AKA: The Milwaukee Cannibal QUOTE: “It's a process, it doesn't happen overnight, when you depersonalize another person and view them as just an object. An object for pleasure and not a living breathing human being. It seems to make it easier to do things you shouldn't do.”

 Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 21, 1960  Parents were Lionel and Joyce Dahmer  Jeffrey’s parents began fighting and he took this very hard  Diagnosed with a double hernia when he was 3 and nobody explained what was happening to him  Surgery was his “turning point” and left him scarred and changed him forever  When he was 6, his mother gave birth to his younger brother, David whom he never got close with  Was sexually molested in 1968 by a neighbor boy in Bath Township, Ohio (went unreported)  Began experimenting with dead animals by age 10 - nailed a dog’s carcass to a tree and mounted its head on a stake -decapitated rodents, etc.  Got very little attention in school, everyone kept their distance from him  Began to drink heavily every day to get more attention  Would trace classmates’ bodies with chalk in class  Graduated from Revere High School in 1978  Parents were officially divorced in 1978 and fought over custody of David, which made Jeffrey feel unwanted -mother then moved to Chippewa, Wisconsin -Jeffrey stayed in Bath Township alone

CrimeDateVictimsPunishment First murder- invited into home and hit with a 10 lb dumbbell Summer of 1978Hitchhiker Steven Hicks Did not get caught Sexual activities with 2 young boys September teenage boysOne year probationary arrest Child molestationMay 1989unknownOne year prison sentence with “day release” Drugged and sexually abused an underage boy 1991Konerak Sinthasomphone Did not get caught

 -attempted to lure Tracy Edwards into his home  forced him into the bedroom with a butcher knife  Edwards escaped and caught the attention of a police car  police entered the home and found pictures of dead bodies and dismembered body parts  7 skulls, a human heart, and other human remains were found in his home

 7 skulls, a heart, and human limbs were found in his home the day of his arrest  Pictures of his victims and their body parts were found  Remains of 11 victims were in his home  Tools used to torture his victims were analyzed

 15 consecutive life terms  No parole  Was imprisoned at the Columbia Correctional Institute  Killed by fellow inmate in 1994 (Christopher Scarver)

 Behavioral theory Jeffrey Dahmer exhibits the behavioral theory. The behavioral theory is when the vigilante picks up deviant behaviors from a stressful event or observing it from their surroundings. Jeffrey underwent a hernia surgery when he was 3 years old which was known to be his “turning point”. After the surgery, he showed signs of deviance and began to set himself aside from society. Later on, he was sexually molested and this sparked the revenge he had to begin molesting other boys and men later on. His parents paid little to no attention to him while he was growing up, causing him to be reclusive and fend for himself. He began to experiment with animals and his parents did not think twice about it. Once he turned 18, his parents were divorced and did not care about what happened to him. They only were worried about who got his younger brother, David. This made him feel unwanted and unimportant, which could have strongly effected his urge to get out his anger.

 The Jeffrey Dahmer Story: An American Nightmare -Author: Donald A. Davis  The Jeffrey Dahmer Files: Biography/Documentary