Written by: Aashiya Shrestha - 27030, Grade IX
Posted on: 08 June, 2023
Jeffrey Dahmer a well known serial killer as well as a sex offender who was born on May 21 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was later known as “Milwaukee Cannibal” or “Milwaukee Monster”. Dahmer’s way of killing and violence still has the whole world in shock on how could a “human” do such crimes to another human. Dahmer’s childhood seemed as normal and ordinary as any other child. No one could predict the darkness that’d fall in his life as he slowly aged. Most of the people described him as a shy and introverted child. He showed interest in dissecting animals as well as insects and in fishing. But unfortunately, as Dahmer started aging, his life took a huge turn and he got involved in drinking heavily as well as wild sexual fantasies.
His hunger for murder slowly got stronger and stronger in the year of 1978 which was at the age of 18. He also committed his first murder in the same year. He killed an innocent hitchhiker named Steven Hicks who was almost 19. He lured the youth in his house telling him that they're just going to have a simple drinking session. After Dahmer successfully lured him in, they engaged in sexual activities. He then murdered Steven with a dumbbell. To hide the body, he dismembered it first then buried it in his backyard.
After that, he continued to lure younger boys and men who were in their 20s and 30s to his apartment and engaged them in violence as well as sexual activities. He had a trick to lure them in which was by showing them greed, sexual favors, drugs, etc. most of his victims were very young and vulnerable who were going through alot trouble whether it be sexually or addiction or family issues.
The ages of his victims varied from ages to ages. Youngest being Jamie Doxtator and Konerak Sinthasomphone, mere 14 year old boys to Raymond Smith (who also went by the name “Ricky Beeks”) who was at the age of 33, an innocent black man. Dahmer’s method of murdering and violence is very disturbing as well as gruesome. Later on, he also got engaged in the act of cannibalism and necrophilia. His apartment felt like a haunted place to any other sane person as parts of a body were scattered around his room, jars were filled with human’s as well as animal’s organs and there were preserved skulls as well.
Finally on July 19, 1991, Dahmer finally got arrested for all the crimes he had committed. He admitted to murdering 17 men/boys. His victims being:
He received 16 life sentences for every murder he had committed and attempted. On November 28, 1994 a man named Christopher Scarver beat him to death as most people believe he finally got what he deserved.
