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O'Connor, William (July 28, 1991). "And So We Ask: Who - and Why - is This Man?". Akron Beacon Journal . Retrieved November 14, 2022.Edwards claimed that the knife Dahmer had threatened him with was in the bedroom. When the officer went in to corroborate the story, he noticed Polaroid photographs of dismembered bodies lying around. Dahmer was subdued by the officers, after which he muttered the words, “For what I did, I should be dead,” according to Masters. Communications and Marketing Office (2013-01-28). "YALSA announces 2013 Alex Awards". News and Press Center . Retrieved 2022-08-05.

On July 15, Dahmer encountered 24-year-old [206] Oliver Lacy at the corner of 27th and Kilbourn. [207] Lacy agreed to Dahmer's ruse of posing nude for photographs and accompanied him to his apartment, where the pair engaged in tentative sexual activity before Dahmer drugged Lacy. On this occasion, Dahmer intended to prolong the time he spent with Lacy while alive. After unsuccessfully attempting to render Lacy unconscious with chloroform, [208] he phoned his workplace to request a day's absence; this was granted, although the next day, he was suspended. [206] Martens, Willem (August 2011). "Sadism Linked to Loneliness: Psychodynamic dimensions of the Sadistic Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer". Psychoanalytic Review. New York City: Guilford Press. 98 (4): 493–514. doi: 10.1521/prev.2011.98.4.493. PMID 21864144. Dahmer Chronicles: A Prom, A Seance, and A Victim". The Akron Beacon Journal. August 11, 1991. Archived from the original on February 19, 2022 . Retrieved February 19, 2022. The Man Who Could Not Kill Enough ~ The Secret Murders of Milwaukee's Jeffrey Dahmer by Anne E. SchwartzDahmer was then sentenced to life imprisonment plus ten years upon the first two counts. [287] The remaining thirteen counts carried a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment plus seventy years. The death penalty was not an option for Judge Gram to consider at the penalty phase, as Wisconsin had abolished capital punishment in 1853. [288] Referencing his reasons for consuming his victims, Dahmer stated he had initially consumed portions of his victims due to "curiosity" before adding: "I suppose, in an odd way, it made me feel they were even more a permanent part of me." [245] Murray, Noel (2012-12-31). "The best graphic novels and art comics of 2012". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 2022-08-05. Jeffrey Dahmer: Mind of a Monster was commissioned by the Investigation Discovery channel. This documentary was first broadcast in May 2020 and includes interviews with Dahmer's father, former neighbors and eyewitnesses in addition to investigators and forensic psychiatrists. [372] On this occasion, Dahmer had only two sleeping pills to give his victim. Therefore, he killed Miller by slashing his carotid artery with the same knife he used to dissect his victims' bodies. Miller bled to death within minutes. [159] Dahmer then posed the nude body for various suggestive Polaroid photographs before placing it in his bathtub for dismemberment. Dahmer repeatedly kissed and talked to the severed head while he dismembered the remainder of the body. [159]

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In the early morning hours of May 27, Dahmer returned toward his apartment to discover Sinthasomphone sitting naked on the corner of 25th and State, talking in Lao, with three distressed young women standing near him. [182] [183] Dahmer approached the women and told them that Sinthasomphone (whom he referred to by the alias John Hmong) [184] [185] was his friend, and attempted to lead him to his apartment by the arm. The three women dissuaded Dahmer, explaining they had phoned 9-1-1. [186] a b "Distress Signals from a Disturbed Life: Abundant Clues, but No Simple Answers". The Galveston Daily News. August 12, 1991. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021 . Retrieved January 23, 2023.