Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Killer

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Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the first of two children born. His parents were Lionel and Joyce Dahmer. His parents didn’t have any notable mental history. He was said to have lived a normal childhood. He was never abused. When he was six years old his family moved to Doylestown, Ohio. His shyness disabled him from making friends at his new school. Later that year his brother was born. That is where thing seemed to change for Jeffrey. One of his teachers said he was feeling neglected. Most of the attention had to go to his new brother because they had to care for him more. That same year he had a hernia. He began to withdraw from social interactions after the surgery. He showed little interest in hobbies and …show more content…

He began experimenting with animals and collected road kill. Jeffery had pleasure when dissecting animals. He once kept the remains of a dissection he did for school. At the age of 13 he began drinking. He began to have a noticeable addiction to drinking. It got so bad that his classmates considered him an alcoholic. At the age of 18 his parents got a divorce. This is the year when he had a fantasy about picking up a hitchhiker and killing him. This fantasy soon became a reality for Jeffrey Dahmer. Jeffrey killed Steven Hicks (his first victim) in 1978. Once it happened the first time he felt like he had control. He was obsessed with control because he didn’t have any control as a child or young adult. After high school he enrolled in Ohio State University, but dropped out because of his drinking problem. After dropping out of college he enrolled in the army. He was hoping to become a military policeman but became a medical specialist instead. Jeffrey was discharged because of him

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