AKA “The Milwuakee Cannibal” “This is the grand finale of a life poorly spent and the end result is just overwhelmingly depressing..... a sick pathetic, miserable life story, that's all it is”

 Born in 1960  First of two sons  Neither parent had much time to care for himDahmer at 17.  Parents constantly argued  He was regarded as a “quiet kid”  Impaled dogs head on a stake behind his house  Family relocated to Ohio  Father showed him how to clean and preserve animal bones  Would often drink liquor in school  Discovered he was homosexual when puberty hit  Would fantasize about rendering a man unconscious and using his body for his enjoyment.  Gradually became intertwined with dissection.

CrimeDateVictimPunishment Rape/MurderJune 18 th, 1978Steven Hicks (18)Life imprisonment Rape/MurderNovember 20 th, 1987 Steven Tuomi (25)Life imprisonment Rape/ MurderJanuary 16 th, 1988James Doxtator (14) Life Imprisonment Rape/ MurderMarch 24 th, 1988Richard GuerreroLife Imprisonment He was given a total of 17 life sentences, the first was plus 10 years, the other 16 were plus 50 years.

 July 19 th, Dahmer drugged him, raped him, and killed him. He was left on Dahmer’s bed for 2 days before being decapitated, his head was put in the refrigerator, and his torso in a 55-gallon drum.

 He confessed to 15 of the murders, and to mutilating the corpses.  Had skulls  Heads he had in fridge  Body in his room  Pictures of him mutilating corpses

 Found guilty of 15 counts of rape/murder and mutilation of the corpses. Sentenced to 15 life imprisonments (totaling 957 years).  He was later hit with another life sentence after pleading guilty to murdering his first victim, Steven Hicks.

 From the time he was in first grade, until high school, other kids saw him as the quiet one. The weird kid. By the time high school rolled around he was drinking in school, not really caring what might come of it. He was seen as an outcast with few friends.  I believe this played a part in him becoming deviant, he was already seen as an outcast, so why not act like one? When puberty hit and he found himself to be homosexual, he would often fantasize about using people as his submissive play things, and would often imagine dismembering and dissecting them. Now, while this is obviously some major mental illness going on, I believe that him being labeled as an outcast had an impact on making him do what he did.

 Film- Dahmer (2002) Jeremy Renner plays Dahmer.  Books- A Father’s Story by Dr. Lionel Dahmer  Tv: Discovery channel broadcast an episode focusing on his crimes.