of a griffin that he owned. He thought the shrine would give him special powers & energies to help him socially & financially.

GIS STUFF DAHMER’S APARTMENT AND AREA GOOGLE EARTH MAP OF DAHMER’S BLOCK INTERVIEW

FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPY-example 1.Location-Milwaukee, Wisconsin: middle of the city. 2.Place-Urban U.S. city, residential 3.Human-Environment Interaction-Dahmer lived and operated anonymously in a population dense are 4.Movement- Numerous colleges/universities 5.Region-Midwest

Dahmer’s Victims Over 17 young men were killed by Jeffrey Dahmer. Dahmer killed from 1978 to 1991 when he was finally caught.

The Victims Stephen Hicks – Jun 1978Matt Turner- 6/91 Steven Toumi- Sep. 1987Jeremiah Weinberger-7/91 Jamie Doxtator – Oct. 1987Oliver Lacy- 7/91 Richard Guerrero- March 1988Joseph Bradeholt- 7/91 Anthony Sears – Feb Eddie Smith- June 1990 Ricky Beeks- July 1990 Ernest Miller- Sep David Thomas – Sep Curtis Straughter, Feb Errol Lindsey- April 1991 Tony Hughes- May 1991 Konerak Sinthasomphone- May 1991

Five Themes of Geography-The Police Location- Place- Human/Environment Interaction- Movement- Region

When it all finally ended How Jeff got caught Tracy Edwards, 52, helped bring Jeffrey Dahmer to justice after he escaped from his bedroom and called police when he saw pictures of mangled bodies and smelt death. Dahmer was convicted of the murder, mutilation and cannibalisation of 16 young men and boys The one who got away……

Trial Dahmer admitted to all 17 murders Blamed nobody but himself Tried to plead insanity but the court rejected his appeal He was killed in prison by an inmate City of Milwaukee raised $400,000 to burn all of his possessions in 1996