Jeffrey Dahmer was born a happy child, little did anyone know he would become one of the most notorious serial killers in American history. Cannibalism and necrophilia were two of the multiple different things Dahmer was guilty of. Within Jeffery, he believed he was the devil. According to Oxygen.com, “For a while he amused us, he was a funny guy...we pulled him into our social net...but at a certain point we pushed him away” says John Backderf.” Around this adolescent time, Jeff discovered himself as a homosexual, meaning that he was sexually attracted to others of his same gender. Dahmer’s sexuality however, was kept under wraps, no one knew of it at that particular time. Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was born May 21, 1960. “He was described as an energetic and happy child until the age of four, when surgery to correct a double hernia seemed to effect a change in the boy.” Says Biography.com of the killer when he was younger. Dahmer was an alcoholic most of his life. Even Jeffrey’s mother, Joyce said he was a good kid. Joyce is now dead, even though she had claimed that the way Jeff turned out was not her fault, when multiple things she had done to him , makes perfect sense that she may have taken part in creating …show more content…
One of the victims family members took the stand and showed a lot of emotion. On Dahmer’s face there was a quick flash of remorse, within a second, it was gone. It was up to the jury to decide if Jeffrey was sane or not. If he was sane, he would spend the rest of his life in prison. Insane however, would result in a mental hospital for his remaining life. “In February 15, 1992, the jury returned after approximately 10 hours’ deliberation to find him guilty, but sane, on all counts.” (A&E Networks Television.) Jeffrey received sixteen consecutive life in prison