There are many people in this world that we think are just normal people that carry on normal lives. We always look too deeply into the actions of others until something turns out to be seriously wrong with a supposedly normal person. Many of his neighbors had only nice good things to say about Jeffrey Dahmer. They did not expect anything close to what was actually going on in Jeffrey Dahmer’s life. They did not expect that their neighbor was a serial killer. Jeffrey Dahmer is infamous for his horrific killings. He was known for his smooth cunning talking. This skill allowed him to commit 17 murders from 1978 to 1991 (“Jeffrey Dahmer”). He was able to fool those around him for about 13 years and continue on with his daily life as if he had
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Dahmer was just 18 years old and newly graduated from high school when he committed his first murder (“Jeffrey Dahmer”). In June 1978, Dahmer picked up a hitchhiker, Steven Hicks. Dahmer took Hicks to his parent’s home. At the home, Dahmer got Hicks drunk. Later in the night, Hicks decided that he wanted to leave the house. Dahmer, not wanting Hicks to leave, hit Hicks in the back of the head with a barbell, killing him. Dahmer dismembered the corpse, packed the body parts into plastic bags, and buried the bags in the woods behind his parent’s house (Biography.com Editors). Dahmer was originally going to dispose of Hicks’ remains in a local junkyard. Dahmer got pulled over along the way for drifting into the wrong lane. He had Hicks’ remains in the back inside a garbage bag. The police let Dahmer off with a warning (True Crime: Compulsion to Kill …show more content…
He was sentenced to a year in prison with “day release” and a five-year probationary sentence (Biography.com Editors). Soon after Dahmer was released from prison, he decided to try an experiment on one of his next victims. After Dahmer drugged Errol Lindsey, using an alcoholic beverage. Dahmer drilled 2 holes into Lindsey’s head. He then used a turkey baster to inject acid into Lindsey’s brain. Lindsey awoke later and complained about a headache. Dahmer realized that his experiment was unsuccessful. He had hoped to make a sexual slave so he would not have to keep killing and raping men. Dahmer decided to drug Lindsey once again. When Lindsey was passed out, Dahmer strangled him to death (True Crime: Compulsion to Kill
Dahmer was just 18 years old and newly graduated from high school when he committed his first murder (“Jeffrey Dahmer”). In June 1978, Dahmer picked up a hitchhiker, Steven Hicks. Dahmer took Hicks to his parent’s home. At the home, Dahmer got Hicks drunk. Later in the night, Hicks decided that he wanted to leave the house. Dahmer, not wanting Hicks to leave, hit Hicks in the back of the head with a barbell, killing him. Dahmer dismembered the corpse, packed the body parts into plastic bags, and buried the bags in the woods behind his parent’s house (Biography.com Editors). Dahmer was originally going to dispose of Hicks’ remains in a local junkyard. Dahmer got pulled over along the way for drifting into the wrong lane. He had Hicks’ remains in the back inside a garbage bag. The police let Dahmer off with a warning (True Crime: Compulsion to Kill …show more content…
He was sentenced to a year in prison with “day release” and a five-year probationary sentence (Biography.com Editors). Soon after Dahmer was released from prison, he decided to try an experiment on one of his next victims. After Dahmer drugged Errol Lindsey, using an alcoholic beverage. Dahmer drilled 2 holes into Lindsey’s head. He then used a turkey baster to inject acid into Lindsey’s brain. Lindsey awoke later and complained about a headache. Dahmer realized that his experiment was unsuccessful. He had hoped to make a sexual slave so he would not have to keep killing and raping men. Dahmer decided to drug Lindsey once again. When Lindsey was passed out, Dahmer strangled him to death (True Crime: Compulsion to Kill