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The Ballad of Jeffrey Dahmer, Part IV

This Is Out of Control (the last of four parts) On February 18, 1992, the New York Times ran an article about the sentence passed on Jeffrey Dahmer. I might not have paid it much mind if not for the … Continue reading

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The Ballad of Jeffrey Dahmer, Part III

The Families’ Turn to Speak (part three of four) In the years leading up to Jeffrey Dahmer’s arrest, the Milwaukee Police Department did little to locate the gay men reported missing. But how well did the system function after Dahmer’s … Continue reading

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