Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: The Cannibal Killer

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The three women were exasperated, and when one of the trio attempted to indicate to one of the officers—both of whom had observed no injuries beyond a scrape to Sinthasomphone's knee and believed him to be intoxicated [189]—that Sinthasomphone had blood upon his testicles, was bleeding from his rectum and that he had seemingly struggled against Dahmer's attempts to walk him to his apartment prior to their arrival, [n 12] the officer harshly informed her to "butt out", [190] "shut the hell up" and to not interfere. [193]

a b Estate of Sinthasomphone v. City of Milwaukee, 838Federal Supplement1320, 1324(E.D. Wis.November 23, 1993). June 14: Edward Warren Smith, 27. [342] A known acquaintance of Dahmer who was last seen in his company at a party. [343] Dahmer acidified Smith's skeleton; his skull was destroyed unintentionally when placed in the oven in an effort to remove moisture. [344] No remains were ever found. Dahmer chose to inject boiling water as opposed to hydrochloric acid into Weinberger's skull as three previous attempts to render victims unresistant and submissive via acid injections had been unsuccessful. [205] According to Dahmer, Tuomi's murder was a pivotal incident after which he did not try to control his compulsions. [124] He began to actively seek victims, most of whom he encountered in or around gay bars and would typically lure them to his grandmother's home. He would drug his victim with triazolam or temazepam before or shortly after engaging in sexual activity with them. Once his victim was unconscious, he strangled them to death. [125] [126] Several of Dahmer's possessions unrelated to his crimes such as items of furniture were retrieved by his father shortly after Dahmer's sentencing. [325]These convictions were served concurrently in relation to Dahmer's September 1988 arrest for drugging and sexually fondling a 13-year-old boy. [2] Dahmer Autopsy Completed". United Press International. November 29, 1994. Archived from the original on April 28, 2022 . Retrieved April 28, 2022. According to a friend of Hughes named Michael Ross, Hughes had known Dahmer "for a long time" prior to his murder. Ross further expounded: "Tony and Jeff had had [sexual] relations. Tony told me so." [175]

In January 1979, [80] on his father's urging, Dahmer enlisted in the United States Army. [81] He underwent basic training at Fort McClellan in Anniston, Alabama, before training as a medical specialist at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. He was occasionally reprimanded for intoxication while stationed at Fort Sam Houston. On one occasion, an instance of insubordination resulted in his entire platoon being punished, earning Dahmer a severe beating from his fellow recruits. [82] Dahmer, Lionel (1994). A Father's Story. New York: William Morrow and Company. ISBN 978-0-688-12156-3. Ratcliff, Roy; Adams, Lindy (September 11, 2015). Dark Journey Deep Grace: Jeffrey Dahmer's Story of Faith. Abilene, Texas: Leafwood Publishers. p.57. ISBN 978-0-89112-891-5. Stingl, Jim (February 12, 1992). "Dahmer Knew What He Was Doing, Expert Says". The Milwaukee Journal . Retrieved December 5, 2013– via Google News. [ permanent dead link] Perhaps the title is not the best. I don't think we really got into the mind of Jeffrey Dahmer here, but the author did talk about his childhood, his upbringing, his parents’ relationship, his time in the military and those he killed.Two soldiers have since claimed to have been raped by Dahmer while in the Army. In 2010, one stated that Dahmer had repeatedly raped him over a 17-month period while they were both stationed at Baumholder, while another soldier believes Dahmer drugged and raped him inside an armored personnel carrier in 1979. [86] [87] However, in numerous interviews following his 1991 arrest, Dahmer stated to both police and psychiatrists he did not sexually assault or engage in willing homosexual relations while stationed in West Germany. [88] Dahmer Pleads Guilty to 16th Murder". St. Petersburg Times. May 2, 1992. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021 . Retrieved December 5, 2013– via Google News. Following the defense counsel's 75-minute closing argument, Michael McCann delivered his closing argument for the prosecution, describing Dahmer as a sane man, in full control of his actions, who simply strove to avoid detection. [281] [278] McCann described Dahmer as a calculating individual who killed to control his victims and retained their bodies "merely to afford" himself a prolonged period of sexual pleasure. [282] McCann argued that by pleading guilty but insane to the charges, Dahmer was seeking to escape responsibility for his crimes. [278] Conviction Upon the departure of the three officers from his apartment, Dahmer again injected hydrochloric acid into Sinthasomphone's brain. This second injection proved fatal. The following day, May 28, Dahmer took a day's leave from work to devote himself to the dismemberment of the bodies of Sinthasomphone and Hughes. He retained both victims' skulls. [202]

Most of Dahmer's victims had been rendered unconscious prior to their murder, although some had died as a result of having acid or boiling water injected into their brain. As he had no memory of the killing of his second victim, Steven Tuomi, he was unsure whether he was unconscious when beaten to death, although he did concede it was possible that his viewing the exposed chest of Tuomi while in a drunken stupor may have led him to unsuccessfully attempt to tear Tuomi's heart from his chest. [239] Almost all the murders Dahmer committed after moving into the Oxford Apartments had involved a ritual of posing the victims' bodies in suggestive positions—typically with the chest thrust outwards—prior to dismemberment. [240] a b "Inmate: Dahmer Killed for God". Star-News. Wilmington, North Carolina: GateHouse Media. Associated Press. December 16, 1994. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021 . Retrieved April 29, 2018. Hayden, Aly (November 9, 2017). "Jeffrey Dahmer Crime Scene Photographs". oxygen.com . Retrieved October 18, 2022. The Investigation Discovery channel has also broadcast a documentary focusing upon Dahmer within its documentary series, Most Evil. This documentary features excerpts of Dahmer's 1994 Dateline NBC interview with Stone Phillips and was first broadcast in August 2006. [368] Jeffrey Dahmer: Guilty but Insane (2013). Written and performed by Joshua Hitchens and directed by Ryan Walter. [377]Shortly after his bathhouse memberships were revoked, [110] Dahmer read a report in a newspaper regarding the upcoming funeral of an 18-year-old male. He conceived the idea of stealing the freshly interred corpse and taking it home. [111] According to Dahmer, he attempted to dig up the coffin from the ground, but found the soil too hard and abandoned the plan. [112] Less than two months later, on April 7, Dahmer encountered a 19-year-old named Errol Lindsey [167] [168] walking to get a key cut. Dahmer lured Lindsey to his apartment where he drugged him, then drilled a hole in his skull through which he injected hydrochloric acid with a baster. [169] According to Dahmer, Lindsey awoke after this experiment (which Dahmer had conceived in the hope of inducing a permanent, unresistant, submissive state), saying: "I have a headache. What time is it?" [170] [171] In response to this, Dahmer again drugged Lindsey, then strangled him. He decapitated Lindsey and retained his skull. [172] He then flayed Lindsey's body, placing the skin in a solution of cold water and salt for several weeks in the hope of permanently retaining it. Reluctantly, he disposed of Lindsey's skin when he noted it had become too frayed and brittle. [172] The Dahmer Chronicles: A Prom, a Seance, and a Victim". The Akron Beacon Journal. August 11, 1991 . Retrieved October 11, 2022.