Jeffrey Dahmer

Jeffrey Dahmer
American serial killer and sex offender Jeffery Dahmer in a mugshot taken by the Milwaukee Police on July 23, 1991. He is wearing a gray sweater and clear glasses.
Dahmer's 1991 mugshot
Born
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer

(1960-05-21)May 21, 1960
DiedNovember 28, 1994(1994-11-28) (aged 34)
Cause of deathHomicide by bludgeoning (severe skull and brain trauma)[3]
Other names
  • The Milwaukee Cannibal
  • The Milwaukee Monster
Conviction(s)
Criminal penaltyLife imprisonment without the possibility of parole (x16; total of 941 years in prison)
Details
Victims17
Span of crimes
1978–1991
CountryUnited States
State(s)
Date apprehended
July 22, 1991
Imprisoned atColumbia Correctional Institution, Portage, Wisconsin

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (/ˈdɑːmər/; May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen males between 1978 and 1991.[4] Many of his later murders involved necrophilia,[5] cannibalism, and the permanent preservation of body parts—typically all or part of the skeleton.[6]

Although he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD),[7] schizotypal personality disorder (StPD),[8] and a psychotic disorder, Dahmer was found to be legally sane at his trial. He was convicted of fifteen of the sixteen homicides he had committed in Wisconsin and was sentenced to fifteen terms of life imprisonment on February 17, 1992.[9] Dahmer was later sentenced to a sixteenth term of life imprisonment for an additional homicide committed in Ohio in 1978.

On November 28, 1994, Dahmer was beaten to death by Christopher Scarver, a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.


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  1. ^ Lavin, Cheryl (October 13, 1991). "Defending Dahmer". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  2. ^ Norris 1992, p. 171.
  3. ^ "Dahmer Autopsy Completed". United Press International. November 29, 1994. Archived from the original on April 28, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  4. ^ "Jeffrey Dahmer's Inferno". Vanity Fair. November 1, 1991. Archived from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  5. ^ Masters 1993, p. 136.
  6. ^ Norris 1992, p. 214.
  7. ^ Giannangelo 2012, p. 86.
  8. ^ Ellens, J. Harold (2011). Explaining Evil, Volume 1. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-313-38715-9. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  9. ^ Campbell, p. 32.