By Adrienne Morris
Jeffery Dahmer—if you were not already aware—was an infamous serial killer in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Between 1978 and 1991, Dahmer killed a total of seventeen men and boys. He became known as the “Milwaukee Cannibal.” His face was plastered all over the news, his trial was videotaped and uploaded to the media; everyone in America knew his and his family’s names.
Dahmer’s younger brother, David Dahmer, his father, Lionel Dahmer, and his mother, Annette Dahmer, were subject to the media as well. They were treated as if they were murderers themselves. They were stalked, exploited, and harassed during Dahmer’s trial, and years after.
The Dahmers appeared in court to hear from the families of the deceased. Jeffery Dahmer’s father met with the news, and was interviewed multiple times regarding his son. Time and time again, the family was harassed by the police, the media, and people following the story from all over the United States.
Eventually, the harassment from law enforcement stopped, and news reports moved on, but the media did not. The Dahmers received phone calls daily, letters in the mail, death threats, and emails for years on end. Is this immoral? Is it cruel? Or is it justified?
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