On This Day: A Killer Is Born

We all know the story of Jeffrey Dahmer, right? Well, for those of you who don't let me introduce you to one of the most notorious serial killers/ serial predators this country has ever seen. Dahmer was the first of two sons born to Lionel Herbert Dahmer, a research chemist and Joyce Annette Dahmer, a teletype machine instructor on May 21, 1960. Now, some people say that Jeffery was doted on as a child, but others reported that he was very attention starved as an infant. His mother was reported to be attention hungry and would fight with her husband and neighbors often. As Dahmer was entering elementary school, his father was becoming increasingly busy with work, right, as men usually do as their responsibilities grow. Well, as his fathers time away from home was increasing, so was his mother's plethora of issues. Joyce was a hypochondriac, of course. She suffered from severe depression and this made it to where she spent more and more time in bed. This meant that little Jeffery was, unfortunately, left alone a lot of the time. In school, Dahmer was usually described as quiet or timid. one teacher later went on to say that she had noticed early signs of abandonment due to his fathers work and his mother's degrading health, which only became worse when Joyce became pregnant with her second child. To try and remedy this, Joyce tried making Damer a part of the celebrated event by allowing Dahmer to choose his new brothers name. He named him David. From an early age, Dahmer acquired a unique hobby. He became fascinated with animal bones, which he latter referred to as his "fiddle sticks." This may have stemmed from watching his father remove a dead animal from under the family's home once. He was intrigued by the sounds the bones made and later went on to "explore" the bodies of live animals as well. Once, during a chicken dinner he was having with his family, he asked his father what would happen if he bleached bones. His father thought this was merely scientific curiosity and showed how to properly bleach and preserve bones. Dahmer began using this technique for his bone collection and, later on, even on roadk*ll. Dahmer was even noted by one friend saying he wondered how different animals "fit together." Now, if this isn't raising red flags for people, I don't know what is. Now, by the age of 14, Dahmer was considered a full-blown outcast. At this point, he had begun drinking beer and hard alcohol during school. When a student asked him why he was drinking during a morning class one day, he simply replied,'This is my medicine'. Although he didn't really have a lot of friends, he was considered by staff and teachers as very polite and extremely intelligent. Now, I find this odd because he only had average grades. Once Dahmer went through pu**rty, he discovered that he was, in fact gay. He had one relationship with another boy in high school, but it was never noted to have become intimate. Now Dahmer later admitted in his own words that he used to fantasize about domi***ing a sub***sive male partner by the time he was in his early teens. He found himself being more attracted to a man's torso and check area during maste*****on and that this later became part of his dissection fantasy. While still in high school, Dahmer became obsessed with a jogger he would see on a regular basis. He later admitted that one day he hid in the bushes for the jogger to pass by so he could attack him and force him to su**it for se**al acts. The jogger never ran by that day. He would have been the first in what later was discovered as a body count of an astonishing 17 victims. Just three weeks after his graduation, Dahmer would move on to make his first k**l. Steven Mark Hicks was a 19 hitchhiker who was trying to make his way to a rock concert. Dahmer talked him into accepting a ride back to his place under the guise of having a couple of beers and hanging out before the concert. Steven had aro*ed Dahmer, and when he decided it was time to leave, Dahmer had other plans. Dahmer hit him over the head with a 10 lb. dumbell a couple of times before strangling him to de**h. Afterward, he "explored" Steven's chest and then stood over top of his d**d body and mast****ted. Six weeks after the murder of Steven Hicks Dahmer enrolled into college Ohio State. He only spent one semester there failing all but one class and drinking profusely. In January of 1979 Dahmers father urged him to join the military. He went on to train as a medical specialist in San Antonio, Texas. While there, Dahmer was, of course, reprimanded for drinking more than once. On one such occasion, he actually had gotten his entire platoon in trouble, which later led to Dahmer receiving a severe beating afterward. In July of 1979, Dahmer was deployed to West Germany, where he was actually noted as being an above average soldier for the first year. But of course, his drinking got the best of him, and he was deemed unfit for service and subsequently discharged in March of 1981. He was not willing to go home and face his father, and because he was 'tired of the cold,' he decided to take a shot at the Florida lifestyle. He found a job at a little sandwich shop and rented a room at a hotel. But drinking is an expensive habit and since that's what most of his money went towards he was eventually evicted for non payment and living on the beach before deciding to call his father and ask if he could return to Ohio in Septemberof the same year. After his return to Ohio, Dahmer began to live with his father and stepmother. But still drinking profusely, just two weeks after returning to Ohio, he was arrested for drink and disorderly conduct. He was ultimately fined $60 and given a suspended 10-day jail sentence. After this Dahmers father was desperate to get his son to sober up and decided to send him to live with his grandmother. Now Dahmers grandmother was the only family member that he was actually affectionate with. So by sending him there, his father and stepmother were hoping this would be the influence he needed to sober up and start living a healthy life. During this time, Dahmer was actually doing really well considering. He was attending church regularly with his grandmother. He was even helping around the house and had landed himself a job as a phleboyomist. He had no problem following most of his grandmother's house rules except for the not drinking bit, of course. He never stopped. Which landed him getting fired from his job after just 10 months. For the next two years, he lived off of his grandmother and remained jobless. In January of 1985, he finally locked down another job as a mixer at the Milwaukee Ambrosia Chocolate Factory, where he worked the night shift 6 days a week. Shortly after this, Dahmer started becoming more familure with the gay bars in his area. He also stole a male mannequin, which he used for s**ual stimulation until it was discovered by his grandmother, and she made him throw it out. By late 1985, Dahmer had become accustomed to visiting gay bath houses. During his se**al encounters at these places, he began to become frustrated because of the way his partners would 'move' during the act. Because of this June of 1986, he began dr***ing his partners with sedatives and would wait for them to fall asleep before performing s***al acts on them. After the 12th time, he ra**d someone this way he was finally barred from entering the bathhouses and was forced to start using motel rooms instead. On September 26, 1986, Dahmer was arrested on a charge of lewd and lasci***us behavior for mast****ting in front of two 12 year old boys by the Kinnickinnic River. Initially, he claimed he was simply urinating and didn't know there were witnesses but later confessed to the crime. He was sentenced to one year probation and was ordered to attend counseling sessions in March of 1987. Come on!!! How is this guy continuing to fall through the cracks here. These people are out of their minds. November of 1987, while still living with his grandmother, Dahmer met a 25 year old named Steven Tuomi. At the end of the evening, Dahmer persuaded Tuomi to join him at the Ambassador Hotel, where he had rented a room for the evening. Now, here is where things take a turn for the worse. Dahmer dru**ed Tuomi as was standard practice so he could "exp**re" his body, but when Dahmer woke up the next morning (still laying on top of Tuomi) he noticed that there was bl**d coming out of his mouth and his chest appeared to be caved in. Dahmer had killed him, claiming he didn't realize it. He was noted to say that he 'Couldn't believe it had happened'. Dahmer wouldn't dispose of Steven Tuomi's b**y for another week. According to Dahmer, even though he didn't mean to k**l Steven, this was the incident that led him to the point where he didn't even try to control his actions anymore. Now, after his unfortunate encounter with Steven, he would go on to ki** another two men before meeting a man named Ronald Flowers Jr. who he brought back to his grandmother's house. After giving Flowers coffee with his usual sedatives added, he heard his grandmother call for him from somewhere in the house. Knowing he was not alone, he was unable to k**l Flowers that day. Instead, he waited for a while and then took Flowers to the hospital. In September of 1988 Dahmers grandmother asked him to move out for a number of reasons some being his drinking, his habit of bringing men into the house all hours of the night and because of the foul smell that would occasionally come from the basement or garage of her home. Dahmer did manage to find a one bedroom apartment but upon two days of moving into his new apartment he was arrested for drugging and as****ting a 13 year old that he had somehow lured to his apartment under the guise of creating a portfolio for modeling. Now upon being arrested for this incident, his father hired an attorney, and on January 30th, 1989, Jeffrey Dahmer pled guilty to second degree S**ual As**ult and of enticing a minor with in**cent Inte***ons. 2 months after his sentencing in 2 months before his conviction, Jeffrey Dahmer would then go on to mu**er his fifth vi**im. I'm gonna go out on a limb and point out how absolutely absurd this is. This man is a repeat s*x of***der and even after being sentenced, he was still free to rome until his actual sentencing 2 months later. So for 2 months, this man is able to just keep doing what he does. Also, note that at this time, Jeffery has also moved back in with his grandmother. Now, his fifth victim was a 24-year-old aspiring model named Anthony Sears. He met Anthony at a gay bar on March 25, 1989, and claimed he was not looking to commit a mu**er that night. (I can't say that I believe that but sure Jeff we will take your word for it.) He claims that he and Anthony headed back to his Grammy's for a little dinner for two before Jeff drug's and strangles him. Now, at this point, my head is spinning because, at the very least, his family has to know that there is something just not right with this guy. Like, come on!!! How many red flags do you need? this guy is a walking neon sign of danger. By May of 1989 He was sentenced to 5 years probation and one year in the House of Correction with a work release so he could keep his job. I feel like this was a huge disservice to the public, but okay, here we go, we are gonna give him another chance. Upon release, he moved back into his grandmother's house for a third time. I gotta tell you. Grammy seems like a very lucky lady. On May 14, however, he moved onto another place of his own. Because you know Serial Killers need privacy and what not. When he moved into his new place, he took all of his worldly possessions with him, including Anthony's s**ered, mummified head, and gen***ls. Seriously, dude. creepy. Within the first week of moving into apartment 213 he lured a 32 year old male pros****te into his apartment with a $50 bill before drugging his drink with seven sleeping pills and then manually str***ling him. The next day, he used a Polaroid camera to take several pictures of him before disposing of his body. This man's name was Raymond Smith. The next attack Dahmer planned didn't go as planned, however, when he accidentally drank the sleeping pill concoction instead of his intended victim. Ironically, when he woke up the next morning, he had discovered that the man had robbed him of some of his clothes, a watch, and $300 cash. I feel like that was just a splash of the karma. This dude has it coming to him. His next victim also with the last name Smith while trying to preserve his s**ll accidentally destroyed by way of blowing it up in his oven. He later told the police that he felt bad about Smiths murder because he was unable to preserve any piece of him. Again!!! How did no one realize what was going on with this guy? Dahmer went on to lure two more men into his apartment, essentially doing the same thing to each of them before hitting a dry spell. Dahmer had a five month period where try as he might, he was not able to convince anyone to go home with him. Maybe it's because there is a f**k ton of gay men going missing in the area. No one is that stupid, right? But yet again, in February of 1991, he was able to lure a 17 year old into his apartment and handcuffed his hands behind his back before strangling him to de*th. Dahmer then went on to photograph the entire process as he d*********d his b*dy. Two months later, he lured a 19 year old heteros**ual man into his apartment and dru**ed him. Unlike the rest of his victims, Dahmer decided to conduct an experiment with Errol Lindsey. Dahmer drilled a hole into his sk*ll and used a turkey baster injected hydrochloric acid into his brain. He did this, hoping that it would put Lindsey in a permanent sub**ssive state. To Dahmers dismay, when Lindsey woke up, his only reaction was to say he had a headache and was wondering what time it was. Dahmer dr**ged him again and then str**gled him. Now, by 1991, there had been several complaints filed by neighbors in his apartment building because of this foul odor coming from apartment 213. On one occasion, Dahmer claimed that his freezer had broken, causing the contents inside to rot. On another occasion, he claimed that several of his tropical fish died and he would take care of it. Dahmers next victim would unfortunately become another subject in Dahmers experiments to create the perfect sub**ssive partner. The only this time it proved to be fatal. Dahmers next victim will be by far the most frustrating, in my opinion. May 26, 1991, Dahmer met a 14 year old boy named Konerak. Now, here is the first of many odd coincidences when it comes to Konerak. He was actually the little brother of the boy that Dahmer had molested back in 1988. When Dahmer first encountered the boy, he seemed reluctant to follow him back to the apartment but decided to go with Dahmer against his better judgment. He took photos of him and then dru**ed him to perform o**l s*x on him. Before the boy was completely unconscious, Dahmer led him into the bedroom where his previous victim was still laying on his bedroom floor bloated and decaying. Dahmer then proceeded to drill a hole in his skull, and just like he had done to his previous victims, injected hydrochloric acid into his frontal lobe. Dahmer then laid next to the boy and took a bap before waking up and leaving apartment 213 to go drink at a bar. Early morning of May 27th, while walking home, Dahmer saw Konerak sitting on a corner naked and confused, talking with three women. Dahmer informed the three women that he was friends with the boy and tried to lead him back to his apartment. The women stopped Dahmer. Informing him they had called the police already. So here is where I started getting so frustrated because when the police arrived at the scene, they began asking Dahmer questions. Not the three women who had actually called them to begin with. At one point during the incident, one of the two cops was even noted saying to one of the women she needed to butt out and mind her own business. Somehow, Dahmer was able to then convince the police officers that this boy was his Lo**r, and he was drunk and just had a rough day. The police officers even followed Dahmer up to apartment 213 and said they looked around briefly before telling Dahmer to take care of himself and leaving! At this point, Dahmer has a fuc**ng body laying on his bedroom floor. These cops are do dense its unreal. how are you going to look over a dead body and then declare nothing seems out of place. After the police left, Dahmer injected more hydrochloric acid into the boys' brain, sadly killing him. The next four victims would essentially meet the same fate as the previous with minor changes in detail with each one. these four victims would later be the reason Dahmer would lose his job for calling out too many times. Now we are going to fast forward to July 22 1991. Dahmer approached three men asking if anyone would be interested in joining him at his apartment for some drinks and company. 32 year old Tracy Edward's agreed. Once they got back to Dahmers place as soon as Tracy let his guard down, Dahmer handcuffed Tracy and held him at knife point, forcing him into the bedroom. He forced Tracy to lie on the bed so Dahmer could lay his head on Tracy's chest to listen to his heartbeat. While doing so, he informed Tracy he was going to eat his heart. Trying to gain Dahmers trust he somehow convinced him to unruffled him and head back into the living room to sit in the A/C and have some more beer. Once Dahmer dropped his guard, Tracy socked him in the face and ran, put the front door of apartment 213. At 11:30 pm. on July 22nd, Tracy Edward's was able to flag down two Milwaukee police officers who noticed he had one wrist still in these handcuffs. He told them that some freak had cuffed him and wanted them to take the cuffs off. Now the police didn't have the same type of handcuffs that Dahmer was using, so they somehow were able to convince Tracy to go back to the apartment with them. When they arrived at the apartment, Dahmer was acting very nonchalant. When one of the police officers asked about the key to the handcuffs, Dahmer simply stated that they were in the nightstand drawer and attempted to get the keys himself. At this time, the other officer made Dahmer back up. When the first officer emerged from the bedroom, he had a stack of Polaroids and was quoted saying to his partner,'These are real'. The police would later recover 74 Polaroids of Dahmers dism***ered victims as well as 4 severed heads and several other body parts. The police chief said that removing all of the evidence from Dahmers apartment was more like dismantling a museum rather than a crime scene. Dahmer died Novemer 28 1994 at only 34 years old. His reign of terror will never be forgotten. This man was able to move under the radar for so long, and so many men lost their lives because of it. I honestly feel like Dahmer should have been arrested and forced to serve a harsher sentence for the charges he faced early on involving minors. maybe then do many people wouldn't have lost their lives. Well, that concludes born on this day May 21st The Story Of Jeffery Dahmer. Join me next time for Born On This Day. Thanks, guys, RandiB