Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender.
Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys – most of whom were of African or Asian descent – between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. He was eventually caught when he lured potential victim Tracy Edwards into his home and attempted to handcuff and bludgeon him with a large butcher knife: Edwards was able to...
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Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer and sex offender.
Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys – most of whom were of African or Asian descent – between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. He was eventually caught when he lured potential victim Tracy Edwards into his home and attempted to handcuff and bludgeon him with a large butcher knife: Edwards was able to overpower Dahmer, escape from the apartment – with handcuffs dangling from one hand – and inform police. Dahmer's murders were particularly gruesome, involving rape, torture, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism. On November 28, 1994, he was beaten to death by fellow Columbia Correctional Institution inmate Christopher Scarver with a bar from a weight machine while on work detail in the prison gym.
Dahmer was born in West Allis, Wisconsin, to Lionel, an analytical chemist, and Joyce Dahmer. Seven years later his brother David was born....
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