Jeffrey Dahmer
| More Than A Serial Killer | He is Jeffrey Dahmer | | Megan Long | November 25, 2012 |
Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most notorious serial killers in history. He was psychologically disturbed and was shown in his victims’ homicides. Dahmer only lived for thirty-four years, but done more in those years than anyone could’ve imagined. |
“I should have stayed with God. I tried and failed, and created a holocaust.” * Jeffrey Dahmer For those who don’t know, Jeffrey Dahmer murdered seventeen men/boys in thirteen years. His crimes involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia, and cannibalism. He was finally caught in 1991 and since Wisconsin doesn’t have the death penalty, he was sentenced, in 1992, to fifteen consecutive life terms in prisons. After only being incarcerated for two years, Dahmer was beaten to death by another inmate at Columbia Correctional Institute. On May 21, 1960, Lionel and Joyce Dahmer had no idea the baby boy they brought into the world that day in Milwaukee would become one of the most notorious serial killers in history. Growing up he seemed like a normal, happy child. At the age of six, Dahmer underwent surgery to correct a double hernia, and while also gaining a baby brother, this seemed to be the cause in his change of character. He became quiet, kept to himself and shut out the world, and lacked self-confidence. Throughout his teenage years, his family had moved to Ohio, which caused deeper insecurities. Dahmer’s actions started showing his psychological troubles, he would collect road kill, dissect those animals, and save the bones. In one instance he put a dog’s head on a stake. This was just the beginning of what was to come. Jeffrey Dahmer stated that he started to have necrophilia and murderous thoughts around the age of fourteen. The catalyst for turning these thoughts into actions was the divorce of his parents, increasing the stresses Dahmer was already having. With these psychological stresses and being
Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most notorious serial killers in history. He was psychologically disturbed and was shown in his victims’ homicides. Dahmer only lived for thirty-four years, but done more in those years than anyone could’ve imagined. |
“I should have stayed with God. I tried and failed, and created a holocaust.” * Jeffrey Dahmer For those who don’t know, Jeffrey Dahmer murdered seventeen men/boys in thirteen years. His crimes involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia, and cannibalism. He was finally caught in 1991 and since Wisconsin doesn’t have the death penalty, he was sentenced, in 1992, to fifteen consecutive life terms in prisons. After only being incarcerated for two years, Dahmer was beaten to death by another inmate at Columbia Correctional Institute. On May 21, 1960, Lionel and Joyce Dahmer had no idea the baby boy they brought into the world that day in Milwaukee would become one of the most notorious serial killers in history. Growing up he seemed like a normal, happy child. At the age of six, Dahmer underwent surgery to correct a double hernia, and while also gaining a baby brother, this seemed to be the cause in his change of character. He became quiet, kept to himself and shut out the world, and lacked self-confidence. Throughout his teenage years, his family had moved to Ohio, which caused deeper insecurities. Dahmer’s actions started showing his psychological troubles, he would collect road kill, dissect those animals, and save the bones. In one instance he put a dog’s head on a stake. This was just the beginning of what was to come. Jeffrey Dahmer stated that he started to have necrophilia and murderous thoughts around the age of fourteen. The catalyst for turning these thoughts into actions was the divorce of his parents, increasing the stresses Dahmer was already having. With these psychological stresses and being
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