Jeffrey Dahmer Research Paper

Juenger 1

Sophia Juenger

Mrs. Neuberger

Composition II

6 March 2023

Word Count: 1718

Jeffrey Dahmer: Milwaukee Monster A serial killer is someone who commits a series of murders. Usually, behind these murders, there is little to motive, but rather a mindset. For a serial killer to be considered a serial killer they must kill three or more people at different times, not a mass murder. A serial killer is psychopathic tendencies that try to hide to appear normal to the public. Many serial killers are survivors of childhood trauma, sexual abuse, or emotionally distant.

Juenger 2

Jeffrey Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dahmer’s mother, Joyce, was known to have a difficult pregnancy with Dahmer (Casey). Dahmer

He was arrested for the first time in September of 1981 after he was discharged from the army. Following being discharged, he killed his first victim in his father's home. After his arrest for disorderly conduct, he spent ten days in jail, received a sixty-dollar fine, and was sent back to live with his grandparents. In less than a year he was arrested again, and he received another fine of fifty dollars. Within the next seven years, Dahmers’ arrests and charges began to lead to what his murders would stem from. In 1986, he was arrested for “masturbating” in front of two twelve-year-old boys. By 1989, Dahmer was arrested for a second-degree sexual assault charge that involved a child. Two years later, he was arrested for all seventeen of the murder victims that were found

Dahmer hung out at local bars almost every night because of his severe alcoholism. After luring them in, he would follow by making them take nude pictures and involving in sexual activities with the victims. His way of murder was very gruesome. He would turn his victims into “zombies”. He would do this by drilling holes into their skulls and dismembering them. Drilling holes in the victim's head allowed the skull to be cleaned easier. He also dismembered his victims for easier disposal. He would even pose them and take pictures. He was well known for the way he stored his victims. After dismembering them, he would store them in the freezer or refrigerator and dissolve the rest of the body parts in the large blue tub of acid. He would also eat the victims by mixing them in food, eating them straight, and putting them into his drinks. Nevertheless, Dahmer was a human-eating serial killer (BE7). Most of Dahmers’ victims came from wealthier and loving families, something Dahmer did not have