Jeffrey Dahmer was born May 21, 1960 to Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. Dahmer was said to have a normal childhood, up until age 4. Dahmer became uncommunicative as he got older. He had no hobbies and had little interaction between the ages of 10 and 15. Throughout his high school years, Dahmer was very interested in dead animals. He also started to drink very heavily. After high school, his drinking escalated. Lionel Dahmer made his son enlist into the military, but he was kicked out because of his alcoholism. He then moved to Florida and spent most of his time in a hospital, but was again kicked out for his drinking. Dahmer moved in with his grandmother, but the longer he lived there, the more peculiar he seemed to act. His grandmother began to find strange items in his room; She classified these items as “disturbing.” …show more content…
On January 30, 1992, the Jeffrey Dahmer trial began. Jeffrey Dahmer pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. After 17 murder charges and two weeks of trial, the court declared Dahmer sane and guilty of 15 counts of murder. He was sentenced 15 life terms (957 years) total in prison. Following the sentencing, Dahmer expressed remorse for his actions and wished for his own death. May of the same year, Dahmer entered a guilty plea for the murder of his first victim. Thoughts differ as to while Dahmer had these motives to kill men. Dahmer claims the murders began around age 14, when he was aroused by necrophilia. Others, however, study that the murders were from psychological issues based from later years during his parents breakdown and divorce. While in prison, he declared himself a “born again Christian.” Dahmer was killed in prison, after being beaten by a