Well Andy, I guess Im a Serial Killer

Well Andy, I guess Im a Serial KillerTHE NOVEMBER PROJECT

World Geography SERIAL KILLERSFall Semester 2013Warning: This project may be graphic in nature. THE NOVEMBER PROJECT 25 SLIDES-details of the case-biography, 1st kill, modus operandi, number of fatalities and who.5 SLIDES-how the killer utilized the five themes of Geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, region.15 slides-how police caught the killer: what method, five themes used?, GIS/GPS software used and how?KEEP IT ALL SCHOOL APPROPRIATE-approval by me for anything and everythingMUST USE THE SLIDES ON MY WEBSITE ONLY!

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4Jeffrey Dahmer-early yearsEarly On---Jeffrey Dahmer had a fairly normal childhood living with his parents in the Mid-West.

Dahmer, an attractive, shy kid, did okay in school, and kept to himself.

None of the folks that knew him would have thought him capable of the horrors he committed against young males.

An all American Kid?

Dahmer-teens & young adulthoodDuring Dahmers adolescence, his parents went through an acrimonious divorce. It was during this time that Dahmer killed his first victim, a hitch-hiker named Stephen Hicks. He didnt kill another person until 9 years later.After graduating from high school, Dahmer went to college briefly before dropping out. Feeling a lack of direction, Dahmer joined the Army, but was thrown out for being a drunk. Jeff, in need of money & direction, got a job in a chocolate factory in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dahmer was arrested and convicted of child molestation in 1989.

He received probation & went on with his life.

When this occurred, Lionel Dahmer, Jeffs father, wrote, I could not imagine how he had become such a ruined soul. For the first time, I no longer believed that my efforts and resources alone would be enough to save my son. There was something missing in Jeff. We call it a conscience. That had either died or had never been alive in the first place.

Dahmers Modus OperandiDahmer frequented gay bars to pick up his victims, young gay or bisexual males who were predominantly African American, Asian, or Hispanic.

Dahmer offered his victims money to pose for pictures or he just invited them to come back to his apartment to watch videos or to drink.

He drugged his victims by lacing their drinks & once they were asleep, he would either strangle them or stab them to death.

Following this, Dahmer usually dismembered them with a hacksaw. Dahmers MO (contd.)A. Victims bodiesDahmer kept the victims heads and genitalia as trophies. He froze these body parts.

Dahmer also froze the victims biceps and other muscles which he would later eat.

The rest of the body was boiled down using chemicals & acids, which were disposed of via the drain.

Dahmers MO (contd.)B. Dahmers experimentsSometimes Dahmer wouldnt kill the victims outright. Instead, he would perform experiments on his drugged alive victims.

He lobotomized a number of his victims. Most died immediately. However, he claimed that 1 victim lived, following an experiment, where Dahmer drilled a whole into the victims skull & poured muriatic acid into it. Dahmer argued the man was turned into a zombie & lived for several days. Dahmers MO (contd.)C. RitualsDahmer believed in the occult & planned to create a shrine to an evil force he thought influenced him.

Dahmer used his skulls, other human trophies, & a statue of a griffin that he owned. He thought the shrine would give him special powers & energies to help him socially & financially.GIS STUFFDAHMERS APARTMENT AND AREAGOOGLE EARTH MAP OF DAHMERS BLOCKINTERVIEW

FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPY-exampleLocation-Milwaukee, Wisconsin: middle of the city.Place-Urban U.S. city, residential Human-Environment Interaction-Dahmer lived and operated anonymously in a population dense areMovement- Numerous colleges/universitiesRegion-Midwest

Dahmers VictimsOver 17 young men were killed by Jeffrey Dahmer.Dahmer killed from 1978 to 1991 when he was finally caught.

The VictimsStephen Hicks Jun 1978Matt Turner- 6/91Steven Toumi- Sep. 1987Jeremiah Weinberger-7/91Jamie Doxtator Oct. 1987Oliver Lacy- 7/91Richard Guerrero- March 1988Joseph Bradeholt- 7/91Anthony Sears Feb. 1989Eddie Smith- June 1990Ricky Beeks- July 1990Ernest Miller- Sep. 1990David Thomas Sep. 1990Curtis Straughter, Feb. 1991Errol Lindsey- April 1991Tony Hughes- May 1991Konerak Sinthasomphone- May 1991

Five Themes of Geography-The PoliceLocation-Place-Human/Environment Interaction-Movement-Region

When it all finally endedHow Jeff got caughtTracy Edwards, 52, helped bring Jeffrey Dahmer to justice after he escaped from his bedroom and called police when he saw pictures of mangled bodies and smelt death.Dahmer was convicted of the murder, mutilation and cannibalisation of 16 young men and boys

The one who got away

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2020228/Jeffrey-Dahmers-intended-victim-Tracy-Edwards-held-murder.html17

Trial Dahmer admitted to all 17 murdersBlamed nobody but himselfTried to plead insanity but the court rejected his appealHe was killed in prison by an inmateCity of Milwaukee raised $400,000 to burn all of his possessions in 199618Dexter - Theme from the Showtime Original SeriesDominik HauserDexter - Theme from the Showtime Original Series (Rolfe Kent), track 1/1, disc 1/12012Soundtracks101043.68eng - Amazon.com Song ID: 230231650