Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys, including teenage victims as young as 14. His crimes involved drugging and sexual assault, dismemberment, necrophilia, and cannibalism. He was convicted of 15 Wisconsin murders and one Ohio murder.
At a glance
- What happened
- Dahmer lured male victims to his home, drugged and murdered them, and dismembered their bodies. He sexually abused victims and corpses, retained human remains, and consumed parts of some victims' bodies. His victims included 14-year-old Konerak Sinthasomphone. Police arrested Dahmer in July 1991 after Tracy Edwards escaped and led officers to the apartment.
- When
- 1978–1991: killings. July 22, 1991: arrest. 1992: murder convictions and life sentences. November 28, 1994: killed in prison.
- Where
- Primarily Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the first murder in Ohio. Dahmer died at Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.
- Why / motive
- The cited FBI account documents torture, mutilation, and abuse of corpses but does not establish one definitive psychological motive for all the killings.
- Outcome
- Dahmer received life sentences in Wisconsin and Ohio. A fellow inmate killed him in a Wisconsin prison in 1994.
Who is involved
- Jeffrey Dahmer — subject
Sources
- HISTORY — Jeffrey Dahmer murdered in prison“Jeffrey Dahmer murdered in prison”
- Federal court — Estate of Sinthasomphone v. Milwaukee (1992)“The subject of the call was Konerak Sinthasomphone, a 14-year-old Laotian boy.”
- EBSCO — Jeffrey Dahmer“Dahmer had confessed to the murders and admitted to necrophilia and cannibalism”
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