Once the police left the scene, Dahmer killed the boy and proceeded with his usual rituals. Had they conducted even a basic search, police officers would have found the body of Dahmer's 12th victim, Tony Hughes.
Dahmer's killing spree ended when he was arrested on July 22, Two Milwaukee police officers were led to Dahmer when they picked up Tracy Edwards, a year-old African American man who was wandering the streets with handcuffs dangling from his wrist.
They decided to investigate the man's claims that a "weird dude" had drugged and restrained him. They arrived at Dahmer's apartment, where he calmly offered to get the keys for the handcuffs. 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. Subsequent searches revealed a head in the refrigerator, three more in the freezer and a catalog of other horrors, including preserved skulls, jars containing genitalia and an extensive gallery of macabre Polaroid photographs of his victims.
They promptly destroyed them in an effort to distance the city from the horrors of Dahmer's actions and the ensuing media circus surrounding his trial. Given that the majority of Dahmer's victims were African American, there were considerable racial tensions, so strict security precautions were taken, including an eight-foot barrier of bulletproof glass that separated him from the gallery.
The inclusion of only one African American on the jury provoked further unrest, but was ultimately contained and short-lived. Lionel Dahmer and his second wife attended the trial throughout. Dahmer initially pleaded not guilty to all charges, despite having confessed to the killings during police interrogation. He eventually changed his plea to guilty by virtue of insanity. His defense then offered the gruesome details of his behavior, as proof that only someone insane could commit such terrible acts.
The jury chose to believe the prosecution's assertion that Dahmer was fully aware that his acts were evil and chose to commit them anyway. On February 15, , they returned after approximately 10 hours' deliberation to find him guilty, but sane, on all counts.
He was sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms in prison, with a 16th term tacked on in May. Dahmer reportedly adjusted well to prison life, although he was initially kept apart from the general population.
He eventually convinced authorities to allow him to integrate more fully with other inmates. He found religion in the form of books and photos sent to him by his father, and he was granted permission by the Columbia Correctional Institution to be baptized by a local pastor.
In accordance with his inclusion in regular work details, Dahmer was assigned to work with two other convicted murderers, Scarver and Jesse Anderson.
After they had been left alone to complete their tasks, guards returned to find that Scarver had brutally beaten both men with a metal bar from the prison weight room. Dahmer was pronounced dead after approximately one hour. Anderson succumbed to his injuries days later.
Scarver alleged that he was disturbed not only by Dahmer's crimes but by a habit Dahmer had developed of fashioning severed limbs from prison food to antagonize other inmates. After being taunted by Dahmer and Anderson during their work detail, Scarver said that he confronted Dahmer about his crimes before beating the two men to death.
He also claimed that prison guards allowed the murders to happen by leaving them alone. Its owner, musician Chris Butler, stated that the property would make a great home, as long as the buyer could "get past the horror factor.
Post, instantly recognizable by the patch he wore over one eye, began the journey on On July 22, , U. The story of the year-old supply clerk, who was captured by Iraqi forces in It is widely believed that the two men were even more cruel and ruthless than their notorious father, and their death Sign up now to learn about This Day in History straight from your inbox.
In a fiery bank-robbing career that lasted just over a year, Dillinger and his associates robbed 11 banks for more than On July 22, , President Abraham Lincoln informs his chief advisors and cabinet that he will issue a proclamation to free enslaved people, but adds that he will wait until the Union Army has achieved a substantial military victory to make the announcement.
Attempting to stitch On July 22, , March of the Penguins, a French-made documentary about emperor penguins in Antarctica, opens in theaters across the U. March of the Penguins went on to win numerous awards, including an Oscar, and became one of the highest-grossing documentaries in movie Sherman from the outskirts of Atlanta when he attacks the Yankees on Bald Hill. The attack failed, and Sherman tightened his hold on Atlanta.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis had appointed Hood On July 22, , a massive parade held in San Francisco, California, to celebrate Preparedness Day, in anticipation of the United States entrance into World War I, is disrupted by the explosion of a suitcase bomb, which kills 10 bystanders and wounds 40 more. Previous article Next article.
Trending Serial Killers:. Follow us. Featured products. Your email. We'll replace it. Shoot us an email. We respond fast. Limited Edition. Only available for a limited time.
0コメント