Cannibal

Childhood
0 Born on May 21st, 1960 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

0 Loving parents but constant fighting

0 Underwent a hernia surgery 0 Birth of younger brother, David did not seem to

affect him 0 Loneliness and shyness prevented him from making friends 0 Enjoyed looking for road kill to dissect

0 Heavy drinker as a teen 0 Parents divorced and ended up leaving him to

Adolescence

live alone 0 After graduating high school, he attended Ohio State University 0 Two semesters later, he dropped out and joined the Army 0 After two years, he was discharged because of his alcoholism

Murders
0 Known to have killed 17 men and boys 0 Committed his first murder in June 1978 Picked up Steven Hicks, who was hitchhiking Took him home for some drinks Killed him when he tried to leave Dismembered the body and buried him 0 His next kill wouldnt be for the next 9 years

Timeline of Murders
Steven Hicks Age: 19 June 1978 Steven Tuomi Age: 26 September 1987 James Doxtator Age: 14 October 1987 Richard Guerrero Age: 25 March 1988 Anthony Sears Age: 24 February 1999

Curtis Straughter Age: 19 February 1991

David Thomas Age: 23 September 1990

Ernest Miller Age: 22 September 1990

Ricky Beeks Age: 27 July 1990

Eddie Smith Age: 36 June 1990

Errol Lindsey Age: 19 April 1991

Tony Hughes Age: 31 May 1991 Joseph Bradeholt Age: 25 July 1991

Konerak Sinthasomphone Age: 14 May 1991

Matt Turner Age: 20 June 1991 Oliver Lacy Age: 23 July 1991

Jeremiah Weinberger Age: 23 July 1991

What is Criminal Profiling?

Criminal profiling is the analysis and classification of an offender based on personal information such as ethnicity, habits, or behavioral patterns. Details of a crime are used to narrow down the possible suspects. The Modus Operandi, method of committing the crime, is what is used to narrow down and identify the suspect. Criminal profiling can make it easier to find criminals because it can be very accurate, whether its determining the age, occupation, race, or personality of the culprit. It lets authorities focus on smaller groups of suspects.

Modus Operandi
0 method: a way of doing something 0 Dahmers modus operandi:

usually met his victims at a gay bar tempt them with free alcohol and money if they agreed to spend the night with him. drug them and then kill them usually by strangulation perform necrophilia, dismember the body, and discard the remains. preserve body parts and either keep them as trophies or consume them.

Corpus Delecti
0 facts of crime: the facts that show that a crime

has been committed, including physical evidence 0 Dahmers corpus delecti: Polaroid photos he took of the dismembered corpses human heads a human heart in the freezer preserved genitals, biceps, and skulls large barrel filled with acid and three torsos

Personality
0 Most likely had an antisocial personality disorder
0 Violate the law; drug/alcohol problems;

sociopath personality disorder- severe form 0 He knew the things he did were wrong 0 He didnt seem to care about the feelings of others 0 He felt no remorse for his actions

Arrest and Death

0 On July 22nd, 1991, Tracy Edwards spotted police

and took them back to Jeffreys apartment 0 The police found all the shocking evidence 0 Pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity 0 Sent to Columbia Correctional Institute in Portage, Wisconsin 0 On November 28th, 1994, Dahmer died after he was beaten by a fellow inmate