Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Killer Or Insane?

Stephanie Rodriguez
Mr. Mitchell
Criminal Justice 5B
5 October 2014
Insane or Sane?
Jeffrey Dahmer is one of the most infamous serial killers of all time, having to do with murder, necrophilia, and cannibalism. Much is known about Jeffrey and why he has commited such murders that has ultimately gave media something to talk about. Serial killers have been an object of interest.
Born in West Allis, Wisconsin, young Dahmer is described as a model student, he had a few childhood friends and was raised somewhat normally in his childhood years. At age ten his mother was hospitalized, and the marriage of his parents was beginning to crumble. He often says that as his parents would fight, he would go to the backyard area and he would release
At his place they engaged in drinks, marijuana and listening to music. The initial idea wasn’t necessarily to kill at first, but when Hicks wanted to leave, Dahmer over reacted, grabbed a ten pound dumbbell and bludgeoned him, causing Hicks to become unconscious. Dahmer wasn’t done just yet, he strangled Steven with the bar of the dumbbell ensuring his death, and he stripped his from his clothes as he masturbated above his corpse. Thus being the reason to dispose the body the next day, by dissecting it, and dismembering parts, then putting all the parts in a grave that he dug out in his backyard. Getting rid of the body was a drive to an area where he would have bury the victim. Unfortunately for him his late drive there, he was stopped by a police officer, who flashed the light at the back seat of his car and saw trash bags. The officer asked what was in the bags and Dahmer calmly said “just trash I’m getting rid of. I couldn’t sleep so to keep myself busy.” The officer only let him go with a warning not knowing that he was transporting Hick’s body. First of many times he encountered an oblivious cop. A few weeks later to better be disposed of the remains, he dug out the grave and used a special acid to dissolve of the decomposing flesh which he dumped down the toilet. For the bones, he practically smashed them with a sledgehammer. This was his first
Like I said previously he had found other ways to engage in sexual acts at other places. During this time he had rented a room at the Ambassador Hotel for a night. In his normal search from the perfect evening companion he came across Steven Tuomi. Jeffrey Dahmer had managed to lure Mr. Tuomi to his room. Dahmer recalls waking up the following morning, he awoke to find Tuomi lying beneath him on the bed, his chest "crushed in" and blood seeping from his mouth, with bruises on Dahmer 's own fists and one forearm. Even during the case he mentioned that he “couldn’t believe this happened.” He then went to buy a large suitcase to enclose Steven’s body, and took it to his grandmother’s house where he was staying at. Where he dismembered the head, arms, legs, hands, and torso. It took him a while to dispose of all the bodies, even to the point where he kept the skull to masturbate.
This being the second murder struck a need and an obsessive want to do so. After this murder he vowed not to contain his fantasies and emotions to himself. Following these murders came 15 more murders to come, and every murder committed became even more complex than the other. His ideal of a perfect partner consisted of a smooth muscular, long and lean male; color didn’t matter, nor did age. His most common killing grounds were in his apartment room