Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts Subject: Jeffrey Dahmer File Number:_7-MW-26057 Sub A-1 Federal Bureau of Investigationsoashen. 5090 © (Mount Ciping in Space Below) ‘and TIM CUPRISIN’ of The Joural sta, | By ANNE E. SCHWARTZ In a neighborhood inured to the sound of gunfire, residents. were ~- incredulous as they’githered early “Tuesday to watch a hazardous ma- | Hotials team dresed in yellow rub- ‘ber suits: remove’ boxes, some “marked “skull parts” from an apartment on N. 25th St. 2p, “You hear gunshots all the time 4 found here," said Henry Bamet, 26, a resident of The Oxford Apart. “ments, 924,N. 25th St, where po- «lice arrested Jeffrey L. Bahmer, 31, ‘in the deaths of as many as 2 dozen aE “Man, 1 reed about that-guy in Racine, and you just don't ever ! “x think you're even going to, come «close to something lke that.” Bar- “nett said as he waiched thejomi cine Count Dressler, who is charged in the 2 “lt frightens me to the point that "Ym moving. The one guy who was killed here about four months ago, vel, that was really sad, but he was ‘into’ some bad stuff..This kind of “thing, it's just too much to stay PA the etn of shocking or a At the scene of a ora {spectacular fire, a ruckus typically ‘ensues, with loud music playing -and people yelling and jumping in “front of television cameras. But not at this scene, “I came downstairs because 1 saw all the police cars, and you know, you want to know what's 1appening,” said Debbie Guernsey, 19, juho aso lives in the building. **Nof that I know, I'm kind of sorryT'mdown here” boxes being ly ‘loaded into the Milwaukee Colnty = ‘2 medical examiner's car, + | 2 Bamett was alluding t6 the Ra- | trial of Joachim E. { ‘death’. and dismemberment’ of) | Discovery shocks neighbors used to crime “[enowo Stavs caurous * ‘An uncomfortable silence en- ‘sued as about 20 people watched the men in rubber suits, breathing ‘from air tanks, bring out box after ‘box from the building, leading to quiet speculat on i the eo asto _sivhat was inside. The crowd stayed almost five hours.jubt-to see the boxes being hauled out." «When the men came out ofthe building with the refrigerator from ‘the'apartment:on a cart, the crowd Jet out a gasp. People backed away when boxes, reeking of their con tents, were cared past, Where there is Usually «cluster of onlookers craning their necks for a better view of crime: scene, ‘these people gave the police ample ‘pom fomove 4. The crowd jumped back when -Sne officer tock his Nastight and ‘began looking for evidence in the {fash containers in the back yard. 2 Gene Mitchell, who manages the building next door, sid he had smelled the stench in’the area at ‘times, even next door, 2. *T thought it was sewage,” he ‘said. “You'd just_ open the door and you'd smell it” - ‘The current apartment manag- -ér, an immigrant from Africa who “declined to give his name, sai: ‘hos “Twas with One of tie residents yesterday, and I told her that if the ‘smell doesa't stop, 'm going to call the police 1 investigate." He said the smell was just as bad last summer. He went into the suspects apartment to complain, the manager said, but “he says he dloesa't smelt “To, be honést, when he said he couldn't smell anything, T thought his sense gland was malfunction- ing. But other than that, nothing unusual” He said the woman who lived in the apartment directly above that of the suspect became Soil because of the smell that he moved her on Monday to a different apartment in the building, (rscate page, name of newspaper, cly end stale) PAGE — A 7 ‘THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL MILWASKEE, WISCONSIN JOste:_ SULY 23, 1991 ester: LATEST ‘Tie: JEFFREY L. DABMER charactor: KID custcafon: —7-49%-26057 — Submiting Offee: wir TyAUKEE, RECOLLECTIONS OF GEIN CASE Talk among the onlookers fo- cused on Dressler. They also talked about the case of Ed Gein, who kept parts of his victims in his home as furniture ina 1957 mur- der case. ie ‘Yrana Thomas, who lives on the third floor and who has been in the building for three years, said she hhad complained about the smell “Hie always had an excuse,” she said. “Whenever the manager ‘would get on him, the smell would die down, 1 asked the manager-a year ago, ‘Do you have another Ed Gein here? “This. ippened last. Summer , got hot.. Everybody was leaning. and searching around {0 See where it was coming from," Pamela Bass, who lives directly across the hall from the suspect's apartment, said that a week ago they heard the sounds of saw- ing coming from the suspect's apartment “My hy band said, ‘What's he building over there ™ She said she knocked on the suspect's door, but he didn’t answer. At one point, she | Are‘aid, she slipped a note under his door complaining of the smell. His list of excuses for the smell ranged from his garbage to his fish tank, she said, Lonnie Craig, 31, who lives at 910 N. 25th St, next door to the apartments, said he saw Dahmer, ‘the suspect, sitting on a grassy bank in front of the apartment most every aflemoon with other men, “T used to see them sitting out there when I'd leave for work around 2,” said Craig, who moved here from Mississippi Journal reporter Marilynn Marchione ‘cantribued to his stony, Journal Photo by Ned VespaFD-360 (Rev. 5-881) &> = (cate page, name of newspaper. city and state.) PAGE - 1 | THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL Suspect’srelativeshad = = worried about him TWe: JEFFREY DAHMER, | | 440 6 pin’ oki the Charcter: xID 8 YAMEL MENOSZA and MARK WARD ca Police that Dahmer rete ‘Classitication: ‘7-MN-26057 ~ | tttedamaa Hi ih cofiee that was doped with @ | Sipminne Ofte: enmcnen Relatives of Jeffrey Dahmer indicated “U8 AN¢ fondled him, in an interview.and in a lettin. court records that they had been wortied about his mental state in recent Dahmers grandmother, Catherine Dah- Re a elived with he ther home in est Allis until several years ago, when he moved 10 be closer to his job asa iaborer a Ambrosia Chocolate Co. =! “He's not well” said the 87-yearold retired teacher, who' did not know about her grandson’ aries: *The last two times 1 sav him he was terbly thin.” “A Journal reporter cose not to inform Mrs. Dahmer of the cireumstances of her grandson's arrest because of her age and because she had not been informed: by authorities. During the interview, she Te. ceived a phone call from another reporter. Mrs. Dahmer said she last spoke to het grandson last week, witen he told her he | had lost his job at Ambrosia. She said he ‘came over regularly to mow her lawn oF to visit her. “Hie has an awful lot of love for me,” she indexing: : said, “He never let without giving me a big ug, ae eS He always wanted to do things fot mie! He's a boy who likes things like: He loves flowers, roses. He doesnt hesitate £0 show his hove for me.” ‘ : ‘Datimer is currently on probation from 2°1989 conviction for second-debree sexual’ assault and enticement of a child for im- ‘oral purposes, court recoids show. He, ‘vas changed with enticing a” 13-year-old boy into his apartment and offering hit "He does know his Bible,” aid “Hes inteligent a‘departinent. He left “no further comment re: ‘his - ‘An unnamed ‘brosia said Dahmer was fiF0-350 (Rev. 5-8.81) > (Mount Cipping in Space Below) Jindcate page, name ot |newsoeber, cy ard state) PAGE ~ 1 ‘THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN 5 bodies, parts ‘Authorities have identified one body, which iis among five bodies and parts of six others that were found in an apartment on N. 25th St, and police said Wednesday they would seek a homicide charge against the 31-year-old suspect in the state's ‘worst mass murder. Police Chief Philip Arreola would not release thé ndine of the person whose body was identified, pelding notification of relatives. Arreola confirmed that the one victim who was identified was not from Wisconsin, But when asked to. confirm... whether the victim was from the Chicago: area. Arreola declined to comment. 3 Dist Atty. E. Michael McCann said at a news conference, that he uihatd fling homicide harges against the suspect, er, on ‘Thursday afternoon. He’ added that evidence ‘would be taken later Wednesday toa judge so that police could continue to hold Dahmer beyond the 48 hours that a suspect can be held ‘by police without being charged. The disclosure by authorities Wednesday indi- cated that 11 people may have been slain. Among, the body parts found in his apartment at 924 Nr 25th St. were 11 intact skulls, some of which were attached to bodies, authorities said. BIZARRE TALE GROWS | parts of 6 others — | found; 1 body identified * deat ‘amount of evidence’ and jn loote: JULY 24, 1991 lEation: Laresr ‘Tie: JEFFREY L. DAEMER character: KID lciassicafon: 726057 [Suomiting Once: MELMALICEE Arreola declined to comment on réports that ‘cannibalism was involved, “Reporters or the media have been overspeculating about this case,” he said. Amreola said most ofthe victims appeared to be men. He said he wished to stress this point because $0 many families with missing people, including females, had called police. vs ‘The chief said a fourspart investigatic erviewing the suspect and researchi ‘tion that ‘the’ sispect. provided: det ideatification of the victims and dontacting family members avenorying and collating the massive sind inter- viewing witnesses and gathering background, Arreola also said police were investigating other ( gies besides the apartment building where Dahmer ved, boy é [The Jouriial usually withholds the identity of ‘criminal suspects until they have been charged But because of the widespread interest in this case, and’, because Dabrtier’s name has been published and broadcast nationiide, there is little chance that the * suspect would be protected if The Journal did not name him : BrPompages Jeurea reporters Arne Bothwel_ Boxes of body parts and ne onde a SRL ahs dai apartment, including a refrigerator, were rePOls ans and a large vat, Wednesday as “strange” — a mai, day, Pog asm the scene Tues: who kept 1o himself and spoke oat day. Police sid they also recovered when spoken tenet then he wag ey ered omography and pictures of mu Sr lated Bodies, One of the workers, Rudy Bay} isuhorities had said one of the ron, 30, said Dahmer at Eady Wass Temigved from the apartment from Ambrosia last meek after be! of eiatave Khnuined some form ing late 10 work and geting Gath ey eae Medial Eraminer Je secpingon thejob aga, i" Jentzen said later that no, Dahmer Iaborer at the wink Spe aa factory, and’ one of his’ pares HR! substance, but “Tam not at fen would argue with sie seg’ (0 8 WHHL it,” Jentzen pot doing his share of hee “hoo ttn eS er asleep more than once in fecovered from the apartment theses oa ea Ta Pactags of commercial acid Saher would shit own aa Ines used t0 clean junch to work said co-worker Rob- Teper fen wang fem wee upon the gruesome discoveries late brought in a can of his own coffee sopra Sy ran jo Bande And ay epee cis RESCEID Seeee dhe ankle eae man who wanted to kill him. The | According 10 Brown, Dahmer ‘man led police to Dahmer's apart- kept a os pats ment, spread "Arreola praised oer, honey. He said he had kidded Dutt Rober Rauthand ReifMschors| er sbout the knife from time to conte -Ifnot time but contidered Dahmer tos fair uonty tnd Ronn! inp and Mee aT . been made, Arreola said, Sometimes Dahmer would talk Neighbors described Dahmer, about going to Chicago bars on who has lived in the apartment for weekends, once saying he penn fo yeas as quict and ineesied more than $100 in cab fare fo et Beanpeien ther, Bayron and Brown sald. The apartment itself was, at first Dahmer didn’t drive and usually Banos ordinay But a ser ook 10K te bus. Brom std Dane, Heide a few unusual features, in- even lugged home a big discarded Gluding a security camera in the bare fom Ambrosia ote morniog living room and locks on the bed- after work, room door. After discussing the case against j\cibtbors also ssid foul odors Dahmer throughout the thane Bog Stange noises emanated from —from'| pam. Tussday tos) i APariment, almost since Wednesday, Brown and Basrn hhe moved in two years ago. gid they fila hard ime lieving what hear Desoripen as Staanor se, i about discoveries at Dahmer’s ‘Two men who had worked with apartment, Gabmer at Ambrosia Chocolate“ *He wasn't soary at all” Brown Co. described the former worker said’F060 (Rev. 5861) @ 8 tnceate page, name of Inewspaper. city and state) PAGE — 1 ‘THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL [Mount Gipsing in Space Below) ‘MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN Probation 22" leation: LATEST Allan Kaspreak, regional chief § 7 ‘ i probation officer for the state, said Tite: JEFFREY L. DAEMER Visits were Saber eae VAs, ‘ ‘vised on probation by his office's : sh to dro ed ; He sid is of required pro- lohaecte: KID bation workers in the unit to meet han pp: ‘twice a month with their clients |Classifcation, 7-MW-26057 © ws and make fegalar home visits. | Submitting Office: MTLWAUKEE, “dik tee However: Bae tome visits Worker didn’t check’. otter, Banna Chester asked 10 lmaoo al from cing home on Dahmer because Bf Demers of heavy caseload: lange caseload she was required to eee mies Her aperae oe © Synana var ae ea ee rng : : ttalormtcat ik gett Rah i. te : ‘bad that many residents of the +, The ‘terms. of Jeffrey L. Dah- vnplai . ‘ner’s probation on a sexual assault PAFtment complex complained, a conviction from 1989 called forhis ORME manager of the apartment I Probation worker to visit his home 4 regularly, but thote visits were nev- Kasprzak said, “I guess t would ermade because off tre Cerkecs agree" that ifthe probation worker Sat hhad made the home visits, Dah- “Authorities on Tuesday re. Met's apparent bizarre behavior moved body parts from adozen or __-PrObably would have been discov- tore people fom Dahmer’ apart. ered sooner. ‘ment at 924 N. 25th St. Police were “This really argues for smaller calling the parts evidence of per- caseloads," Kaspreak said, haps. the most gruesome slaying Hee noted that Dahmer had met ‘casein the state's history. all the other requirements for pro- Dahmer was placed on five bation, years of probation in March 1989 He said Chester was aware that afier pleading guilty to second- . Dahmer had been discharged from egret sexual assault and entice- his job as a laborer at Ambrosia ‘ment of a child for immoral. pur Chigcolate Co, last week. os Brosetors charged that on declined to discus, details from 1988, Dahmer ‘a —__Dahmer’s probation file, though I3year-old ‘boy $50 to. pose for. said Dahmer's behavior “seemed ra to escalate from low-level misde- ‘meanor contacts in the early 1980s to this today.” Also, according to information ‘ i provided by the state Crime In- fist ie dita ntend:to drug Formation Bureau: ie oby and that some sects iH On Aug. 8, 1982, State Fair medications he was taking must Park police arrested Dahmer for the fine was not available. im On Sept § 1986, Milwaukee ice arrested Dahmer on a charge Frew and lascivious behavior ‘On March 10, 1987, the charge was reduced to disorderly conduct. He was found guilty and sentenced to ‘one year of probation,+ Foas¥ (rev. 5.8.81) (Mount Chipping as unusual By MANUEL MENDOZA and MARILYNN MARCHIONE ot The Jour stat Jeffrey L._ Dahmer was an un- usual boy who. craved attention, ._ but he was never considered dan- gous, assoring 10 some of his ‘high-school tes in mer classmate who’ Jem,” said was close to Dahmer. “I never saw ' him do"anything harmfu (6 any in Wednesday's ron, Beacon-Journal. He said Dah- met'31, who was” arrested early ‘Tuesday after numerous body parts orien eer in-hisMilvaukee apartment, was. an ciallen tennis player whose ate HASAN SNe roa Bai Dahmer-has-served time in the: “House of Correction in Franklin. for molesting @ 13-year-old boy. Int a letter to Circuit Judge William D, -, Gardner, Dahmer's father, Lionél, Sought treatment, for, is '‘son°for gralogholiam, jess ious. yt graduated -in ‘i9: assmates recall Dahmer* = & 1 n Space Below) Rogerson said Dahmer exhibit- ‘ed some strange behavior. "He was a little bit differen s8id Rogerson, now a chemical sneer in Akron. “He would do things to get people's attention, kind ofa class clown, “When they took club pictures ‘our senior year, he showed up for all of them even though he wasn't in any of them. In the yearbook, you can actually 'sée where they blacked out his face in some pic- ures.” Rogerson said Dabmer could be toaxed into actions by others. Dah- ‘mer once ran through a shopping ‘mall acting as though he were men- tally retarded, he said. Rogerson said Dahmer did not attend the five-year or 10-year te- unions of his graduating class. From Medina to Milwaukee suspect spent || formative years in __ “He was a class clown, but not in a wholesome sense,” former classmate Dave Borsvold told the Beacon-Joumnal. “He was only amused by the bizare.” ‘Another former classmate, Mark Woodling, told the Beacon Journal: “He was a real character ‘and would do things that were fun- ny, but never expected he would ‘be’ this far out, We always won dered what had become of him." ‘Law enforcement officals said that Dahmer had been arrested once in Ohio. on a minor charke. o Indicate page, name of newspaper, oly and stato) PAGE — 1 ‘THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN JULY 24, 1991 ‘Tie: JEFFREY L. DAHMER Character: KID Ciassiicaton: [Suomiting Office: MITMAUKEE: indexing: The ertonJournal reported that the arrest occurred Oct. 7, 1981, at a Bath Township hotel, Dahmer was charged with disor- derly conduct, having an open con- tainer of alcohol and resisting ar- rest after Bath police asked him to Teave the hotel. ‘AQueT-TyPe Penson “Jeff was never a discipline problem — a quiet, but not neces- sarily introverted, guy,” said his high school guidance counselor, George Kungle. “He never let any. one get to know him well. I would ‘ty and talk to him, like you would any kid, hoping to get some in- sights. He just never said a whole Tot about himself” ‘Kungle said he hed several oon- ferences with Dahmer's father, who 7-me-26057 \ Sy‘was concemed about his son's aca- demic progress. “He was @ con. cemed parent.” Kungle said. For part ofthe time that he was in Ohio, Dahmer lived on Granger Road, which runs through both Medina and Surfimit Counties and is lined with a mix of farms, afMu- cent subdivisions and. rambling, country-style homes. Dahmer’s fa: ther sill ives on Granger Road in Medina. ‘That area of Medina County also has some large horse farms, | including a widely known Arabian | horse farm, The Summit County section of Granger Road ends'in an area known as Ghent, a small, affluent | community with’a small commer. | cial area that features a mix of | boutique and antique shops, pro- fessional offices and studi 2 STR Rear BsFD.950 (Rev. 5-8-81) © « _(Mount Clipping in Space Below) anyone do that? Discovery of mutilation prompts questions on aberrant behayior By GARY RUMMLER ‘and MARK WARD (The Jounal tat How could anyone do that? ‘The question was raised when Lizzie Borden was accused of ax- whacking her father, then turning ‘onher mother. twas asked when an unknown ‘man dubbed Jack ripped apart Vie- ‘orian prostitutes. ‘The discovery of pans of bodies on the Wisconsin farm of Ed Gein ted it in 195 Prtiwas asked when Joachim Dressler went on trial in Racine in the slaying of James Madden, who hhad been. shot and his body dis membered. ‘And itis the question people are asking today after learning that paris of numer. ‘us bodies were found in the apartment of Milwaukeean Jeffrey L. Dah- mer, “Those who get paid for an- swering that question, the doctors and ther- apists who deal every day with eople | whose Boson thea apart fom mos of Society, are careful when asked the question. “The few people I've seea who ‘et into mutilation like that, and Who have the books and the video tapes and that sort of stuff are able to compartmentalize that for a while,” said Ken Smait, a psychoto- gist and acting clinical director of the forensics unit of the Milwaukee ‘County Mental Health Complex in Wauwatosa, “The people who do this sort of stuff are not typically likely to pick up diagnoses from professionals of ‘major mental ilinesses,” he said. “Those diagnoses ‘tend to de- scribe people who are coming apart psychologically. This looks like very focused behavior arising out of alot of emotional i” ‘He said people who did that sort (of thing typically thought about it, tead about it, then, when an oppor. ‘tunity arose, acted. SEES APATTERN James A. Fox, dean of criminal itistice at Northeastem University in Boston and coauthor of the ‘book “Mass Murder: America’s Growing Menace,” said the Mil- ‘waukee case fit the pattern for “dis- ‘organized serial killers,” ‘Generally, Fox said, seria killers tend to be either meticulous, care- fully organized killers who cover their tracks and choose their vic- tims carefully, or disorganized kill ers who act impulsively but gener- ally keep their activities hidden from neighbors and relatives. The disorganized killer; Fox said, “is usually someone who is @ recluse, a loner.” “He tends to be a white male in ‘his 30s for whom things haven't gone very well,” Fox said. “He tends to be not particularly success- ful in his career, doing blue-collar © (tedcate page, name of newspaper, cy and state) PAGE - A 8 THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN ibete: JULY 24, 1991 ‘Tie: JEFFREY L. DAHMER character: KID Ccosstcaton: — 7-m-26057 ~ ( Submiting Office: MILWAUKEE ngexing Pounce on victims whenever the ‘thought occurs to him.” Because disorganized killers are generally not very careful, Fox said, they tend to be caught more easily. John V. Liccione, the chief psy- chologist at the Milwaukee County oe pat Caml, ‘has been: arot enough to have. testi- fied in the Ed Gein case.’ ~ = “Many of these eon le fee = lly disor. The people who do , dered he sai, this sort of stuff are |; 20% leas not typically likely to. Tey il sew pick up diagnoses heath Y awards, from professionals of sone woula Zr major mental ni illnesses.” successful not Won Gast nahohci @illty by mental Ken Smail, psychologist Sefat verdict “They may be odd, but they would not meet the test of non-responsibility, which is inherent in successful pleas of not guilty for mental reasons.” Wee®&) As for cutting up bodies, he said there were many reasons, the chief ‘being to try to hide what has been done. This, he sad, is nothing new. ‘Smail agreed that “obviously, the interest isn't created spontane- ously. It has been there, perhaps ‘nurtured by print or videotape.” Less Symparny Smail said he was talking about stimulation from “sexual violent “I think the research does show that people, particularly men, who ‘watch that Sort of stuff become less inhibited or less sympathetic to- ward a potential victim.” However, Chris Dunning. pro- fessor of governmental affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Mil= ‘waukee, said that type of material was less damaging than the wide- spread. dissemination. of news about such crimes by the media, Dunning, who has her degree in criminal justice and is a consultant for law enforcement agencies on the trauma of crime, said “infor ‘mation about violent acts is much more available, so there can be ‘more modeling, When someone hands it to them on a platter, de- scribing how to do it, it is much ‘more likely that there will be follow-through, that they will do the act “'m talking about reading it in the newspaper. The techniques are there, the acts are there. People who normally would never pursue the underground literature ean pick, ‘up a newspaper any day this week* fand read about how to go about dissecting a bod.”F5350 Rev. $8.61) & ®& (etcate page, name of newspaper, cy and state) PAGE - A 8 THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL {Mount Clipping in Space Below) MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN Media, people lured by= : the lurid 2se2!2.2 | past — from Ed Gein of Plainfield, eae nee Neighborhood mobbed Gat, 'inked tothe dab Character: KID \Chssiicaton: — 7-M-26057 5 as residents swap young men and boys in suburban [pantie Once: MILWAUKEE theories with onlookers “He wasn't as effective as Ga- ndoxng ~ ~ cy,” opined one sidewalk criminol- ‘By TIM CUPRISIN: ‘ogist standing in the afternoon sun, fhe Journal tat “but he was getting there." “That ‘Helter Skelter’ thing was From Australia to Akron, Ohio, a ‘the eyes of the world tumed Tues: “Hething compared t0"¢his.” said : day toward a three-story concrete one neighborhood woman as ‘she lock apartment building in Mil Walked away from the scene. "That waukee, while a herd of onlookers [Charles]. Manson was nobody | swelled and strained at police lines. ontpared to this guy.” By Wednesday morning, the ‘The scene had been fa diferent a | mob seene ouside the Oxford Ple- carly Tuesday, before news Of the The number of people, who 22 Apartments had ebbed, and the 3 in Apt. 213 filter claimed to have : FOIE ne nes down, Bu at.iS comma MeSH ng ew sel Ag ‘height, a chattering and changing ‘A handful of neighbors stood the day. Neighbors who were n0- crowd off more than 100 people around ilking shouthe antolars,—whereio berscen cary Tuestay Strlled up and down the alley that Case "The halfay leadiag ee anew giving long interviews Int in Hay he Heneth of the building at rer's apartment was glacded bry the aflemoon and described | S24 N. 25th St to catch a glimpse Single ‘uniformed plies cies, merasa troubled man, — of something, anything. ‘The door was open, though haved, One woman, neighbor of abe uel bys steady aecas @—#BGM nude, wearing surgiesi met. had ge nen of ner be replaoed by a steady sream of Bovey as they sified Meosreica ews by enly Tuesday fem ewoomers, dence, did not allow photographs, But reporters: kept pushing for ‘with the gawkers came a “Things changed about 10 en. snore deals on what was routinly Mtadtcon, rome Chic” FO™ when Police Chief Philp Arcola fered a5 “he stench of death.” Madison. from Chicago, from Ing" Medical taaminee ito, “What did it smell ike?” a Chi- CNN, which led off some of its Jentzen were holding a televised ‘cago reporter asked her, Ihourly news updates with footage conference. Police strung “stunk” : ‘fom what one Milwaukee station fw ane peasy ee UUM EL “How would you describe the dubbed “The Milwaukee Massa LICE LINE_DO NOT CROSS” stink?” the reporter persisted. er” CBS began is evening news ine grew later in 7 20M wh the te of Mivautees mass EY vcatpncee da] te” neds wen eink Tha oe murder. be tors pushed farther back. ‘smeled.” Reporters from the Philadelphia Police motorcycles blocked traf Daily News and the Cleveland fc on ‘24th St between Scie oe Plain Dealer were heading into Rites ; Milwaukee, and telephone calls 204 Ave, bat that didn’t a i stop the flow of the curious, from radio’ stations in New Zea- ‘And as the media contingent d ten, so di some ofthe stores. 18-year-old woman who ‘Comp, sought details lives across the alley from Dah frey L. Dahmer and the slayings. ‘mer's building reported that she ing Hines S21 50 bad for ltearriv. - tad seen him once siting on we ip urotiown reporters Tuestey back steps ofthe building She ai. "moon that a Chicago television she became frightened and fied crew tried to interview a Milwau- “The way they describe himn, it kee reporter who had seen the it~ sounds" like hie aie ky nee ‘side of Dahmer’s apartment. The certain it was Dahmer. ‘crew had arrived too late to talk to Later in the morning, the story. neighbors who described the sick- ‘had become more elaborate. In lat- 5p ning stench, the sound of an elee- er versions of the woman's tle — tric saw and other details of Dah- Dahmer had followed her and hid mers life in the bushes. ravroosJ. Lndas ONLooKERS line the balconies of a n ering Sig to gore better ae Nee Elis eae ly ‘ety Cs a oats ‘or @vidence in the multiple slayings,(MEMAERS OF THE MEDIA swarmed Tuesday to 924 N, 25th St. ges pars ss oS ‘where numerous body parts were found in an apartment.F350 (Rev. 6-8-81) ® (Indicate page, name of newspaper cy and state) PAGE ~ A 8 THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN loate: JULY 24, 1991 lEdtion: LarEsT (Mount Clipping in Space Botw) Gays say deaths unfairly tied to sexuality ‘Tite: JEFFREY L. DAHMER character: KID Club 219 is where Tony cessiiction, —-7-MR-26057\ Some are objecting Hage, 4 Searald deat man ee ees to use of term hose family reported him missing : oo yea, was ast een, ‘homosexual overkill aes By TOM VANDEN BROOK Gay activists rejetted the n that the horror uncovered should gelumaisien th ined ome ‘grainy _apginted to the case of,-Ted Bundy 1 Balmer retenegetey AS evidence ot a double andar ‘%y tavern on the South Side, each ¢™Ployed by police and the main. ‘the 20 of s0 patrons sinc Gact! stream media in such sensational cases, Bundy confessed to killing 20 er apeie ne tity many muttered young wornen and nas eee lover ther beer, passing the photo exenuts along. A sign advertising rooms for ‘Set por three murdersin Florida. some fel it's aceptable to pers reatvhonge once sae ei for is case isnot indicative of Cute: For us, homophobia oe Bottles. Others sat transfixed on an gays any more than Ted Bundy is of life." ‘ indicative of straights,” said Terry to, is thé concer for gay Mostly, however, the faces of Boughner, editor of The Wisconsin _ friends and relatives who have Set the young and middle-age men Lights biwceuy, esos buen seen oreo PE Bot seemed to indicate relief that the gay and lesbians distributed state. ‘People worried that those missi Ppa e &. Might have met a violent end. files murder case in the state's ach bat we're hearing is gay- Garis Commatn a r. i 7 : tory ranger ing a large. Geiman said he fielded at least ‘When police attested Dahmer Boughner said the teim hor ke fon Monday nigh, they found the sexual rei anit ‘atined prom 15 calls Tuesday about the saytaes severed heads and body parts of | inence in the case of Joachim Dres. __‘!particula, he said, many were TOOT OMe im his apartment slr of the Town of Raymond, was OCemed about a young man at 924 N. 25th St Police attributed misleading and inaccurate, ‘Dies, 4med Jeremy Weinberger’ a 35, the murders to “homosexual over- ler, 43, i8 on tril in the murder _-Yeaf-old Chicago man who Kad di Someone wesc him Rafgtumembament of 4 Wht Aman Weinberger on a im, ‘i 24, a said John Clayton, the bar's owner, “Using homosexual as an adic YE" Mung on a.wall Cab ait ho asked that his business not be tive to describe a hideous ext ey ‘seeking information on his where: j ‘more accurate than saying Bundy a Sara “He was probably in here at was a case Of tei ey ig en aly busy,” Gaiman Eidemly he vas c- | Massmunderyacsce ences | Tassel Nore, some point. was 20- are te aaa. tive in the gay community.” class by themselves.” f ae ate fe ool And members of that communi- Ron Geiman, editor and pub- ty reeled in horror Tuesday and — lisher of another gay and lesbian ents, bad dropped out of braved themselves for a round of . publication, In Step, agreed with Sight, without a trace in recent anti-gay sentiment, Boughner, : “at «ta, wis ck In the gay bars and publi ‘Overlall is not somthing in- ONE, tall 1 known as hhouses in the Walker’s Point and digenous to our community." Get. Sheik" Clayton std, had be- the Old Third Ward areas, the man said. “What we're talking Saya eture in gay bars until he words “homosexual overkill” and - about here is with very yetenously stopped showing up “Jeffrey Dahmer” reverberated severe psychological problems.” A camber of ‘Tuesday night. jBoughner speculated that the 4 nun ber of people have been The guy who did that is just a Publicity produced by the case missing.” Tee gad, “Bat it sicko," 4 3éxyearold Milwaukee would fel resentment of gays ang Se Tinnne Polit had nothing to go, Abo ‘man said at Club 219, a dance club oil longstanding prejudices. at219S. 2nd St. “Whether he's gay “Our adversaries. will tse this fof straight doesn't matter. He's against us and add it to their mix of sick” complaints,” Boughner said. “We ravro0s seem to be the last minority thatFD.350 (Rev. 5.6:81) & € {Mount Cfpping in Space Below) ® (naicate page, name ot Rewspaper cy and state.) PAGE - 9A ‘THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL ‘MILMAUKEE, WISCONSIN ‘By JOE GARGFOL fhe Journal stat The “Milwaukee family of ig Mar ty Sy that he knew Jefley Dahmer an at he urder ie may bea murder iy A, Hughes, 31, was last seen May 34 lesving Cub’ 19° South Side dance club frequented by homosexuals. Several of Hughes’ friends and other patrons atthe club told the missing man’s mother that he TeR with a tal ite guy. with glasses,” Shirl Hughes sad Monday nigh eY Shirley Hughes keeps a descrip- tion of the man scrawled on a piece Of paper in her purse, I sys, “white male, wearing ‘ween 30 and 40 years old, har less than shoulder length, slightly bald- ing” When she heard news of the atrocities on N. 25th St. Tuesday ‘moming, she feared that a similar fate had happened to her son, Tony. “The description that_we've heard of him pretty much fits this guy,” Shirley Hughes said softly Tuesday night. “T know my son would not be away this Jong with- ‘out calling” car. : ‘She said that her son homosexual, Other relatives said that most of his friends were gay, ver ony Hughes had lived in Mil waukee near the intersection of N. 13th and W. State Sts. until he moved to Madison in August 1990. He had come back to Milwaukee on May 24 to visit family and Family of missing man says he knew Dahmer fiends, He left about 10:30 pm. ‘with his roommate to go to Club 219. Shorly before closing, Tony's roommate left, but Tony’ stayed, saying he would catch a ride home later. ‘Tt was the last anyone has seen of him, Finding his body might be somewhat of a relief for Tony's family, his mother and sister said. It’s the not knowing that keeps you existing fim day to day,” Shirley Hughes said. Tony Hughes is blac, 6 fet tall | and about 160 pounds. He can | ead lips and communicates by sign language or by writing notes. Dae: JULY 24, 1991 Eaton: Lares? Te: JEFFREY DAHMER Character: KID ICissiicaton: — 7-MA-26057 Submiting Ofte: MILWAUKEE =~ Y incexing LI—£0360 (Rev. 6-8-81) (fount Cfpping in Space Below) & inicate page, name of newspaper cly and sate.) PAGE — A 11 THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN Pathologists, forensic dentist will work as team to identify remains ‘By ANNE BOTHWELL of The Jounal sttt ‘As news of the ghastly discovery at 924 N. 25th St.chas spread, families of missing people across the country, and media from as far away as Australia, have called or descended on Milwaukee to. ask two questions: Whose remains were in Jeffrey L. Dahmer's apart ‘ment, and how were the victims killed? Although the Police Depart- | ment is fielding most of the inqui- | ries, ‘Milwaukee County Medical Examiner Jeffrey Jentzen and siaff will pay a key role in answer ingahem, Friday, Jentzen had provid- ed a jury in Racine County with | the details of the death and dis- memberment of James Madden, 24, a Whitefish Bay man who was Killed. last year while. soliciting door-to-door for an environmental sp. Joachim Dressler, a Racine Souny resident, as been the slaying, 2 case of what Jent- en has termed xual Over Bais tere ug Now, less than a week later, dezze, 3, bakin he spdight this time working on perhaps tl Diggest case ofhis career. “I haven't seen anything of this magnitude,” Jentzen, the medical examiner since January 1987, said of the multiple body parts discov- ered at Dahmer’s apartment. “T've heard about it. haven't seen it.” Citing potential damage that could be done to an investigation, Police Chief Philip Arreola has asked Jentzen's office to withhold any information about the case from the media. On Tuesday, Jentzen was polite and patient in fielding questions from reporters, but he hhonored.Arreola’s request. AS @ film crew from CNN reworded the same queries over and 0 thor mada tna in 1¢ could not say how many bodies, how many heads, how many parts ‘were found. But Jentzen did not mind talk: ing in_ general terms about the ef forts his office would be making the next few days to identify the victims, ‘The office's three fulltime pa- thologists, and -a forensic dentist ‘who works on a case-by-case basis, will be working as a team, Jentzen said. The office, probably will be able to handle tite case by itself, Without bringing isi other patholo. a oie ‘Along with police, investigators from the medical examiners oftee examined the scene at the apart- ment. On Tuesday afternoon, the ists were making initial ex- aminations of the body parts, tak- ing X-rays and preparing for the dental examinations. “We're just doing good old- fashioned ‘forensic work right row,” Jentzen said If necessary, the medical exam- iner’s office will contract for the Services of a forensic anthropolo- Bs ytho can provide information fon bone characteristics oF ‘Téconstruct certain body pars, ink cluding faces. TolbeNTmes |. Pathologists use numeroug tech- niques to identify bodies and parts ‘of bodies, some of which may be Used to identify the pans found Tuesday, In general, they include: Fiaerprinnina: “That's: the ‘most reliable,” Jentzen said. ARter a eriain amount of time, however fingerprints decompose along with therest ofthe body. VISUAL WENTIFICATION: This can be useful even when investigators have only parts of remains to work with, Individual: pars may bear {attoos, scars and other distinguish ing marks that can reveal an identi- ty. Its, however, the leat reliable technique, Jentzen sai. DENTAL RECORDS: Pathologists and forensic dentists make X-rays and compare them 10 dental re. ‘cords. Forensic dentists also exam- Se: JULY 24, 1991 Medical examiner playing“ @ PUVOCAL LODE esc es ese Tie: JEFFREY L. DAHMER character. KID enssneason: 7-m7-26057 — / UJ Stoming Once: MILWAUKEE indexing fin2 key role in finding answers. at ine and com pare gum tissue. Den- tal records of missing people are Miwaunee County Medical Examiner Jetrey J Jentzen is collected and availab ison nationally. expected to play bout the remains found in Jeffey L- Dahmer's apartment, Jentaen is st hown here in Girutt Court about the death and dismemberment or 2 Whitefish Bay Racine le for comipar-*FO.950 (Rev. 5-8-81) & {Mount Ctpping in Space Betow) | family By KAREN HERZOG seat sa eee as tr Sars Eran for this boy and his family. “r Siig dread dismembered victims, . “A friend heard about (the mul- tiple murder) on ‘the radio ‘and told me about it,” sald an older brother, “All of sudden, 1 ought I didn’t want my brother to be one of them." But the family hasn't heatit anything from the 14-year-old he disappeared en route to | Mitchell ‘Park from his North Side home, Even if he isn't one of the vietims, news of Jeffrey Dah- mers arrest in connection with the slayings has opened old wounds from the family's first encounter with Dahmer’ — the Sept. 26, 1088, sexual assault, Slayings renew pain=™ ‘The family is angry Dahmer ‘wasn't sentenced to prison when he pleaded guilty to second- degree sexual assault and entice- ment of a child for immoral pur- poses in 1989, “ff they wouldn't have let him out ...” sald the ‘boy's sister-in- Taw, one of several family mem- bers gathered around the televi- sion Tuesday night. Dahmér was placed on proba tion for five years and, as a condl- tion of probation, served one year at the House of Correction in Franklin, No one notified the family ‘when Dahmer was sentenced so Shey, could protest it, the sister- inlaw sald... = “They let him get away,” said ‘an older brother. 2 Dalimier has not been formally charged ig connection with the body parté found in his apartment, at. 924 N. 25th St. ‘The older brother, who is 25, said his parents were worried sick about the missing boy. The family moved to Milwau- kee from Laos in 1980 because of worsening conditions after the for molested youth’s Anger lingers from 1988 crime; younger brother missing since May 26 (tnccate page, name of MILWAUKEE SENTINEL MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN te: JULY 24, 1991 Swe: JEFFREY L. DAHMER vwacter; KID ‘Submiting Offee: MEEWAUKEE Ingexing: Communist takeover in 1975. The father was a farmer in Laos." A family member said she had spoken spoke with police Tues: day, to find out if they had any leads that could tie Dahmer to the missing boy. Police told the family they ‘would be in touch, but had no information. According to a criminal com: plaint, the boy who was assaulted: in 1988 was walking home from. ‘school when Dahmer aj 160 him and offered him $50 to pose, for photographs, 2. 9.51 ‘The boy told police he went to. Dahmer's apartment’ at 808..N: 24th St, where Dahmer made him a cup of coffee and poured ‘Some liquid into it, which the Boy partially drank. : Dahmer asked the boy to pose for a picture, court records state, Dahmer also fondled him and asked him to “look sexler for the pose,” the records sald. The boy escaped, felt woozy and ended up in a hospital.” He never talks about his ‘en- counter with Dahmer, his older brother said. “He's very quiet. Today he’s very sad.” newspaper, cy and stale) PAGE - 1 ‘Classiication: © 7-M-26057— } (enF0-350 (Rev. 5-881) oD Gays talk By RICK ROMELL Sentinel staff writer In Milwaukee's gay bars Tues- day night, people talked about different kinds of fear. ‘There was the fear that casual sex with a stranger could lead to injury or death. ‘And there was fear that miss- ing companions might turn up as victims of the murders and dis- memberments in. which Jeffrey L, Dahmer was being questioned. “We've had two other kids that, have been missing,” sald C'est La Vie owner John Ciayton. “One of those is Steve. I don't know his last name. ... And another one is =I don't know his name — they ‘call him the Sheik. The tall, thin lack fellow who always wore & turban.” Finally, there was fear that horror over the crimes uncovered ‘Tuesday would feed fear and ha- tred of homosexuals. Neighbors of Dahmer's said he tried to lure potential victims to his apartment with a variety of techniques, including at least one homosexual overture, and early feports quoted poles ab saying the slayings appeared to have de- viant homosexual overtones... But gays seid Dahmer's sexual orientation was irrelevant in the alleged murders. With attacks on homosexuals on the rise, they Worried that the sensational case ‘would increase prejudice and vio- lence against gays. “We've got a lot of people who've talked about it around here and they're scared,” one bar- tender said, “It’s too bad for our commun! ty that this has to be happening,” | said Dennis, a patron at the 219 Club. “There are so many won- (Mount Coping in Space Below) of fears in multiple slayings | ‘Sentinal stat! member Tim Bail/coné tributed ta this story. erful, caring, loving people out there! You never ‘hear shout those, All you hear about is this." But Dennis, who recognized Dahmer as an occasional custom: fr at the 219, and other gals sald the grisly. murder case also Drought home ity of sex with stra “ou dont go sleeping around anywhere,” siid Jim Harris, 29, a bartender at the Phoenix. = “Even 'if you've got half-a sind, you Just don't do that. Like Tsay, try not to talk to anybody if Tdon't know them.” Dennis, $5, who would not dis. close his last name, also. sald chance encounters had gotten riskier because of the possibility of violence. “1 would hate to not have aiy- fone nd be out there to try and find! someone because of the Welrd stuff thar’ out there,” he He said gays had gotten more ‘cautious, “Tt used to be nothing to go home with someone,” he. said. “You know, it would bé a couple drinks, hello, you're really cute, da-da-da-da. ... I still see it go ‘on, but not as much. Times have changed.” \_ Harris said Dahmer always Seemed to be ‘alone when he stopped into the Phoenix, Dennis, recalled Dahmer as “different” but not threatening. “(He was) very quiet and seemed very nice,” Dennis said. “He was not ugly where you'd go, like, yecech.” “He's attractive, you know,” he ‘added. “He didn't séem bizarre.” indicate page, name of Pewspaper, cil and state PAGE — 7 A ‘MIUAAUKEE SENTINEL MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN Joate: SULY 24, 1991. lection: FINAL Ig aulFD-950 (Rev. 5-8-83) Nightmare in Milwaukee” Up to 15 people slain'and dismembered > (Mount Cipring in Space Below) By Debbie Howlett ‘USA TODAY. The grisly discovery of the Pieces of as many as 15 bodies — including three human hheads kept in a refrigerator — hhas shocked residents and po- lice in Milwaukee, fot? Severed remains were found in the fyinfested apart- ‘ment of a candy factory work- er late Monday after ‘a man ‘who said he escaped from the flat lagged down police. “You think you've seen it all ‘out here, and then something like this‘happens,” said officer Rolf Mueller. ‘The gruesome scene at the ‘apartment house in a rundown neighborhood near Marquette University greeted patrokmen who Were hailed by a man with hhandeuffs dangling from one ‘wrist The man said he was able to flee from the apart- ‘ment after being threatened ‘with a knife, Police found the walls of the partment plsered with pho- tographs of nude, mutilated bodies. A dresser’ was brim- ‘ming with drawings and snap- shots. Body parts were stuffed in cardboard boxes and plastic Bags. A barrel was filed with acid and bones. A video cam- ra was mounted on a wal. Police sald most ofthe body parts are believed to be from males of various races. ‘Offcers a the scene sad the stench was overpowering. “I thought Ht smelled. tke ead bodies," said @ neighbor, Anita Lusk. “Never thought I'd be right” 1 Thomas Breidow of the Milwaukee Police Depart ments Crimipal investigation Bureau saa that po- ice had arrested Jettrey ; at te apart and booked’ tim on sapien Stoic “tle was ja quiet guy who kept to hime. He was tind of Yd Be ala alleys at al hour of ight thot he was sErange, But tis goes be aid Pana ‘ho ves across ie al we i ace ‘many people, kind of ones Said Larry Marion, the anti ‘ent manager who rent ts Damer two years aga “but henever caused any problems He worked every Wy Herne ways pad hs rent” daca page, name of Joweeeer ly and oato) PAGE ~ 3. USA TODAY WASHINGION, D. c. “we: JULY 24, 1991 character: ‘le: JEFFREY DAHMER KID 7H8-2605% ) Submitting Office: MTTWAUKEE Originally from Medina, Ohio, Dahmer worked at Am- brosia Chocolate, a downtown factory, for about six years: He was convicted and served a year in jail in 1988 af- ter offering a I3yearold boy. ad$50 to pose nude for photos. Sarma ce Stee sate En ree ley aden ace Sete ‘said the crime is atypical of ee oepaie er imate ae Joven ae gerantiees eae Seabee farmer neighbors, dismem- GRISLY WORK: Two men in chemical suits remove a barre, filed ‘with acid and body parts, from a Milwaukee apartment Tuesday. Gran Oren ered them and used their body parts to make chair seats, lamp shades and bracelets. Gein’s crimes were the basis for the movies Psycho and St lence of the Lambs. "The ste- reotypical Hollywood image of a serial killer,” Fox sald, elusive, a loner” said Fox, who ‘co-wrote Mass Murder: Ameri ca’s Growing Menace. “His ie cols caoultng ‘posed to the col Bundy-esque killer:0.950 (Rev. 5-6:81) & ® incicate page, name of newspaper, city and stale) PACE — 7 A, MILWAUKEE SENTINEL {Mount Coping in Space Below) MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN Tosome, death = =" Ns political, not = ""™""" ‘perverted issue == aur /y Indexing They, had come to America to, “As a police officer searched escape death. weeds nearby, as detectives went ‘Watching, not talking for a {Mand out of the apartment bear Jong time, two people Tuesday ing, Khounta, 10, translated for stood at the scene of multiple his: Laotian grandparents. Stand- Geatlis, stood at the back of the 1 near a scene .of incredible . crowd: they stood Ina cobble. , horror in Milwaukee, the prance Stone alley hear the rear yard of | father: talked ‘of places here, an apartment house, near piles of | fOUght in Laos that he sald west garbage and broken boards and ™Uch miore horrible, Much mover overturned garbage cans and “They don’t pick up the bodies". “Did you hear about the knee-high weeds (Gn La06,)” the grandfather said, heads?" a third man asked. The two had seen death before, _» “They leave them,” Tha Amkha __The beggar kept confronth knew all about it, had seen it in ki * people, tapping people, In the the sky and on the ground, Had ‘and thousands of cl. chest, onthe shoulder, demand- Pete tam! Ai ond ound of yc cou TNE “Laos,” she said. ‘many years of civil war, ¢fe4, with What had happened, ‘ ullding. So. poople Watching this building where fended when the commu- inside the building. 11 or more may have been mut- Pathet Lao took control of Were dead. They're over and done dered, the woman quietly men- 35 In the mid-705. wit i" tioned where she was from. es Were killed (in 4p! Meed,a cigarette,” he said Where she “'m poor.” fled from, = sae The crowd numbered more than 100, and some people, seemed to’ be standing In ‘line Bourta’ Amkha had a vine of flowers tattooed on his arm, “Nothing,” he said, indicating ‘Waiting tobe interviewed on tele: the flowers, nothing compared to sion. | is other tatt008 sc me A man went from person to He tapped his chest. His body person, watcher to wateher, bep- was covered with tattoos, he ging. money. His eyes wel “Lam soldier,” he.said, “When I fogged. am 17," he sad, tapping his h “So everybody's béen mur- By WILLIAM JANZ Tam fighting” dered per, fo whal?” the beggar Sen statl wrter 35.7 Referring to his grandparents, + don't care about anybody : =” agnounta sald, eThoytsay they wok tise Tneeda dolartollve™ Acar TAOS," the grandmother sala, hounla std, “They say they not screeched in front of the apart- “My son,my nephew... >.) Tauceuned eres WVnes ment house, Traffic was jammed. “They Kill many more than ‘ “they cut their necks,” the Cars backed up north and south. this” ‘she sald, indicating the grandmother aald of tho Gray che No place to park. Sounds of an- _apartiment building. | Haw people killed in Laos. Srhey. fer Children running. Porches At 924 N..25th St., police had — shgot and they kill. Whole bunch- filled. A sign on the front of the discovered parts from only 11 or | es' if people on the ground.” building: “Now Renting. so bodies. “| en, at the edge of this Mil- “Came i lok,” Khounta sid. The erowd grew, the noise in. WARES lace where nightmares soumeyelnk ea Tiered ge the nme a ; sees tts Sat aml Sted So gl he phat mr laces. asking them what they knew. whlere police carried out. skul “They say, ‘Nothing lke “I heard they had bodies all gn piecas of bodies in bo Laos,” the boy said, indicating over in there," one man sald. Ladtian grandmother his grandfather, Bounta Amkhe, “I heard he killed a hundred” broadly and clapped her ha 59, and his grandmother, Tha, $6, another man said. E who speak only a few words of ape PEBeY sont com English. ae0-250 (few 5.6.61) elow) “Survivors “Families haunted by memories of missing loved ‘ones showed photographs Tuesday to neighbors of Jeffrey L. Dahmer, the suspect’ in. ther multiple Tlurders, and flooded the Police Department with calls for information about the victims’ identities.” * Mildred Lindsey and her sons, MichdAl, 25, and Reginald, 22, passed out flyers and fafily photos outside the apartment bullding at 924 N. 25th St, ‘where Dahmer has been living. “SGUERVOl Lindsey, 19, disappeared on the evening of “April? after leaving his home two blocks away to ‘haVe'a key made at a shop on the corner of N. 27th and W. Wells Sts. “71 fouind out early this morning, just rushed down. ‘here,”. Michael Lindsey sald, brushing back tears, “Welve been looking for a clue or a sign. When I heard about this, this was a heart stopper. 1 Just got 4 bad feeling about it.” Errol would have walked pa the apartment bullding on hi way to.the key shop, Michael Lindsey sald, “It’s like he just vanished from the world.” Mrs. Lindsey said of Errol, the youngest of her six ; ehlldfen. “We're here to find out ‘we can. This is hard on us.” “Police assured the Lindseys itiey would do their best to iden- ify. all of the victims. An officer ‘as assigned Tuesday to do ‘nothing. but: record information called in-about missing persons and: Information from other po- Base: Suspect’s neighbor, frend lice’ departments about similar crimes, Police Chief Philip Arreola sald. ‘Dahmer sometimes offered to pay people $50 to corm itn his aprtmest and dood cbs neighbors said. One neighbor alleged Dahmer oifered him money to have homosexual relations with him but the neighbor turned him down. ‘Many neighbors said they never saw anybody go in and gut of Dahmer's apartment. Pamela Bass, who lived across the hall and | considered Dahmer a friend, sald she once saw a ‘short, black man enter the apartment and once saw ‘white man enter the apartment. Relatives of Tony Hughes, 31, who disappeared in Milwabkee May 24, sald they’ had been ‘waltin nervously by their telephone since hearing ear the moraing of the gruesome discovery. ount rises, so does tension tndecate page, name of Inewspaper, city and state.) PAGE - 7 A MILWAUKEE SENTINEL ‘MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN * loete: JULY 24, 1991 sition: PTNAL, Tite: JEFFREY L. DAHMER of lcharacte: KID \Ctasiicaton: 7—MW-26057 ~ Sutmiting Ofte: MT WROKER ISN ¥ 4 L fetes we eet, was an sm esng Ga iar eece tr tg homens Bea Sth oD a eee ae See iia higher takes “t's scary,” she sald. “Just fearing that one of those bodies could be my brother is real scary.” Hughes-Holt said she contacted police about 6 am. and was told no information was available. That has been the case since her brother disap: eared nearly two months ago. ‘Also worried was Jessie Lipson, whose son, |. ‘Aaron Vickers, has been missing since June 10, Vickers, 41, frequented Dahmer's neighborhood, -onée told his mother he had a friend tn the * “When [heard about this, this was a heart stopper. | just got a bad feel about it.”. z este — MICHAEL LINDSEY, ‘ brother of missing man eae ear EE NRE eet partment bullding where Dahmer lived, Lipiba Vickers, who sometimes stayed with his parents at their Northwest Side home, failed to pick up a July 1 veteran's disability check, Mrs. Lipson said. That prompted her to call police and report Viekers as missing. Mrs, Lipson said Vickers called home June 10 from the Milwaukee County Medical Complex in ‘Wauwatosa and asked his parents to pick him up there, When they arrived, Viekers asked them 1p take him to a West Side apartment bullding where a friend lived, Lipson recognized the building Tuesday as the place where police found’ skulls and body’ parts from at least 11 victims in what appeared to be one of the most gruesome multiple murder cases in the nation's history. oe BinVickers’ frlend wasn’t home, so his parents dropped him off nearby, on N. 19th St. They saw ‘him walking with a white mn a litle later, but hhayen't seen him since, Mrs. Lipson sald. "Anywhere you had drinks or you had dope, he could be easily led off into it, because that's what he loved,” she sald. “He loved drink and he loved dope.” In Chicago, friends of Jeremy Weinberger, 23, worried that he might be among the victims" “Oh God,” said a former roommate, Ted Jones, ‘when told what police had found in the apertment on Milwaukee's West Side. ten Jones added, sadly, “Actually, we expected this.” : : Weinberger, a co-worker with Jones at a Chicago distributor of 'gay and lesbian adult videos, disep- eared July 6. He was last seen, Jones seid, in Carol's Speakeasy, a ge9-bar and dance ‘club. in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood. Weinberger left the bar with a stranger — a ‘white man about 30 years old’ with blond hair, Jones sald. “Jeremy sald he wanted him to drive to Milwau- ‘kee with him for the weekend.” Jones seid the man — who at least partly ‘matches Dahmer's description — had been talking with Weinberger during the evening. Welnbergee then turned to Jones, 38, for advice. “He came up to me and said, ‘Well, should I go with this guy?" Jones said. "T said, ‘Well, let me see what he iooks like.’ And then when I met the guy he seemed, like, allright, but who's to say what a Killer looks like?" e eee aE Sentinel statt writers Georga Stanlay, Crocker Stephen: son, Rick Romell and Tannette Johnéon-Ele contrbutod tothis story.se ALNELSON Satie potpaptar brother, Errol (front row, left), 19, has been missing Drought Tuesday to the scene outside an apartment since Apri 7, and Lindsey foared hs brater ght builging where parts of 11 bodies were-found. His bs among he vicime, sok Regiiald Lindsey holds a family photograph he#0360 fev. s8-00) dirt.in. yard By TANNETTE JOHNSON-ELIE _Santinel stat weiter ig. The Oxford Plaza Apartmenta ikea tore seo «Dleoday as scores i red alin bd te ue | Iag'where te remains : det vice were founds s,_ The place crawled with police, souseran tome of whom hoated babies and fal cles above te crows mi ‘ep siteaoone sn © The elrcualke semosphere dex | teriorated Into’ rob scene’ at 430" pum. after pollee removed olow lane Bodng” aces to bing. Seventy to 100 per _Ble climbed up the bulging’ ie, scape and, wandered. Up and: fone nk tet a "About.10: pts, palléa, decided: to close N. 25th St. between W. Tboura ‘Ave._and W. State’ Bt. “Yecause of trate snarl, Several: le spent-the after-. - goon’ pick ‘through ‘hed ia Ba a oe ay, et finding many large jolt and yer- fgace any re iene naa ‘or animal. “This is history,” one man said. 7 a eater ae me were the skulls in the deep freezer.” halls of building & (tount Clipping in Space Below) Cys Police said the slayings may irre atte Bicteaatiraiee ae q Dahmer. 31, who was arrested in Lonnie Cralg, who lives in a house next to the bullding, sald the often caw young men hanging ‘around the building and would see Dahmer standing outside dur- ing most afternoons. “There's detinitely a lot of trat- ‘Ne in that bullding,” Craig sald, One man, who lives next door to the Oxford Plaza and asked not to be identified, said his children in the small alley that ‘separates the two bulldings. ““T never suspected nothing,® he sald. “They won't be playing out here anymore.” i Nelghbors weren't the ‘only. ‘ones Who-came to watch. Paula Pecord, who lives on the South Side, came after she heard radio reports about the grisly discov- ey. : i swe just couldn't believe that sornutaag ice this bappened: ‘sald Pecord, who watched with her boyfriend and her brother. ‘Ron Thorntons who lives on the Northwest Side, happened to have the day off from his job as & ‘Dank maintenance worker, so he Pode his bike over to see the fexcltement. ‘I think this is terrible,” Thora ton sald. |(ecicae page, name of Jrewaene tv andste) PAGE - 6 A Date: JULY 24, 1991 Crimescene == ‘We: JEFFREY L. DAEMER looks like tourist... ... attraction Some onlookers wander down , Pick through |essication [sien fice: MILWAUKEE, [Eee saees Kristine Smith, of Greendale, thought It would be an opportune time to stress the importance of safety to her three children. One of her children, Angie, 15, had rehearsing with’ the Bach Chamber Choir at a nearby church on N. 26th St. and W. ‘Wisconsin Ave. when the family decided to visit'the scene. “I came here because T was “curious and because I wanted my children to know what's happen “Ing im thie city.” Smith sald, “1 think it's good for klds to see that something tke this doesn't just happen on the news.” Workers at Wisconsin Bell's.‘ 7-m-26087 ~!(pe W. HIGHLAND AVE. 5 We STATE ST i rats} | hw BL__ AREA, cl Fon we SS eae) i (2/000 aru emt ‘central office, located on N. 25th sound of gunfire had become il eat across the sirost ans too familiar, - “ . Gs Seat cea the _spariment bulldlng, also +t moved herein 1082 It wb “It’s always a lot of action’ in who lives next door to the bulld~ «this. neighborhood.” said-0n¢. Ing where the bodies were found. worker. “it was the type of neighborhood “Mort people sald the nelghbor- . where you could go to sleep with hood had once been a decent your doors and windows open. place to live, but that lately the Now you can’t do that.” t tatt writers contributed to coverage of the {F uttiple murder case: writers Amy Gesler, Tom Held, Karen ‘sflerzog, Cynthia’ Hodnett, Wiliam Janz, Tannette Johnson. Ele, ~ Kevin Jordan, Eldon Knoche, Joe Manning, Tom Mueler, Mery Seth Murphy, James B. Nelson, Paula A. Poda, Rick Romell, Lise Bink, Cary Spivak, George Stanley, Crocker Stephenson, Jan Uebstherr, Michele Wucker and Zann; photog “{Neloon, Jeffrey Phelps and Benny Sie ts Fred Filkins, #2 Rloarda Haack and James Lane Lunde; and messenger Tim Ball.0-360 (Rev, 5-881) e& incicate page, name of newspaper, cy and state) PAGE - 6 A MILWAUKEE SENTINEL (Mount Cipping in Space B. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN : loate: JULY 24, 1991 Experts profile = = serial killerswho 9" ™=""" mutilate victims © =. sx” By JOS MANNING “Assuming all the vietims are Sentinel stat wrtor | males, Bedi ‘said, "ene murders could’ be a symptom of sup: ogra! Riliers, sometimes, rep pressed homosexuality, parallel SEaENme AM Melts in © Breo cen a paychiatris anid Tuesday inde: isd for the. diomeniversnat scribing the profile of certain kil murder of Sansen trent pe mata Whitefish Bay. : thehwankeePayehate How: Ett added thet if he poe tal sald a, person, who would Soa chidret in the: Migvaukee commit multiple murders similar 204, ildren in he Milwaukee Yo those discovered Tuesday In Wras's chance ‘remains of yours the one-bedroom apartment at fonmtec site nuit bey YOU But, because society “has oth prlorties, we cannot adsvese 924 N. 25th St. could be someone these burning issues. Parent EAU ERSSSRIGGRn! tho emminey mesg iets Rec ‘fringe person, socially isolated.” {etic love to them after they kill tion in this way.” Bed sald? | “He would have a lot of prob- i He said child abuse and un- Jems with interpersonal relation- A person who would commit treated it fips ie Would'Rave pny) such crimes Is Sitely tobe re Sutted mena ines high ing Bobloms relating wo women, The Membered es a kind, low-key . Groseaget, Wolence and teenage aly way he can relate to sex is Person. He would be pleasant and Eruesom? etiminct eireest al to be in control. This is why he Compliant while he was intensely are sym ce Would seek children as: views, Faging on the insige” “___ontes imental ewig 2" PEF and undoubtedly has a history of The profile indicates that sexu- - * child molestation,” Bedi said. ality of these types of serial kill- emcone like this with early In constructing a profile of the erS would manifest itself in ag- atic treatment could have murderer, Bedi said victims gression. ‘ inage his aggressive would be youths or adults who “They confuse sex and aggres- gules in better manner” he ‘the murderer felt he could control sion and have trouble distinguish ugh the cracks” or who he felt superior to. Bedi ing between them,” Bedi said. speculated that most — If not all- “When they feel sexual they ei: = of the victims would be black press it by aggression.” Fi because the Killer would feel Bedi said a killer matching the ‘blacks were inferior to him. profile would have been traum “He would have interests in- tized and victimized in early ‘which he would avoid people. He childhood and adolescence. ‘would prefer interests such as “Because of his tendencies, he ‘computers in which he,would be’ sees these victims as trophies and {interacting with a machine rather likes to hang onto them because than people and he eduld avold he does not feel a sense of ‘interpersonal contact where he achievement in eny other parts of ‘was not in control,” Bedi said. his life. Keeping the body parts Because he has difficulty in represents his success and that js expressing sexuality with wom- his fascination with hanging onto fn, he would choose victims so he the body parts.” 5 ‘could be sadistically in control. He said programs for emotion He would get pleasure not out of ally disturbed children and early sex but out of abusing his part- mental health intervention could ner, Bedi sald. Prevent these types of murders. . Cr~> BENNY photog ‘ers (above) remove a refrigerator from an apartment at 924 N. 25th parts of at least 11 bodies were found. Police stripped the apariment Ints, including the stove and a freezer: Investigators (right) search a aar the apartment for possible evidence. mae A police photographer focuses on bones». found in the back yard “of a building across the alley trom 924 N. 25th St It could not be determined at the time whether the ones were human. in \cition to an sive search of the apartment ia which 11 skulls and éxpanded their ‘search Tuesday to include the area and buildings around the ‘apartment building.HORROR UNFOLDS 11 skulls found; ‘Suspect confessesLetter to jude in 89 pleaded “S white serving time in 1989 for a sextial assault, Jettrey L. Dahtter petitioned a judge for lentency, ‘saying he was sorry for his “deplorable” act acd ‘owing, “It will never happen again “oe teSny Bi lone belore hi five ear proba on for fondling and photographing a 13-year-old oy hed ended, Dahmer was suspected of murder. ‘ng and mutilating up to 18 victims after police found skulls, torsos and other body parts fn his small West Side apartment “asi, [have always believed that a man should be willing to assume responsiblity forthe mistakes hat He makes in hfe” Dahmer wrote in Dec. 10, 1066, letter to Clrcut Judge Willa D. Gardner. "The world has enough tlsery in ft without my tang more to. Sir Lctsure [Profit] you that i wit never“happen tala, This is why, dodge Gard: ner am requesting from you fenterice modification. So that may Ue allowed fo continue my ie as a productive member of our Society.” ne wrote. Dahmer, 31, was released in March 1990 from the House'of Correction in Franklin, where court Tecords show he served a year on Work release for second-degree sexual aaatit and eaticing 2 ch for immoral purposes. (A letter” to the judge from Dahmer's father, Whitten before his son's release, referred to an Intlecent exposure conviction in the late 1980s and asked the court to order more intensive treatment {for alcoholism. “I have tremendous reservations regarding Jeff's chances when he hits the streets," said Lionel H. Dahmer, a research chemist who lives in a condo- minium in prosperous Medina, Ohio. ; “Every Incident, including the most recent con- Wietion for sex offense, has been associated. with ‘and Initiated by alcohol in Jett’s case,” he wrote. “In his apartment at 924 N. 25th St, the younger Dahmer lived in an area frequented by alcoholics, abusers and vagrants. He was taking prescrip: ‘lon medicine to relieve anxiety, according to court documents. “> 4 Dat _’A white, blond man named “Jefl,” who fit Dah- fiier's description, allegedly used marijuana to lure teenage boys out of a restaurant near his apart- ment, according to the diner’s owner, who said he eventually told the man to leave and not return... * Dahmer also allegedly offered people $50 to go to his apartment and have homosexual relations: be photographed or do odd jobs, neighbors sald." However, Dahmer told a female neighbor that he hhad a girlfriend, but that she was afraid to visit his apartment because the neighborhood was too dan- gerous. a See Profile / 7A Cary Spivak, Crocker Stephenson, “Jolson Ele, Karan Hertog, 8 8 Nelson contributed fo os {From 1A . {Patrons at two near South taverns frequented by. gays. {Club 219 and the Phoenix : ‘Tuesday night that Dahmer wad ‘an occasional visitor. "Although Dahmer tried to. be ‘the class clown at Revere“ High~~ ‘School near Akron, Ohio, his ‘Gweird and really dark” sense of ‘humor caused classmates to, dis- “tance themselves from him, said ‘David Borsvold, an Ohio musician ‘who has known Dahmer since ‘elementary school. Dahmer oftet Amitated people with physical de- formities, he said. me “No one person knew a whol Jot about him,” Borsvold "sald: ‘Everybody kept their distance. © Dahmer eraved attention. and: would do almost anything on & dare, other classmates sald. “He would run through one of the malls here and act like he was mentally retarded just to get peo- ple's attention,” said Greg Roger- Son, 31, who. graduated in the same 1978 class. ‘The-Revere’ yearbook indicates Dahmer participated briefly on the school newspaper, played clarinet in band and played intra- ‘mural tennis. a He left his mark on the volunié In another way, frends ald. 7 = “When it came time to take the pictures for the various clubs, he {would show up for every” one ven though he wasn't in any 0 em,” Rogerson said. “In some of ‘the ‘pictures, they actually ‘lacked out his face.” 1 Those who remembered Deh-- er said they could not remem: er_him dating in school, and none said they remember Dahmer having brothers or sisters. Of several friends Interviewed, none had heard from him after gradua- ‘ton. ee “ac iett was & sort of quiet bay He didn’t really participate in a Jot’ of things.” Sald- George: T: ~“Kungle, Dahmei's school counsel ‘or. “Daddy was real Interested inv his education and his progress.” waligwrever, Dahmer posed io scipline problem. at the hight Fated school, which boasts. that, ‘more than 90% of its graduat 0 on to college, sald Principal “Wiliam Holko. 3 sp Dahmer had a grade’ poitit erage of about 2.0°0n 8 4-polnt | scale and his academic. recofd, =a distinguished by its incon ‘tency, Holko sald. “His grades Fan athe gamut. He had AS, Fe and leverything in between” Dahmer ‘sometimes got the highest. and Jowest grades in the same: éub:: Hect,Holko sai. ye “ Dahmer's father kept a ikeen interest in him, a trait that cons, “tinued through the years.” MT et with Me Dahmer fines. He wanted Jeff t6 excelit ‘ungle recalled. “The. boy: fast: ever dla.” Sead ‘The younger Dahmer apparent Ay came to Milwaukee, where his _frandpare inthe Army. ee +“ love him dearly, and jf he: ‘made a mistake, I'm sorry,” his grandmother Catherine Dah- Her, of West Allis. “But I love , im dearly." ‘te ‘An Army spokeswoman sald the only service record available Tuesday showed that Dahmer left ‘the Army in 1982..° In Milwaukee, he worked at Ambrosia Chocolate Co. as a.ta- “bong from an. 141988, to July. 15/'The company declined to say, why he no longer worked for the firm, but a co-worker sald he was fired for absenteeism. Pamela Bass, who lived across the hall from Dahmer, called it 4 pleasant person, but. said’ ste had been worried since: Wednes ‘day that he was losing his mind, + 1 used to hear him over there, ‘talking to himself, cussing to ‘himself, talking real loud, and: ‘new he didn’t have anyone over “there,” Bass sald. “He'd cuss him- . Fab“JEFFREY PHELPS Senne photograhor Police investigators examine a pair of pants found 924 N. 25th St. Police found parts of at least 11! uring a search behind an apartment building at bodies Tuesday inside an apartment in the bulaing,“rD-350 Rev. 5.8.61) ® (Mount Ctpping in Space Below) ® MELWAUKEE Media ponder policies, > lomit photo ‘Tuesday's gruesome discovery on N. 25th St. left local news medid re-evaluating identification policies and found one televie sion station taking the extraordinary step of altering its network's evening ewscast- “The CBS Evening News” at 5:30 p.m. slayings that included police photo: of | ‘spect Jeffrey L. Dahmer, 31, The cal CBS “affiliate, WITI-TV’ (Channel 6), blocked out the suspect's face on the net~ ‘work news and did not broadcast his name. “CBS knew that we were following our own guidelines on this and gave us the courtesy of telling us in advance exactly ‘when it (the picture) would be on,” WITT News Director Jill Geiser sald. WITT and most other local media hon- gred a police request that Dahmer’s photo be withheld. Officials said. showing. the photo could jeopardize police lineups, “Everywhere else in the country they could see it, but at least not here.” Geisler sald of her station's decision. “And that was, consistent with our policy. if Tm going 10 make a mistake on this, 'm going to err on the side of caution” WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) used a Dahmer photo in a news update early in the day but | pulled after reeting phone eal from the district attorney's o Sim Prather sad. “It’s our Intent: not to use the picture tonight,” sald Prather, in his second Gay on the fob: “Well review the situation tomor- row and make a decision then.” ‘WITT was the only TV station not nam- ing Dahmer in its 6 p.m. tiewscast, but named him at 10 p.m. In most other cases, Milwaukee media withhold a suspect's ‘name until formal charges are issued. Neither of the city's two daily newspa- pers ran the photo, but both strayed from their normal policy'of withholding the sus- pect’s name. “This is a very unusual and serious case, and inno way aid we want to jeopardize the police investigation,” Milwaukee Senti- nel Managing Editor Gerry Hinkley said of the decision not to'run the photo. ice, News Director pened witha lengthy account of the gay | \Classticaton: Submitting Ofc: indexing ‘The Milwaukee Jouraal named Dahmer in bs afternoon edone but gave a lengthy, Font page explanation that concided: “Be fuse of the’ widespread interest nh Gases and the certainty thatthe suspect Same wil be published and roadoast Tomige, there is ile chance Sat tno Suspect would be protected. even The ‘Journal did not name him.*, WTMJ, WISN-TV (Channel 12) and WVTV-TV (Channel 18) named Dahmer but Aid not use the photo eclal reports on the sto‘y dominated local alrwaves for much of the ays At 3:30 pm, WITT aired a 30-minute special on the slayings dubbed “Murder factory.” WISN titled Its coverage “25th Street Slaughter.” 'WVTV. devoted its entire hourlong “2 O'Clock News” to the Dahmer story. “ cr than when the (Persian Gulf) war broke out, we've never done that,” News Director Duane Gay saig. ‘The dismemberment slayings also played ‘big nationally and internationally. Reporters from media outlets in New York City, Chicago, Minneapolls and Madi- json arrived in town Tuesday. Calls seeking | Information on the ease were received « ) the Milwaukee Sentinel from reporters in | Liverpool and London, England, and Paris, But while CBS led with the story, ABC and NBC didn't mention It. "When asked about NBC's decision not t0 | use the story, WTMJ's Prather said: “I was surprised. T'was very’ surprised. Surprised is an understatement.” MILWAUKEE, ate: JULY 24, 1991 (ctcato page, name of newspaper, cily and sate.) PAGE - SA SENTINEL, WISCONSIN Tie: JEFFREY L. DAHMER lcharacter: KID ‘T-W-26057 ~/ ‘MILWAUKEE, Am