Talk to the New York TimesIn March 2007, Roy openedly and candidly discussed his relationship with Dahmer. Roy was fond of Dahmer and was deeply affected by his passing. Roy refers to him in the following way: “my friend Jeff,”Jeff is secure in the knowledge that he was a “child of God”He was incarcerated on Nov. 28, 1994, when he was killed.
Roy Ratcliff would be paying a steep price for bringing one of America’s most vicious serial killers to the light of God. “I’m marked as the man who did that,”He shared a feeling of anger with him, not at the idea, but at the thought that it was wrong. Roy described the meeting as quite normal. “He was seeking redemption. He was seeking forgiveness,”Roy.