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Sep 27, 2019 · Jeffrey Dahmer was a serial killer cannibal responsible for the deaths of at least 17 people. In 1991, authorities raided his apartment in Wisconsin after one of his victims managed to escape. Once inside, authorities discovered one of the most gruesome crimes.
- Steven Hicks, 18
- Steven Tuomi, 28
- Jamie Doxtator, 14
- Richard Guerrero, 25
- Anthony Sears, 24
- Ricky Beeks, 33
- Eddie Smith, 28
- Ernest Miller, 24
- David Thomas, 23
- Curtis Straughter, 18
Steven Hicks' father, Richard, described his son as a deeply caring person, telling an anecdote to The Associated Press about a hunting trip, where Steven shot a rabbit and "was as proud as he could be, and then he bawled his eyes out.″ Hicks recently had graduated high school in Coventry Township, Ohio. He was hitchhiking to a rock concert in Chip...
Steven Tuomi grew up in Ontonagon in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and worked as a short-order cook in a Milwaukee restaurant. Classmates remembered him as quiet but artistic. "I was in art class with him and he made a beautiful lead stained-glass lamp that I can still remember," said classmate Priscilla Marley Chynoweth. "It was just beautiful. ...
As young as he was, Jamie Doxtator was nearly 6 feet tall. He was half Stockbridge and part Oneida, and liked to play pool and ride his bike. His mother lived in Tampa, Florida, and he was the oldest of four children. "One of my son's favorite sayings from the Bible was `Forgive them, for they know not what they do,'" Debbie Vega said. "I will neve...
Richard Guerrero hailed from a family of Mexican descent. His sister, Janie Hagen, immediately assumed he was dead when he went missing in March 1988. "If he wanted it to be like that, he would have at least called my mom and let her know everything was okay instead of leaving us in the dark like that with my mother praying to God every day that th...
Anthony Sears managed a Baker's Square in Milwaukee and was planning to celebrate his recent promotion to manager with his family over Easter dinner, but he never showed. He aspired to be a model and was saving money to leave Milwaukee. His mother, Marilyn, said he loved having his photo taken and was apt to run off with friends for days at a time,...
Ricky Beeks often went by the alias Raymond Smith, and it wasn't unusual for him to be gone long stretches. He'd been living with his half-sister, who took him in after he'd been released from prison, and had a 10-year-old daughter who lived in Rockford, Illinois. He was last seen May 29, 1990.
Eddie Smith's sister said he was called "the Sheikh" because he frequently wore a turban-like wrap around his head. He aspired to be a professional model. He was reported missing in June 1990 and his sister, Carolyn, received a call (presumably from Dahmer) in March of 1991 indicating that her brother was dead. Carolyn became a prominent figure in ...
Ernest Miller was about to start classes at an arts college in Chicago and hoped to become a professional dancer. He was last seen Sept. 2, 1990. "He was a talented dancer," said his aunt, Vivian Miller. "He was singing and performing when he was younger and used to sing at church." Ernest Miller graduated from Milwaukee High School of the Arts at ...
David Thomas was father to 2-year-old Courtia Beanland when he disappeared. His ex-girlfriend, Chandra Beanland, said Thomas was a fun-loving guy with a penchant for hustling. "I try to go on with my life, but I can't let it go," she said in 1996. "Every man I meet, I think of David. He's in my dreams." It wasn't unusual for Thomas to be gone for w...
Curtis Straughter was a high-school dropout who joined Gay Youth Milwaukee at age 15 and had a job as a nursing assistant that he lost shortly before he disappeared. Straughter was planning to get his high-school equivalency certificate and attend modeling school. He went by the nicknames Demetra and Curta. Straughter lived with his grandmother, an...
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Nov 9, 2017 · The crime scene photographs taken in apartment 213 at 924 North 25th Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin show the unbelievable horrors committed by a seemingly quiet and “charming” man. Scroll down to see what officers uncovered the night of Dahmer’s arrest. Apartment 213. Former neighbor Pamela Bass stands outside Dahmer's apartment.
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- Jeffrey Dahmer’s First Victim, June 1978: Steven Hicks. The story of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims starts with Steven Hicks, an 18-year-old hitchhiker on his way to a rock concert, who Dahmer picked up in Ohio.
- September 1987: Steven Tuomi. Though Jeffrey Dahmer didn’t kill anyone between 1978 and 1987, he continued to indulge his dark fantasies. During his short stint in the U.S. Army, he allegedly raped two of his fellow soldiers, Billy Joe Capshaw and Preston Davis, both of whom survived the terrifying incidents.
- October 1987: James Doxtator. The first two victims of Jeffrey Dahmer were close to the killer’s age. But his third victim, James Doxtator, was just 14 when he crossed Dahmer’s path.
- March 1988: Richard Guerrero. Jeffrey Dahmer met his next victim, 22-year-old Richard Guerrero, outside of a Milwaukee bar. Dahmer offered him $50 to return with him to his grandmother’s home, where Dahmer drugged and strangled him.
Jeffrey Dahmer killed seventeen young men between 1978 and 1991. Twelve were killed in his North 25th Street apartment. Three victims were murdered and dismembered at his grandmother's West Allis residence. His first and second victims were murdered at his parents' home in Ohio and at the Ambassador Hotel in Milwaukee, respectively.
Oct 11, 2022 · Law enforcement also discovered around 80 Polaroid images of Dahmer’s victims in an open drawer – posed, naked, and dismembered, Oxygen noted. The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and...
Oct 17, 2022 · Between 1978 and 1991, American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer targeted and murdered 17 men, dismembering, having sex with, and taking photos of their corpses.
