JEFFREY DAHMERMARTINA VOLKMAN

Background Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 21, 1960

Born into a loving family

Lived a happy childhood until the age of six when he had a surgery to correct a double hernia. This seemed to change him.

After the surgery and birth of his brother he became increasingly insular and lacked self-confidence

Made a move as a young teen for his father’s career

By early teens he was disengaged and friendless

Had a strange interest in dead animals

Started turning to alcohol in high school

Claimed that his compulsions to Necrophilia (sexual intercourse with attraction towards corpses) and murder began at age fourteen when his parents marriage ended.

Went to Ohio State for two semesters before dropping out due to his alcoholism

Background Cont. Father suggested he join the Army

He was in the army until he was discharged for alcoholism

After returning home he moved with his grandmother until she became uncomfortable with her findings around Jeffrey’s room

Gun

Dead Animals

Male Mannequin

He then moved into his own apartment back in Milwaukee

Crimes

First victim was a hitch hiker named Steven Hicks that Dahmer took back to his parents home where the two drank and had sexual relations. When Hicks tried to leave Dahmer Murdered him, dismembered the body, and hit it in the woods.

August 1983 he got in legal trouble for exposing himself at a state fair

September 1986 he was arrested for masturbating in public. He went to prison for ten months.

Right after his release he was arrested for fondling a 13 year old boy. The judge gave him 5 years probation, because he admitted he needed therapy.

Most famous crime was his killing spree

Killing Ritual

“Dahmer's killing spree continued and for most of his victims the scene was the same. He would meet them at a gay bar or mall and entice them with free alcohol and money if they agreed to

pose for photographs. Once alone, he would drug them, sometimes torture them and then kill them usually by

strangulation. He would then masturbate over the corpse or have sex with the corpse, cut the body up and get rid of the remains. He also kept parts of the bodies including the skulls, which he

would clean much like he did with his childhood road kill collection and often refrigerated organs which he would on

occasion eat.”

Crime Scene in 213

A human head and three bags of organs, which included two hearts, were found in the refrigerator.

Three heads, a torso and various internal organs were inside a free-standing freezer.

Chemicals, formaldehyde, ether, and chloroform plus two skulls, two hands and male genitalia were found in the closet.

A filing cabinet which contained three painted skulls, a skeleton, a dried scalp, male genitalia, and various photographs of his victims.

A box with two skulls inside.

A 57-gallon vat filled with acid and three torsos.

Victims' identification.

Crime Scene Cont.

Bleach used to bleach the skulls and bones.

Incense sticks. Neighbors often complained to Dahmer about the smell coming from his apartment.

Tools - Claw hammer, handsaw, 3/8" drill, 1/16" drill, drill bits.

A hypodermic needle.

Various videos, some pornographic.

Blood soaked mattress and blood splatters.

King James Bible

Crime Scene Cont.

Sentence

15 counts of murder

15 life terms (total of 937 years in prison)

Was murdered in prison

When Sentenced Dahmer apologized for his crimes and ended with, "I hated no one. I knew I was sick or evil or both. Now I believe I was sick. The doctors have told me about my sickness, and now I have some peace. I know how much harm I have caused... Thank God there will be no more harm that I can do. I believe that only the Lord Jesus Christ can save me from my sins... I ask for no consideration."

Known Victims:

Name - Age - Date Murdered

Stephen Hicks - 18 - June, 1978

Steven Tuomi - 26 - September, 1987

Jamie Doxtator - 14 - October, 1987

Richard Guerrero - 25 - March, 1988

Anthony Sears - 24 - February, 1989

Eddie Smith - 36 - June, 1990

Ricky Beeks - 27 - July, 1990

Ernest Miller - 22 - September, 1990

David Thomas - 23 - September, 1990

Curtis Straughter - 16 - February, 1991

Errol Lindsey - 19 - April, 1991

Known Victims Cont.:

Tony Hughes - 31 - May 24, 1991

Konerak Sinthasomphone - 14 - May 27, 1991

Matt Turner - 20 - June 30, 1991

Jeremiah Weinberger - 23 - July 5, 1991

Oliver Lacy - 23 - July 12, 1991

Joseph Bradeholt - 25 - July 19, 1991

Nicknames:

“The Milwaukee Cannibal”

“The Milwaukee Monster”

Books

And many more…

MoviesCountless DocumentariesDahmer(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf0RoRLd41U)

Songs:

“Jeffrey Dahmer” – SOULFLY “In blood his victims will crawl

Body parts all over his houseThey feed the need of his cannibal mindBloody murders he left behin”d

“Cannibal” –Ke$ha “Whenever you tell me I'm pretty

That's when the hunger really hits meYour little heart goes pitter patterI want your liver on a platterUse your finger to stir my teaAnd for dessert I'll suck your teethBe too sweet and you'll be a gonnerYep, I'll pull a Jeffrey Dahmer”

Social Control Theory:

Dahmer had deviant thoughts from a very young age, but never really acted on them. He always had the social norms that kept him grounded. I believe what broke this was his surgery when he was young when he was six. This surgery may have triggered something in him. Another factor could be his drinking problem. The major one I believe that really effected him to turn to deviance was his parents failed marriage. Some people handle these issues differently. I believe he already had untreated psychiatric issues that were released in a negative way through the situations he endured in life.

If Dahmer had earlier help with his mental issues maybe those deviant thoughts would have just stayed thoughts. He had a normal childhood, but his own issues would effect him and his victims negatively in the end.