Disclaimer: This article is on the Netflix web series DAHMER and may contain references to murder and s*xual assault some may find upsetting. Reader discretion is advised.
On July 22, 1991, police raided Jeffrey Dahmer’s apartment in Milwaukee and discovered 72 Polaroid photos he had taken of some of his victims. For the images, the bodies were cut up and placed in various poses and stages of death.
Around 11:30 p.m. on July 22, 1991, police officers Rolf Mueller and Robert Rauth noticed a young black man running quickly near the intersection of Kilbourn Avenue and North 25th Street.
Tracy Edwards used karate to escape being handcuffed by Jeffrey Dahmer.
Tracy Edwards, a 32-year-old black male from Tupelo, Mississippi, was quickly identified as the man wearing handcuffs on his left wrist. Edwards told police that he used karate to defend himself against the “freak” who tried to kill him.
Tracy Edwards was about to become Jeffrey Dahmer’s 18th victim.
Home of Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer
Tracy Edwards was returned to Jeffrey Dahmer’s residence by the two police officers who noticed her. The key to their handcuffs was too small.
Jeffrey Dahmer lived in Apartment 213. It has since been demolished. Dahmer, 31, was met by two police officers at his home on 924 North 25th Street, Suite 213.
The living room was small, but it had a large, comfortable armchair, a healthy potted plant on a tall pedestal, an oriental rug, blue curtains at the window, some nice pictures on the wall, and one framed picture of a naked male model, according to Brian Masters’ book The “Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer.” The room had nothing shady or filthy about it. In fact, it appeared to be surprisingly clean and well-kept for the neighborhood.
Jeffrey Dahmer lived in Apartment 213 as a bachelor. Take a look at the naked men on the wall, the strange fish in the fish tank, and the security cameras on the walls.
His room was full of audio tapes about the Bible, numerology, the Devine Triangle, learning Latin, and the Genesis Flood, indicating that the 31-year-old single man was religious or at least interested in religion.
There were also VHS tapes of Cocktales, Chippendale’s Tall, Dark, and Handsome, Rock Hard, Hard Men 2, Hard Men 3, Peep Show, and Tropical Heat Wave.
Polaroids From Jeffrey Dahmer’s Apartment: Unbelievably Brutal And Surprisingly Mundane
The police were informed by Dahmer that his bedroom contained the key to his handcuffs. One officer decided to follow Dahmer because he had a bad feeling about it. A bloody knife was found under the murderer’s bed, and the open chest drawer contained images of naked men.
The Polaroids contained images of severed heads, missing limbs, and rotting torsos, which shocked the police when they looked through them.
A drum filled with decaying body parts was one of the horrifying clues that detectives and forensic scientists discovered. Later, Dahmer claimed that he had murdered 17.
The only evidence of what happened to a number of his victims, including his first, was contained in Dahmer’s 60-hour confession and the photos he took as souvenirs.
Let’s put it this way: it’s a nightmare,’ Jeffrey Dahmer told the police. Even before I was found out, it had been a nightmare. It’s obvious that I’ve been thinking horrible, gruesome things in my head for years. An absolute nightmare.
Disclaimer: This article is on the Netflix web series DAHMER and may contain references to murder and s*xual assault some may find upsetting. Reader discretion is advised.
