Who was Jeffrey Dahmer’s victim, Steven Tuomi?

JEFFREY Dahmer claimed the lives of 17 victims and his second murder was that of Steven Tuomi.

The Milwaukee Cannibal brutally boys killed and young men between 1978 and 1991, but what do we know about Steven?

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Who was Steven Tuomi?

Steven Tuomi grew up in Ontonagon, in the upper peninsula of Michigan and was only 24 when he died.

He had worked as a short-lived cook at a restaurant in Milwaukee and was described as an artistic and likeable young man.

Classmate Priscilla Marley Chynoweth said: “I was in art class with him and he made a beautiful leaded stained glass lamp that I still remember.

“It was just beautiful. I remember he could do just about anything artistic.”

Dahmer was not officially charged with Tuomi’s murder due to lack of evidence, but the serial killer confessed to the murder.

Tuomi’s family reported her missing three months after she went missing and her father, Walter, said Milwaukee police said they couldn’t help because there was no signs of foul play.

What happened to Steven Tuomi?

On November 20, 1987, Dahmer met Tuomi at a gay bar and lured him to the Ambassador Hotel, as he had rented a room.

Later the serial killer would admit he had no intention of murdering the 24-year-old, but he wanted drugs and sexual assault him.

However, the Milwaukee Monster claimed when he woke up in the morning, his victim’s chest was collapsed, his body was covered in bruises and blood was coming out of his mouth.

When Dahmer looked at his hands, they too were bloody and bruised, but he maintained he had no memory of killing the young man.

Police reports said Dahmer said he “couldn’t believe it happened.”

At the time of the murder, Dahmer lived with her grandmother, and he brought Tuomi’s body home in a large suitcase.

There he decapitated the head, dissected the arms and legs, and removed the bones from the body.

Then the killer cut up the remaining flesh and placed it in trash bags before smashing the bones with a sledgehammer.

It was said that the whole process took Dahmer about two hours and every part of the victim’s body was thrown into the trash.

However, the head proved more difficult for Dahmer to dispose of, and he kept it wrapped in a blanket for two weeks.

Dahmer eventually boiled the head in a mixture of Soilex (an alkali-based industrial detergent) and bleach so he could save the skull, which he used for masturbation.

In the end, the skull had to be disposed of because it was too badly damaged by the acid bath.

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Who were the other victims of Jeffrey Dahmer?

Dahmer was sentenced to 15 consecutive lifetime terms for the murder of 17 young boys and men.

The next victim of the serial killer after the death of Tuomi Jamie Doxtatoraged just 14, making him one of Dahmer’s youngest victims.

James ”Jamie” Doxtator was of Native American descent and his mother described him as an independent and outgoing teenager who got into trouble and cut school.

Dahmer allegedly met Doxtator on January 16, 1988, while waiting at a bus stop outside a gay club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dahmer then offered the young teen $50 in exchange for a nude Photo shoot.

Once the boy was lured to Dahmer’s grandmother’s house, he strangled him to death and disposed of his body in a manner very similar to Tuomi’s.

James’ remains were never found and he was only identified as one of Jeffrey’s victims after the serial killer was arrested when two police officers were reported after his last victim, Tracy Edwardsmanaged to escape.