Jeffrey Dahmer and the Evil Inside
When people are asked to explain what the term “evil” means to them, one usually responds to something monstrous, psychotic and morbid. Referring to those descriptions of an evil act/person, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer seemed to fit the criteria and much more. “Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin” (Biography 1), Jeffrey Dahmer was a man of numerous evil acts. Starting from as little as a short arrest to a mass murder along with cannibalism. This man was one of the major evil moments in life.
As a child, Jeffrey was a pretty decent kid. One of the main sparks in his morbid acts were the blooming of his violent thoughts. He was a scared child and did not want to tell anyone what he would feel so instead he decided to keep it bottled up inside. As the time passed by, Dahmer graduated high school and started
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At this point in his life, he basically had no one left to really care about and no more routes to take except for the one he took. Settling into his new home, Dahmer was starting to grow his violent ideas until he realized that he couldn't just think of them anymore. He had to do something about it. In 1978, “Dahmer committed his first murder in Bath Township, Ohio… a second murder followed in 1987… within the next five years of killing … another 15 boys and young men, who were for the most part poor, African American, Asian or Latino [were killed].” This event in his life shows evil because it explained how one murder triggered him to go on a killing spree. The worst part about these evil acts was the conserving of a human body part so he could eat them later. Cannibalism is a morbid choice of food and Dahmer saw no evil or guilt in any of this. Since a majority of the victims were poor, people wouldn’t notice the dilemma that would happen throughout the
After taking him back to his apartment for sex, he drugged Miller and slit his throat, then he took photos of the body. Dahmer put Miller’s biceps in the freezer so he could eat them later, and bleached the bones. On September 24, Dahmer met David Thomas and offered him money if he would come back to the apartment with him. This time, Dahmer killed his victim, but he did not have sex with him. He did, however photograph the dismemberment process.
Tourmi was reported missing. 14 year old James Doxtator was the next unlucky victim of Dahmer. He met him at a club and asked him to follow him back to his grandmother’s to earn some money posing nude and drinking with him. He agreed and the two fondled, got drunk, and Doxtator passed out. Dahmer had put sleeping pills in his drink and then once passed out, had strangled the young boy.
A mix of both psychological, and social process can, in my eyes, explains why Jeffrey killed, raped, dismembered and sometimes consumed his victims. It was found during the court hearings, and put into consideration, that Jeffrey had three different mental illnesses. Borderline personality disorder and Psychotic disorder have a few overlapping symptoms, including antisocial behavior, impulsivity, and lack of restraint. His mother was known to have depression, and was even hospitalized twice for psychiatric problems. Jeffrey could have had a gene passed down to him that would have made him more prone to forming a mental illness.
He was known for his killing of young boys and men in disgusting ways. He has become an outlier because of his unbelievable killings and crazy mind. Jeffrey Dahmer’s convoluted murders and repulsive lies shaped his character as an outlier. As a child Dahmer was outgoing and goofy.
Edwards eventually escaped Dahmer and led the police to Dahmer’s apartment where the pictures of the mangled bodies and several severed body parts were found in the refrigerator. On January 30th 1992, Dahmer pled not guilty by reason of insanity. Dahmer was found sane and guilty of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 15 life terms, which totaled 957 years in prison. Dahmer was attacked twice while in prison the first attack being in July 1994, where an inmate attempted to slash his throat with a razor blade.
Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Dahmer is known throughout history to be one of the most infamous serial sex offender and murder of the 1970’s. Jeffrey is also referred to as the “Milwaukee Cannibal”, “between the years of 1978 and 1991 Dahmer raped, murdered, and dismembered seventeen boys and men” (Tithecott, 1997). Dahmer was very fascinated with the skeletal structure of his victims, he would preserve his later victims body parts along with taking part in necrophilic tendencies and cannibalism. Wisconsin is where Jeffrey grew up with both his parents and younger brother David, his “father was a chemical engineer and his mother suffered from hysteria, depression, suicidal ideation, and psychosomatic illnesses” (Tithecott, 1997) (in other words she strived for others attention). In Jeffrey’s mother’s effort to strive for others attention especially for her
The gut-wrenching way Jeffrey Dahmer decided to kill his victims is what allows people to widely remember him today. Dahmer being so invested into the cannibalism aspect also shocked the world because that wasn't a thing many people had heard of. Although Dahmer managed to carry out 17 of these nauseating crimes they quickly came to an end. Finally on July 22, 1991 two Milwaukee police officers spotted a man running down the street with handcuffs dangling from his wrist. The officers stopped him, in a reckless manner the man explained that he escaped a ¨weird dude¨ who threatened to use a butcher knife and cut his heart out.(World of Criminal Justice…)
A man ran to police officers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin claiming Dahmer threatened to kill him. When police arrived at Dahmer’s apartment they found polaroids of bodies in various stages of dismemberment. Since Wisconsin has no death penalty Dahmer was sentenced to 937 years behind bars. He was killed by a fellow inmate in 1994. Although Jeffrey Dahmer had a normal childhood, later in his lifetime he murdered seventeen people because of his deteriorating mental status.
This evidence is what may have lead Dahmer to his motivation to murder. Jeffrey Dahmer was caught in the summer of 1991 after killing from June 18, 1978–July 19, 1991. As a child Dahmer would be considered a “loner” he grew up with a dysfunctional family, where his mother and father were constantly fighting. This lead to hostility between him and his parents. He was
annah Miller Professor Jackson English 102 7 September 2017 The Milwaukee Cannibal “They had sex and drank beer, but then Hicks had to leave and Dahmer could not bear the thought of Hicks wanting to leave so he struck him in the head with a barbell and killed him” (Serial Killers). The dead in their stillness would become the primary objects of Jeffery Dahmer’s sexual desires which led him to his necrophilia ways (Serial Killers). Jeffery Dahmer, born May 21 1960 in Milwaukee Wisconsin was a typical, healthy child who enjoyed teddy bears and toy blocks. At five years old he was fascinated with the sound of animal bones rubbing together, “his father swept out the remains of some small animals from under the house.
Dahmer eventually was caught when one of his victim’s escaped and showed police where Dahmer threatened him with a knife. In that room police found the photo’s that Dahmer took of his victim’s and arrested him. Jeffrey Dahmer was found guilty and had to serve 15 life terms or 957 years in prison. Jeffrey Dahmer was killed his second year in prison by an inmate that he harassed. I believe that Dahmer was mentally messed up and that he made his own choices and became the way he was.
While living with his grandmother, Dahmer wanted to straighten out his life, so he prayed all the time to get rid of it. It was also frustrating for him to find a significant other because he needed someone who could give Dahmer 100% of his attention and that could fulfill his violent and sexual fantasies. Finding someone to fill his needs was near impossible because he would never have been able to share his intimacy with anyone because of his parents’
On July 22nd, 1991 Milwaukee, Wisconsin and the United States changed forever. Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested for killing and eating 17 young men [#1]. Jeffery’s confessions will make people understand why he is known as one of the most terrifying serial killers in the United States. What people don’t know is what made him turn into this great murder. What would come next.
Jeffery Dahmer also known as the Milwaukee cannibal was a notorious sex offender in America. He was charged for rape and murder of 17 young boys. Dahmer would also eat the parts of the young boys after he had killed them. What lead Dahmer to turn out like this? There are a several different theories that would fit in.
By his early teenage years Dahmer was tense, disengaged, and was friendless. When he was at the age of fourteen he was very compulsive towards sexual intercourse. Jeffrey was made fun of his high school year, he was very weird that no one wanted to be around him. He graduated high school in 1978 and by that time his parent’s had got a divorce. The next year Dahmer went to Ohio State University, but dropped