Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer and sex offender who committed the murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. His crimes were particularly notorious for their gruesome nature, which included rape, dismemberment, necrophilia, and cannibalism. Dahmer was born on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He had a troubled childhood and exhibited disturbing behavior from a young age. His first murder occurred in 1978 when he was just 18 years old. After killing his victim, he engaged in acts of necrophilia and dismemberment, which would become a pattern in his subsequent crimes. Dahmer's spree continued into the 1980s and early 1990s, during which he lured his victims—mostly young men—to his home with promises of money or alcohol. He would then drug them, strangle or suffocate them, and engage in post-mortem acts. He often kept body parts as trophies and even attempted to create "zombies" by drilling holes into his victims' skulls and injecting acid or boiling water into their brains. Dahmer was finally arrested on July 22, 1991, after one of his intended victims managed to escape and alert the police. Upon searching his apartment, authorities discovered human remains, photographs of dismembered bodies, and other evidence of his crimes. In 1992, Dahmer was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms in prison. He was later sentenced to a 16th life term for an additional murder. Dahmer was killed by a fellow inmate, Christopher Scarver, on November 28, 1994, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin. Dahmer's case has been the subject of extensive psychological analysis and media coverage, exploring the factors that may have contributed to his behavior, including his troubled family life, possible mental illness, and substance abuse. His crimes remain some of the most horrifying in American criminal history.