European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes j Milwaukee Nightmare i wednesday november 30,1994 remorseful killer found god Portage wis. A Jeffrey a Hmer inmate no. 177252 at the co Lumbia correctional institution found religion behind bars but also called his existence living death and spoke of Sui cide. Dahmer 34, who was slain monday while cleaning a prison restroom was serving 16 consecutive life prison terms. He admitted to strangling and dismembering 17 boys and men and cannibalizing some of  prison records detailed by the Milwaukee journal in March revealed a life be Hind bars punctuated by boredom and childish pranks. I bite Dahmer had been known to Tell guards at the 600-inmate maximum Security prison where he died. In july a cuban inmate who was hop ing he would be deported if he did some thing spectacular behind bars tried to Cut Dahmer s Throat with a razor Blade Dur ing a Chapel service. His makeshift knife fell apart and Dahmer was t Hurt. The Rev. Roy Ratcliff who baptized Dahmer in May in a prison infirmary Whirlpool Bath said Dahmer told him he generally got along Well with other in mates. As far As Jeff was concerned there was no sense of dread or fear for his life said Ratcliff who had visited Dahmer about once a week since baptizing him " Ratcliff said Dahmer spent most of his time in his cell and did t talk much about life behind bars or what had mad him do what he did. He was As curious about that As anyone Ratcliff said. Mostly he talked about How deep guilty and remorseful he  the journal reviewed 576 pages of prison records which described Dahmer s behaviour finances and visitors among other topics. Records showed Dahmer once said of his incarceration this is a living death he once painted his face with a Blue Marker and another time tried to order cyanide pills from a prison store the paper said. He used to sit up until 4 . Watch ing to prison spokesman Joseph Scis folic said. Dahmer lost his Job As a janitor in the prison gym As punishment for impersonating a staffer on the Telephone in no vember 1993. He was put in disciplinary segregation until Early january the Jour Nal said. Dahmer led a life drenched in blood amputation death by Sharon theimer the associated press Milwaukee friends were hard to come by for the solitary Jeffrey Dahmer. So when he invited attractive Young men he met at shopping malls and Gay bars Home for drinks he wanted them to stay. Forever. Even if he could keep Only parts of them. When police finally burst into Dahmer s apartment july 22, 1991, they found torsos soaking in acid Sev ered Heads in the refrigerator and Freezer skulls in boxes i hand and a genital Organ in an 80-quart Kettle pot and photos of victims in various stages of dismemberment two human hearts and a biceps muscle that Dahmer said he planned to eat were in the Freezer. A sickening stench permeated the whole  should have stayed with god Dahmer told a judge at his sentencing in february 1992. I tried and i failed and created a  the gruesome details of Dahmer s life buried by the passage of time came Rush ing to the surface monday when dahme was attacked and killed while cleaning a prison bathroom in Portage wis. Those gruesome details cover a secret murderous life that Dahmer led for 13 years during which he claimed 17 victims. The nation was stunned by the depravity of the murders the dismemberment the cannibalism. In Dahmer s neighbourhood the Shock of the murders was tempered with rage. He killed his four final victims Only after a close Call with police in May 1991, when two officers returned to his custody a 14 year old laotian boy found staggering naked in the Street. Dahmer told police that the boy was his homosexual Lover who had drunkenly wandered out of his apart ment. After his arrest two months later he admitted killing 14-year-old Koserak Sintha Somphone moments after police left. Officers had dismissed witness s con Cerns that the qty was really in trouble and had joked about the incident Over their radios. In the poor largely minority neighbourhood the actions confirmed suspicions that police were indifferent to the disappearances of Young Gays and Minori ties. Neighbors at the lib income apart Milwaukee workers were forced to Wear chemical suits when they began to clean out the body filled apartment of Jeffrey Dahmer in 1991. Ment building just Northwest of downtown had Long suspected something was seriously amiss in apartment 213. For months they had heard sawing scuffling and screaming coming from the apart ment for a year they had complained among themselves about the smell. Noone called police they said because peo ple in the neighbourhood believe it is Betto mind their own business. But Glenda Cleveland did Call police after her daughter and Niece told her of the naked boy. She repeatedly asked an officer if he was certain Sintha Somphone was an adult. As positive As i can be the officer said. Police recordings also reveal that on officer laughed As he reported finishing his investigation. Intoxicated asian naked male the officer said. Was returned to his sober  my partner is going to get Del used atthe station he said with More laughter. Dahmer was arrested two months Lite when a handcuffed Man managed to escape from the apartment and Flag Dow police. The officers who handled the sin tha Somphone investigation were fired Button reinstatement after a two year court Battle. Although Dahmer often targeted Gay Sand minorities he said race and sexual orientation had nothing to do with his preference for victims. My Only objective was to find the Best looking Guy that i could. I went to Bath houses. I went to bars shopping malls he said in a Jailhouse interview broadcast Las March on dateline Abc. Their sual preference did t Matte to me. Their race did t matter to me. The first two Young men were White. The third Young Man was american Indian. The fourth and fifth were hispanic. So no race had nothing to do with it. It was just their  he did t lure them Home specifically to kill them he said. The killing was t the objective. I jus wanted to have the person under my Complete control to do with As wanted Dahmer said. Eating parts of his victims made me feel like Mey were a permanent part of me he said. And it gave me a sexual satisfaction to do  Dahmer pleaded guilty but insane. A jury found him sane on All counts. He said he had hoped to learn Why he had been so bad and  i did t Ever want Freedom. Frankly wanted death for myself Dahmer said. Jeffrey Dah Roer Apt experts had fascinating Case to study by Jamie Talan new Day most people will remember Jeffre Dahmer As a monster. But to experts who study serial killers Dahmer stands As a reminder of How Little is known about the human psyche one awry. Miked the Man said or. Park Dietz a forensic psychiatrist in Newport Beach,calif., who spent dozens of hours talking and listening to Dahmer s gruesome  was struck by Dahmer s willingness to figure out Why he did what he did. He was interested in understanding him self Dietz said. We d sit watching his favorite movies stopping Frame by Frame to talk about what got him  even Dahmer s apology to the relatives of his victims suggested to some experts that he Felt guilt and Sharae which Are not the usual personality features of a sociopathic killer. Not All serial killers Are sociopaths said James Alan Fox Dean of the College of criminal Justice at northeastern University in Boston. He and Jack Levin co authored overkill a Book about mass murder an serial killing. Fox said he believes that Dahmer washable to overcome his guilt by dehumanizing his male victims viewing them As sexual objects. Dahmer s behaviour he drugged his victims and drank himself into a stupor be fore he killed and cannibalized them suggests also that he did t want to torture his victims. Serial killers such As Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy said they wanted their victims to suffer. This was an extremely needy Man whenever made any attachments Fox said. He did t want people to leave him an this was the Only Way he knew to keep  Dietz agreed saying Dahmer was i search of the Ideal sexual partner who would be compliant not demanding or Crit ical and faithful. He tried everything. The one thing he neglected was trying to make a Friend Dietz said Dietz and or. Fred Berlin founder of the sexual disorders unit at Johns Hopkins medical institutions in Baltimore said Dahmer suffered from a rare condition known As necrophilia he got sexual pleasure from dead people. Dahmer a former army medic once stationed in Baum older Germany said he killed his first victim at 18. During the Fol lowing eight years Darner said he tried to distract himself from his urge to kill. He stole a male mannequin to fondle. He read obituaries in the paper and went to the Graves of Young men to exhume their Bod ies. But the ground was too cold to dig and sounds of howling dogs spooked him retold doctors