Jeffrey Dahmer
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| Born | Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer May 21, 1960 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 1994 (aged 34) Portage, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Homicide by bludgeoning (severe skull and brain trauma)[3] |
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| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (x16; total of 941 years imprisonment) |
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| Victims | 17 |
Span of crimes | 1978–1991 |
| Country | United States |
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Date apprehended | July 22, 1991 |
| Imprisoned at | Columbia Correctional Institution, Portage, Wisconsin |
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (/ˈdɑːmər/; May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994), also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster,[4] was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991.[5] Many of his later murders involved necrophilia,[6] cannibalism and the permanent preservation of body parts—typically all or part of the skeleton.[7]
Although he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder,[8] schizotypal personality disorder,[9] and a psychotic disorder, Dahmer was found to be legally sane at his trial. He was convicted of fifteen of the sixteen homicides he had committed in Wisconsin and was sentenced to fifteen terms of life imprisonment on February 17, 1992.[10] Dahmer was later sentenced to a sixteenth term of life imprisonment for an additional homicide committed in Ohio in 1978.[11]
On November 28, 1994, Dahmer was beaten to death by Christopher Scarver, a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.[12]
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- ^ Lavin, Cheryl (October 13, 1991). "Defending Dahmer". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 11, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ Norris 1992, p. 171.
- ^ "Dahmer Autopsy Completed". United Press International. November 29, 1994. Archived from the original on April 28, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2025.
- ^ Fido 1995, p. 118.
- ^ "Jeffrey Dahmer's Inferno". Vanity Fair. November 1, 1991. Archived from the original on March 29, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- ^ Masters 1993, p. 136.
- ^ Norris 1992, p. 214.
- ^ Giannangelo 2012, p. 86.
- ^ Ellens, J. Harold (2011). Explaining Evil, Volume 1. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-313-38715-9. Archived from the original on February 5, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ^ Campbell, p. 32.
- ^ "Dahmer Gets Life Term in 1978 Murder in Ohio". The Washington Post. May 2, 1992. Retrieved April 24, 2025.
- ^ Terry, Don (November 29, 1994). "Jeffrey Dahmer, Multiple Killer, is Bludgeoned to Death in Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2025.