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Jeffrey Dahmer: The Milwaukee Cannibal
“Human torsos were soaking in acid, the refrigerator contained several heads. Two hearts Dahmer planned to eat later were in the freezer. A closet held decomposing body parts. Skulls were scattered in a filing cabinet drawer”(Richmond). Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, son of Lionel and Joyce Dahmer(Biography.com Editors), stalked men and preyed on them after a long and torturous murder process to satisfy his fantasies. Making Newsweek magazine-NBC's top villains of the twentieth century in 1999 only behind Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and Cambodian dictator Pol Pot (Richmond), Jeffrey Dahmer is a serial killer notoriously known for his techniques involving necrophilia and cannibalism. Born May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, …show more content…

Dahmer usually strangled his victim to death and then engaged in sexual acts before he cut them up and disposed of them. He also experimented with many ways of disposing the bodies just for his own entertainment. Dismembering them, dissolving them in chemicals, or even keeping parts of them as souvenirs. He would take picture of victims during many stages of his gruesome murder process so he could relive his work afterwards. Even when he got bored he would take skulls that he kept as souvenirs and other genitalia and masterbate in front of and in to them to pleasure himself. He got to a point where his fantasies were so craving that he took twelve lives within 15 months (Biography.com …show more content…

He originally pleaded not guilty but then later pleaded guilty with insanity after realizing the results would end better (Biography.com Editors). Dahmer, realizing the pain he had caused the families of the victims felt bad for his actions and wished for his own death (Crime Library). Wisconsin has no death penalty so Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms in prison. He later pleaded guilty for Hicks murder and got another life term added making him have 16 life terms hanging over his head. Dahmer would be eligible for parole in 936 years. Through the whole trial process Dahmer was completely cooperative with police even though he felt a little embarrassed at some parts (Crime

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