Steven Dahmer Case

On the night of July 22, 1991, Milwaukee enforcement officers took notice of a man running and stumbling down the street. When confronted, he said that a man had threatened him with a butcher’s knife. After arriving at Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment, Dahmer allowed the police to search the apartment. When the officials entered, they were hit with a putrid odor and had discovered various body parts scattered about his apartment that belonged to 11 of his victims, as well as Polaroid pictures of his victims' post-mortem in indecent poses. Dahmer was arrested on sight and taken into custody (“Serial Killers”). After being arrested, Dahmer confessed to a total of 17 victims, all were young men or boys ranging from 14 to 33 years of age, and most of

However, Dahmer was only charged with the murder of 16 out of 17 of the murders, as there was a lack of evidence to support the murder of 28 year old Steven Tuomi. There are two prominent victims in this case which become prevalent pieces of evidence backing the victimization involved with this case. One of which was Dahmer’s first victim, Steven Hicks. Hicks was 19 years old at the time of his encounter with Dahmer. After graduating high school, Jeffrey’s parents were in the midst of a divorce and argument over custody of Jeffrey’s younger brother. This frequently left Dahmer all alone at the house most of the time (“Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer”). Three weeks after his graduation in 1978, Hicks was hitchhiking to a rock concert in Chippewa Lake Park, Ohio, roughly 25 miles away, when Dahmer picked him up and brought him back to his parents' home. Dahmer promised Hicks a few beers and then a ride to the concert. After spending time at Jeffrey’s place, Steven is ready to leave to meet up with some friends. It is then that Dahmer becomes enraged and hits Steven with a dumbbell before strangling him with the dumbbell handle. Hicks was last seen June 18, 1978, though his remains were not discovered until 1991 after Dahmer confessed to killing him (Jeffery