Jeffrey Dahmer is one of the most popular serial killers in the world. After he committed his killing, then he was sentenced to 15 consecutive life sentences in 1992. But he only served about three years and four months at Columbia Correctional Facility, Wisconsin. This is because in 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer died in prison. By the way, why did Jeffrey Dahmer die? To find out the answer, read this entire article.
About Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer
As one of the most popular serial killers in the world, Jeffrey Dahmer killed at least 17 people over a period of 13 years, between 1978 and 1991. In his killing sprees, Jeffrey Dahmer dismembered his victims, had sex with them, and took photographs of their corpses. Other sources even said that Jeffrey Dahmer also mutilated his victims, and then ate them.
Aside from that, Jeffrey Dahmer also kept gruesome souvenirs from his murders as well as Polaroid photographs. Everything was discovered only after he was arrested in 1991. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Jeffrey Dahmer preyed mostly on black, Asian, or Latino men. He had a way of finding his victims and killing them. Usually, he picked up his victims at gay bars, bus stops, and malls.
Before carrying out his actions, Jeffrey Dahmer offered the victims to visit his house. He lured his victims back to his house with promises of money or sex. Then, Jeffrey Dahmer would provide his victims with alcohol that he laced with drugs, and kill them sadistically. During the trial, Jeffrey Dahmer admitted to having committed various sadistic acts. One of them was drilling holes in his victims’ heads so that they became mindless sex slaves. How sadistic he was.
Why did Jeffrey Dahmer Die?
After serving a sentence of three years and four months at Columbia Correctional Facility, Wisconsin, he died. So, why did Jeffrey Dahmer die? It is known that Jeffrey Dahmer was murdered by a fellow inmate in prison on November 28, 1994. He died after being beaten by a fellow inmate named Christopher Scarver, who had also been in Columbia Correctional Facility since 1992. That facility itself was the first to abolish the death penalty in 1853, so despite his disgusting crimes, Jeffrey Dahmer did not receive the death penalty.
According to research, Christopher Scarver was not the first person to try to kill Jeffrey Dahmer. Earlier in July 1992, an assassination attempt on Jeffrey Dahmer was carried out by another inmate. An inmate used a homemade plastic knife for an assassination attempt on Jeffrey Dahmer, but he was unsuccessful in slitting Jeffrey Dahmer’s throat.
It is said that Jeffrey Dahmer met Christopher Scarver in the prison gym bathroom. They and another inmate, Jesse Anderson were cleaning the prison gym bathroom unsupervised. Christopher Scarver walked up to Jeffrey Dahmer. Then, Christopher Scarver punched Jeffrey Dahmer, and started taunting him. After taunting him more, Christopher Scarver took a barbell and hit Jeffrey Dahmer with it many times until he was eventually killed. Jeffrey Dahmer died just one hour after being rushed to the hospital. While Jesse Anderson, who was also assigned the same task, was killed by Christopher Scarver’s attack. It is known that Jesse Anderson died of his injuries two days later.
Meanwhile, after Jeffrey Dahmer’s death, his body was cremated in September 1995, except for his brain. His parents argued about whether to hand over Jeffrey Dahmer’s brain to scientists for autopsy. According to The Washington Post, Jeffrey Dahmer’s mother, Joyce Dahmer, was eager to have her son’s brain examined to determine whether biological factors influenced his despicable actions. On the other hand, Jeffrey Dahmer’s father, Lionel Dahmer, attempted to cremate his son’s brain. On December 13, 1995, the fate of the serial killer’s body part was finally decided. A judge ordered Jeffrey Dahmer’s brain to be cremated, which had previously been preserved at Joyce’s request in the hope that it could be studied by scientists at Fresno State University in California.
According to the New York Post, 20 years after Jeffrey Dahmer’s death, Christopher Scarver spoke for the first time about why he killed Jeffrey Dahmer. Christopher Scarver said that he hated Jeffrey Dahmer even more because the serial killer acted disgustingly in prison. Also, Scarver said that Jeffrey Dahmer would make severed limbs from prison food to taunt other inmates. He doused the ketchup packet as blood. Christopher Scarver said that Jeffrey Dahmer’s actions, which often made jokes of the prisoners, had gone too far. Finally, when there was an opportunity where they got the same task to clean the prison gym bathroom, Christopher Scarver hit Jeffrey Dahmer with a barbell many times until Jeffrey Dahmer was killed.
Christopher Scarver admitted to keeping a safe distance from Jeffrey Dahmer upon arriving at the Columbia Correctional Facility. Christopher Scarver said that Jeffrey Dahmer always had a personal escort of at least one guard when he was out of his cell due to his actions with other inmates. He crossed the line with some prisoners and prison staff. Some people who were in prison repented, but he did not.
Jeffrey Dahmer died 29 years ago, in 1994. But his name is still often mentioned, especially when talking about the most ruthless killers in the world. Besides being renowned as one of the world’s most ruthless serial killers, Jeffrey Dahmer also has been dubbed the Cannibal of Milwaukee.
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