Jeffrey Dahmer targeting and killing men would have been a terrifying event. Similarly, Jack the Ripper grabbing women in the night would have been just as horrifying. Jeffrey Dahmer and Jack the Ripper were two very famous serial killers in history. While their methods of murder were similar their targets, and their capture and end were quite different. Jeffrey Dahmer was interesting in the way he lured his victims in and who he targeted. Dahmer targeted only African American men. There were speculations that he targeted only African American men, due to racism, however it wasn’t really proven (“Jeffrey Dahmer Biography” 3). He went after specifically, younger men who were either homosexual or bisexual (Time Warner Books 235). The majority
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Jeffrey Dahmer was caught, however Jack the Ripper wasn’t. One day Tracy Edwards escaped Dahmer and ran on the streets with a handcuff on one wrist. He got the attention of the police and they wanted to check everything out. When they arrived they saw the large number of pictures Dahmer had taken of his mutilated victims. They immediately arrested him. Dahmer fought police but in the end was still arrested (Time Warner Books 240). Continuing the search of the house the officers found bodiless heads and an array of human remains in the refrigerator (Crime Museum 2). Eleven of the seventeen victims were found in Jeffrey’s home (“Cannibal and Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer” 3). Dahmer’s plea was not guilty due to insanity, even considering the vast amount of evidence against him. (Crime Museum 2). “The jury chose to believe the prosecutors assertion that Dahmer was fully aware that his acts were evil, but that he chose to commit them anyway.” While the defense was trying to prove Dahmer’s insanity, the jury did not, and found him sane and guilty (“Jeffrey Dahmer Biography” 5). He was found guilty for fifteen murders and was sentenced to nine hundred fifty-seven years in prison (Crime Museum 2). He served his sentence at Columbia Correctional Institute in Wisconsin (Time Warner Books 243). Dahmer was killed in prison by another inmate by the name of Scarver on November 28, 1994 (Time Warner Books
Jeffrey Dahmer was caught, however Jack the Ripper wasn’t. One day Tracy Edwards escaped Dahmer and ran on the streets with a handcuff on one wrist. He got the attention of the police and they wanted to check everything out. When they arrived they saw the large number of pictures Dahmer had taken of his mutilated victims. They immediately arrested him. Dahmer fought police but in the end was still arrested (Time Warner Books 240). Continuing the search of the house the officers found bodiless heads and an array of human remains in the refrigerator (Crime Museum 2). Eleven of the seventeen victims were found in Jeffrey’s home (“Cannibal and Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer” 3). Dahmer’s plea was not guilty due to insanity, even considering the vast amount of evidence against him. (Crime Museum 2). “The jury chose to believe the prosecutors assertion that Dahmer was fully aware that his acts were evil, but that he chose to commit them anyway.” While the defense was trying to prove Dahmer’s insanity, the jury did not, and found him sane and guilty (“Jeffrey Dahmer Biography” 5). He was found guilty for fifteen murders and was sentenced to nine hundred fifty-seven years in prison (Crime Museum 2). He served his sentence at Columbia Correctional Institute in Wisconsin (Time Warner Books 243). Dahmer was killed in prison by another inmate by the name of Scarver on November 28, 1994 (Time Warner Books