Dahmer lured Straughter to his apartment, where he drugged, handcuffed and strangled him before dismembering his body in the bathtub. The first victim upon whom Dahmer practiced what he later described to investigators as his "drilling technique", a procedure in which he drilled holes into the victim's skull, through which he injected hydrochloric acid into the brain.

In 2012, an independent documentary, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, premiered at the South by Southwest festival. Organizers stated the purpose of the vigil was to enable Milwaukeeans to "share their feelings of pain and anger over what happened". Using his long experience and psychological expertise, Berry-Dee seeks to understand the motivation, the amoral urges and the merciless horror behind Dahmer's inhuman behaviour: what could make a man do this?After the conviction, Dahmer’s father Lionel published a book in which he spoke about the sickening crimes his son committed from his point of view.

According to Dahmer, Tuomi's murder was a pivotal incident after which he did not try to control his compulsions. Other sources, however, suggest that Dahmer was generally doted upon as an infant and toddler by both parents, although his mother was known to be tense, greedy for both attention and pity, and argumentative with her husband and their neighbors. A total of fourteen of Dahmer's victims were from various ethnic minority backgrounds, with nine victims being black. Dahmer's sole term at OSU was completely unproductive, largely because of his persistent alcohol abuse. His preserved skull and genitals were found in a filing cabinet at 924 North 25th Street following Dahmer's arrest in 1991.This display of skulls was to be adorned at each side with the complete skeletons of Miller and Lacy. The severed head was initially placed in the refrigerator before being stripped of flesh, then painted and coated with enamel. When police arrived, Dahmer persuaded them he and Sinthasomphone were lovers and that Sinthasomphone was simply intoxicated. On July 13, 1979, Dahmer was deployed to Baumholder, West Germany, where he served as a combat medic in the 2nd Battalion, 68th Armored Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. In one instance in 1975, Dahmer decapitated the carcass of a dog before nailing the body to a tree and impaling the skull upon a stick in the woodland behind his house.

via Netflix Did Lionel Dahmer donate the profits from his book to the families of his son’s victims?He received failing grades in Introduction to Anthropology, Classical Civilizations, and Administrative Science. According to one friend, Dahmer explained to him that he was curious as to how animals "fit together". Shortly after the arrival of the Milwaukee police officers, three members of the Milwaukee Fire Department arrived at the scene. Bradehoft was a father of three children from Minnesota who was looking for work in Milwaukee at the time of his murder. Dahmer wrapped Miller's heart, liver, biceps, and portions of flesh from the legs in plastic bags and placed them in the freezer for later consumption.

The reviews were good but I understand why, I think a lot of people thought that I was trying to profit from the victims. On this occasion, Dahmer accidentally consumed the drink laden with sedatives intended for his guest. Although Dahmer replied in a manner that led his grandmother to believe he was alone, she observed that he was not alone. Dahmer remained unemployed for over two years, during which he lived upon whatever money his grandmother gave him. Titled Jeffrey Dahmer: The Monster Within, this 50-minute episode was first broadcast in June 1996 and contains interviews with Detective Patrick Kennedy and Prosecutor Michael McCann.He described Dahmer as a calculating and cunning individual, able to differentiate between right and wrong, with the ability to control his actions, and whose lust overpowered his morals.