Jeffrey dahmer trial transcripts

The multidisciplinary investigation that followed provided investigators with a number of conclusions that permitted the successful prosecution and conviction of Jeffrey Dahmer. Forensic autopsies demonstrated the organized methods of death, experimental lobotomies, postmortem dissection, and disposition. Anthropological analysis suggested Dahmer was psychologically attracted to a certain anthropometric body type.

An examination of the chronology of death revealed a pattern of increasing frequency of the murders and the impression that Dahmer was becoming increasingly disorganized and out of control 7. Limited mass casualty incidents generally do not require the use of state and federal disaster resources and can be handled at a local level. The identities of the victims are usually known and quickly confirmed. However, even the most limited incident carries with it a search for the causes and punishment of those responsible.

In some cases, comingling of the remains of victims and those responsible may add to the anguish of the families. In any operation, investigators encounter numerous obstacles in processing a disaster. Concerns and demands of families, allegations of mismanagement, intense and urgent media requests, and an unrealistic expectation add to the stress of managing the disaster.

In the Dahmer case, allegations of police indifference and threatened lawsuits only added to the political and social pressure on the investigation. In many disasters, including those with a limited number of victims, investigators face challenges in resources, personnel, expertise, and patience. No matter the size or extent of a disaster, the forensic pathologist must anticipate that the death investigation may have criminal and civil implications requiring detailed death investigation.

Cooperation among investigating agencies is a must for proper and rapid identification, determination of cause and manner of death, disposition of the remains to the family, and to manage an appropriate media response. As per Journal Policies, ethical approval was not required for this manuscript.

This article does not contain any studies conducted with animals or on living human subjects. The authors, reviewers, editors, and publication staff do not report any relevant conflicts of interest. National Center for Biotechnology Information , U. Journal List Acad Forensic Pathol v.

Acad Forensic Pathol. Published online Sep 1. Jeffrey M. Jentzen , MD PhD. Author information Article notes Copyright and License information Disclaimer. University of Michigan Department of Pathology. Revised Jun 21; Accepted Jul This article has been corrected. See Acad Forensic Pathol. Abstract Disasters are commonly experienced as major devastating events that exceed the resources of an agency to respond, with effects emanating throughout a community or region.

Introduction Many individuals think of disasters as large scale events that result in numerous fatalities; however, disasters can occur on a smaller scale and still have profound effects on the community at large and, in particular, the investigators responsible for dealing with the aftermath.

Discussion The Scene On July 23, , personnel from the Milwaukee Police Department encountered a naked man in handcuffs running in the street. Open in a separate window. Image 1. Image 2. Image 3. Autopsy Findings Forensic pathologists initially analyzed the body parts and skeletons recovered at the scene. Image 4. Psychological Analysis The detailed scene investigation and autopsy examination allowed for evaluation of Dahmer's motives, methods, and mental state over the months leading to his capture.

Figure 1. Identification Unlike some major disasters, those of a more limited nature may have an established manifest of names and identities. Media and Family Relations In addition to the usual crush of media attention that accompanies a mass casualty incident, two days into the investigation, local citizens accused the Milwaukee Police Department of criminal indifference by allowing one of the victims, year-old Konarack Sinthasomaphon, to be returned to Dahmer and later murdered.

Conclusion In addition to the overwhelming chaos disaster investigators routinely confront, in the Jeffrey Dahmer case, they also encountered a complex crime scene. References 1.

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Milwaukee Journal. Aug 5; A6. Knocke E.. No, he did not deny it. KING: He admitted it? KING: Where were you? What were the circumstances when he tells you, this is what I did? I went down to meet with him. KING: Did you go? Every time. We visited with him. And said, Jeff -- and he said to me, I really messed up this time, which is an understatement. And I said, Jeff, you really need help.

The only way I can see is to have you judged insane so that you'd be put into a psychiatric hospital to really find out what's wrong. He hesitated at first, but later on, he really wanted to find out what was causing him to do these things. KING: Did he ever plead insanity? I mean, through his -- through advice of me and the attorney. KING: The court rejected the insanity, right, and found him guilty of the murders? I would never have put him and us or anyone through this insanity trial if I had known that this was, I believe, a -- what would we call it -- a situation where they wanted to assuage the community.

They needed that trial. KING: Certainly he was sick. He knew that. DAHMER: One attorney told me that they watched it and they said, oh, my god, his attorney, a year-old or an apprentice attorney, a journeyman attorney could have done that.

They were doing it, we felt and KING: All the families attended the trial, did they not? KING: Did you have a tough time facing the families of the people he killed? KING: At you? KING: Was there any thoughts of not attending the trial? There were several days they said the tempers were so high that we should not appear. So we did not go. KING: Did he take the stand? Dahmer have a mental disease? Answer, no. Question No. Counsel, do you have anything further for the jury?

This is how you act when you are out of control. I don't want to ever see my mother go through this again. Never, Jeffrey. Jeffrey, I hate you! Jeffrey Dahmer, expletive deleted I -- killed expletive deleted. Let me kill you! There were accusations that there were racial things involved, right? Because many of the victims were Asian only or black.

KING: Is that correct? KING: Of course, this thing was wild headlines everywhere. How did you cope with that? I sat with my mother and -- and our home was invaded by national as well as international photographers set up across the street with -- on neighbors' porches. And ringing doorbells, tromping all over our yard and looking in, trying to see in our windows. It was horrible. KING: And he portrayed him a brutal and sadistic killer.

You were the epitome of the evil stepmother. What was that all about? He also had a guy on there who was supposed to have been Jeff's lover, and we had a cease and desist letter put out to Geraldo because of all the -- the things that he was doing and saying. DAHMER: And we signed an affidavit that this was not true, and it turned out this -- later, this fellow that appeared on "Geraldo" was a felon.

KING: But they still went with it? They ran parts of it. KING: How did you face the families? Shari was so wonderful in that regard. I couldn't have gotten through this without Shari, first of all, let me say. And the way she had -- her demeanor with people, it just -- it causes people to melt.

Some of these victims just KING: You had to sit through the details of the aspects of these killings. You had to hear about them. KING: How did that -- it's your son. I can't imagine To this day, I can't really see how I -- we both just sat there. KING: Did you look at him when these things were being described?

KING: Did he have remorse? I promise I will pray each day to ask for their forgiveness when the hurt goes away, if ever. I have seen their tears, and if I could give my life right now to bring their loved ones back, I would do it. I am so very sorry. He got hate mail; he even got love mail.

KING: What prison did he go to? KING: And how long was he in before he was killed? KING: A couple years? KING: And it was a mentally ill inmate, right? How was he killed?

And what happened was there were -- there was about 20 to 40 minutes of time where no one, that is the staff at the prison, no one knew the whereabouts of this person, who took a barbell, the rod, the bar from weightlifting equipment, and hit it and bludgeoned Jeff to death.

KING: In other words, he -- they let him be loose for all that time without knowing the whereabouts of a prisoner? KING: What happened to that person? Of course, he was insane, and they sent him to another institution KING: Before the news media had it? And of course, I sent a friend at work up to be with Lionel, and I had to tell Lionel that his son had been killed. KING: How old was he? And for the second time I sat at my desk, totally numb, paralyzed, to get -- to get the news.

KING: Did you have a burial? Did they give you the body? I was all in favor before of having him studied by tomography ph and while he was alive.

We can really find something, perhaps. But not a dead brain. There were some scientists at Case Western Reserve that claimed they could tell what -- why he acted like he did. That's not possible with a dead person. KING: What eventually happened to the body? The judge ruled in my favor, and not to turn this into a circus. KING: And you cremated him? KING: You have the ashes now?

KING: You took care of them? KING: Why did they hold it for a year? KING: In the trial of the person KING: How was he handled in prison? I told him about the place. And he bought 13 books that turned him from a -- an evolutionist into a creationist and from there into a Christian. And he started handing out and talking, handing out pamphlets and so forth and talking with other prisoners, trying to KING: So he was a born again?

I really believe that. KING: Because he wasn't going to get out? KING: We'll be back with our remaining moments, find out some things we might learn from this, after this. He had massive injuries.

Dahmer died as a result of blunt force injury to the head. Do we know why he killed? I really believe there was a chance of finding that out, had he not been murdered and he had been studied extensively. KING: Could have been inability to interact with people He admitted that. He had an overwhelming desire to have passive mates. But he did tell me why he felt that he could do what he did. Why he felt free to do what he did.

He told me that -- and this was after reading the books on -- by these scientists on creation science, he felt that he was up -- up from the slime, as he put it.

You know, molecules to amoebas to Larry type of a thing, evolution. That there was nothing, no direction by a god. No one to be accountable to. No one to answer to at all. KING: That's what he believed? That's why he felt he could just do whatever he wanted to. That's quite different from knowing the cause.

KING: Did he ever explain to you why he ate even small parts of the body? DAHMER: That goes back to -- he did tell me that he felt that he just wanted to examine everything as -- every possibility as far as control, having control. KING: What do we learn from this? How do you know who's going to be a serial killer? There's -- there's still not that many profiles out there. Most parents are not that adept, or do they study their children in depth. KING: But do we have any exhaustive studies of KING: Serial killers.

And, you know, there's a certain profile, of course: 34 and white and so forth and so on. KING: Angry loner. KING: But he's different. He didn't fit the profile. Well, he fit some of the profile. Shy, that sort of thing. KING: So are you saying if you have children that show all the keys -- very, very shy, early liquor -- get them some attention.

Liquor should have been a sign, right? KING: What's life like for the two of you now? We have a lot of faith that has gotten us through this, and we have many good friends out there.

You make friends -- if you make friends in dire times, they stick with you. So we've lost a lot of family, a lot of people we knew, but we have a lot of friends who are proud of us, who are not ashamed of who we are, again because we've done nothing wrong.

So life is good. KING: Do you have cousins that stopped talking to you and There aren't many as you go from city to city and look at the phone books. There aren't many. But I imagine it's extremely rough for them to go through this. KING: You ever run into relatives of the victims? And she and we are sounding boards. KING: Close friends with the sister of a victim? And it's helpful, Larry, to share our thoughts and feelings with someone who's on the other side.

They -- she must know how we feel, and of course, we want to know how she feels. And that's healing. We arranged a meeting with her and Jeff at the prison. And then later, when he was murdered She's a wonderful woman. KING: Lionel, honestly, do you have any guilt? The common knowledge is spend the time, make the relationship with your wife right, and everything will fall in place with your children. But it didn't happen that way. KING: Anybody going to do a movie at all?

KING: And you would cooperate? KING: Thank you very much. KING: Good to see you. And great meeting you. I'll be back in a minute to tell you about tomorrow night. And among the guests next week, former President Bill Clinton.

Next Thursday night, his first live prime time appearance since the publication of his book. We'll include your phone calls. In short — that Dahmer was in fact an evil and psychopathic killer, who had committed the premeditated murders by luring his victims and then murdering them in absolute cold blood. The jury and two alternates were finally selected on January 29th There was only one black person selected.

The whole case had been based upon racial lines, it seemed. It seemed that the jury, which consisted of seven white women and six white men was just another example of racial injustice. Boyle also described every gruesome little detail of every murder Dahmer had committed, in great detail.

In order to prove the point — Dahmer had be to be insane to have actually done such things. It is thought that if the jury had taken a vote at that point, they may well have actually agreed that he was insane. Other students while at Ohio State University? They were the acts that were results of meticulous planning and premeditation. He felt thoroughly evil. He stated that the fear of being caught was overshadowed by his excitement of being completely and utterly in control. This conflict between the psychiatrists, arguing over whether Dahmer was, in fact, legally responsible and able to control himself appeared to confused the jury even more so.

Boyle finally drew a wheel like chart for the jury. Boyle read them quickly:. This is Jeffrey Dahmer, a runaway train on a track of madness Please don't let this murderous killer fool you.

That it was evil, but he had no qualms whatsoever about this and thus continued to commit them. On February 17th, it took them just five hours to find him guilty — but definitely sane, on all of the murder counts he was charged with. Dahmer was given a sentence of fifteen consecutive life terms.

Which totalled a minimum of nine hundred and thirty seven years. Anne Schwartz, along with most everyone else was, "astonished at how normal this man looked and sounded.