Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story on Netflix has reinvigorated fans’ interest in the Milwaukee serial killer and those related to him. His father Lionel is still living, but his mother Joyce passed away in 2000.
The Milwaukee monster’s parents Joyce and Lionel were married for 19 years before their 1978 divorce. During their marriage, they had two sons, Jeffrey (and David) respectively. Joyce Moved toFresno, California after the Divorce. Lionel continued to remarry.
The parents, like the rest of the globe, discovered their eldest son was a serial killer after his 1991 arrest.
Both parents spoke out about Dahmer’s arrest over the years. Both parents shared their opinions about Dahmer’s childhood and his horrible actions.
Jeffrey Dahmer’s mother Joyce died of breast cancer in 2000
Joyce whose maiden name was Flint died from breast cancer in November, 2000, a report from LA Times Archive notes.
It is also noted that Joyce was a native to Columbus Wisconsin, and was born February 7, 1937.
As per LA Times, the mother of two had a master’s degree in counselling.
Find a Grave reveals that the Milwaukee serial killer’s mother who was also known as “Rocky”She died November 27, 2009. During her final days she worked as an AIDS worker in central California.
Joyce was a case manger for the Central Valley AIDS Team. Joyce was also the founder of “The Living Room,”In 1996, Fresno was home to an HIV community center.
“Everybody loved her. She would do anything for her clients and for anybody really. She was just this wonderful person,” Julio Mastro, the Living Room’s executive director said.
In 1994, United Press International reported that Dahmer’s mother Joyce had attempted suicide at her Fresno, California home.
The gas oven was on, and she was lying down. She was then rushed to Valley Medical Center Fresno.
What Dahmer’s mother Joyce has said about his killings
Interview with MSNBC (per Central RecorderJoyce stated that Dahmer was a “perfectly normal young boy”You can also find out more about a “fantastic young man”.
In a 1993 interview with a newspaper, the mother of Milwaukee’s serial killer stated that (as per) Deseret News): “I wake up every morning and for a split second I don’t know I’m Jeffrey Dahmer’s mother, and then it all floods in.”
Central Recorder Joyce said in 1994 that she had spoken in another interview and expressed her desire for help from other families and parents of murderers.
The mother of the serial killer reportedly expressed that she and the victims’ families could connect over feelings of grief.
The Milwaukee Monster was sentenced to 16 years in prison
Dahmer was sentenced to 16 years in prison for his crimes.
According toCrime Museum, Dahmer’s full sentence equated to 957 years.
In early 1992, he pleaded guilty in his trial to 15 murder charges in Wisconsin and 16 in the United States.Thmurder in Ohio.
Dahmer would have been imprisoned for the rest of his life if he had not had the chance to be paroled.
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