Childhood/ Background
To begin, some background on Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer. According to biography.com, he was born on May 21, 1960 in West Allis, Wisconsin. He had a mother, father, and two younger brothers. While Dahmer was in elementary school, his mother became very ill, which affected Dahmer tremendously. He was known to be shy and very timid due to the neglect from both of his parents. He also didn’t have very many friends growing up. In addition, Dahmer became very intrigued by animals. He began collecting butterflies and other insects and put them into jars. From there, he advanced to animal carcasses. He would find animal carcasses on the side of the road and would take them home and dismember them. Later, he would store these dismembered animal parts in jars and keep them for his own pleasure. During his adolescent years, he was known to bring alcohol to …show more content…
According to the Crime Museum, he would go to gay bars, bus stops, and malls to find victims. He predominately went after African-American men. After he chose a victim, he would lure them home by using money or sex. Then, he would give them alcohol that was laced with drugs. After that, he strangled them to death. Next, he would do sexual acts towards the dead bodies before disposing them. Before disposing them, he dismembered the corpses and kept the genitals as souvenirs. He would take pictures of each stage of his murdering process to remind him of the thriving experience and to relive it. Eventually, he got caught again. This time he was charged with sexual exploitation and second degree sexual assault. He pleaded guilty and told the jury that he thought the boy looked older than he really was. After he was released years later, he went back to his old habits by taking 12 more lives. He progressed his murdering routine by not only consuming the victim's’ flesh, but also operating surgical procedures on them while they were still
To begin, some background on Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer. According to biography.com, he was born on May 21, 1960 in West Allis, Wisconsin. He had a mother, father, and two younger brothers. While Dahmer was in elementary school, his mother became very ill, which affected Dahmer tremendously. He was known to be shy and very timid due to the neglect from both of his parents. He also didn’t have very many friends growing up. In addition, Dahmer became very intrigued by animals. He began collecting butterflies and other insects and put them into jars. From there, he advanced to animal carcasses. He would find animal carcasses on the side of the road and would take them home and dismember them. Later, he would store these dismembered animal parts in jars and keep them for his own pleasure. During his adolescent years, he was known to bring alcohol to …show more content…
According to the Crime Museum, he would go to gay bars, bus stops, and malls to find victims. He predominately went after African-American men. After he chose a victim, he would lure them home by using money or sex. Then, he would give them alcohol that was laced with drugs. After that, he strangled them to death. Next, he would do sexual acts towards the dead bodies before disposing them. Before disposing them, he dismembered the corpses and kept the genitals as souvenirs. He would take pictures of each stage of his murdering process to remind him of the thriving experience and to relive it. Eventually, he got caught again. This time he was charged with sexual exploitation and second degree sexual assault. He pleaded guilty and told the jury that he thought the boy looked older than he really was. After he was released years later, he went back to his old habits by taking 12 more lives. He progressed his murdering routine by not only consuming the victim's’ flesh, but also operating surgical procedures on them while they were still