Luckily, after being held against his will for several hours, Edwards narrowly escaped death and immediately found authorities. What happened after would introduce the world to one of the country's most depraved serial killers. Upon investigation of Edwards' claims, officers were led back to Dahmer's apartment and made several disturbing discoveries.
The search turned up photos of dismembered bodies throughout his apartment, but the most appalling were the findings of severed body parts in his fridge and human remains settling in an acid-filled barrel. There was also evidence that suggested he was eating human flesh. Dahmer was arrested on the spot, and later confessed to all of his sick crimes. Dahmer had been surprisingly open about his urges to kill and engage in pedophilia. In multiple conversations, Dahmer mentioned the idea of control as a driving force behind the murders.
In the interviews, Dahmer also expressed that he knew he had a problem. Frankly, I wanted death for myself. This was a case to tell the world that I did what I did not for reasons of hate. I hated no one. I know I was sick or evil, or both. He used many different techniques, such as drilling holes into their skull and injecting hydrochloric acid or boiling water into their brains. On one occasion, a lobotomized victim left unattended even made it out onto the street to ask several bystanders for help.
When Dahmer returned, however, he successfully convinced the police that the irrational young man was simply his extremely intoxicated boyfriend. On July 22, , Dahmer lured Tracy Edwards into his home with the promise of cash in exchange for his company. While inside, Edwards was then forced into the bedroom by Dahmer with a butcher knife.
During the struggle, Edwards was able to get free and escape out into the streets where he flagged down a police car. Upon entering the bedroom, the officers found the pictures of dead bodies and dismembered limbs that allowed them to finally place Dahmer under arrest. Further investigation of the home led them to find a severed head in the refrigerator, three more severed heads throughout the apartment, multiple photographs of the victims, and more human remains in his refrigerator.
A total of seven skulls were found in his apartment as well as a human heart in the freezer. An altar was also constructed with candles and human skulls in his closet.
After being taken into custody, Dahmer confessed and began divulging the gruesome details of his crimes to the authorities. Dahmer was indicted on 15 murder charges and the trial began on January 30, Sentenced to 12 months of jail time and five years of probation for second-degree sexual assault, Dahmer was permitted work release in order to keep his job as a mixer at Ambrosia Chocolate Factory, while also being required to register as a sex offender. Paroled from jail two months early, Dahmer rented an apartment at North 25 th Street in Milwaukee.
After drugging Smith at his North 25 th St. When neighbors complained of the smell emanating from his apartment, Dahmer told them his refrigerator was broken and he was waiting to get it fixed. After killing year-old Edward Smith, Dahmer attempted to retain the body by keeping it in a freezer for several months. Ernest Miller, 22, had his throat slashed after being promised money to join Dahmer at his apartment.
A lack of sleeping pills forced Dahmer to change his method of killing. Three weeks later, Dahmer killed year-old David Thomas. Later, he said he came to realize during their encounter that he was not attracted to Thomas, but he still drugged and killed him, then disposed of his body, intentionally not keeping any parts. Dahmer picked up year-old Curtis Straughter at a bus stop, offering him money in exchange for nude photos. Dahmer continued his rituals with his tenth victim: offers of cash to a stranger, drugging and strangling his victim before taking photos, dismembering and keeping body parts for cannibalism and trophies.
Returning in the early hours of the following morning, Dahmer discovered a groggy Sinthasomphone sitting outside the apartment building with three women huddled around him. Telling the women Sinthasomphone was his friend, Dahmer attempted to lead the boy back to the apartment to the dismay of the women, who informed Dahmer they had already called the police.
Dahmer eventually convinced attending police that Sinthasomphone was his year-old boyfriend and that they had quarreled after drinking too much. Amid protests from the women, the officers escorted Dahmer and Sinthasomphone back to the apartment, where Dahmer produced the Polaroids he had taken earlier as proof of their relationship.
Categorizing the event as a domestic dispute, the three officers left Sinthasomphone with Dahmer in the apartment, which they noted had a strange odor. By coincidence, Sinthasomphone was the younger brother of the boy Dahmer had molested in —a crime for which he was convicted—though according to Dahmer, he had no idea of their connection.
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