The Surprising Thing That Happened To Jeffrey Dahmer In Prison

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

In addition to sending him religious reading material, Dahmer's father encouraged Jeffrey to attend religious service and to join Bible study groups at the prison. Biography reports that Jeffrey appeared to appreciate his father's suggestions, and soon became an active member of the Columbia Correctional Institution's Christian community. In addition to participating in church services and religious study groups, Jeffrey took religion classes through a correspondence school. Four years after his arrest, Jeffrey Dahmer was baptized by Church of Christ minister Roy Ratcliff in the prison's whirlpool bathtub.

Although many people questioned Dahmer's commitment to Christianity, he reportedly met with Ratcliff at least once a week to study and discuss the Bible. As reported by Biography, their last meeting was five days before Dahmer's death.

On November 28, 1994, Jeffrey Dahmer was working a detail in a restroom with fellow inmates Jesse Anderson and Christopher Scarver. The Richest reports Anderson and Dahmer were picking on Scarver, who retaliated by bringing up the details of Dahmer's crimes. Although the altercation was initially verbal, it turned violent when Christopher Scarver grabbed a weight lifting bar and beat Jesse Anderson and Jeffrey Dahmer to death.

As reported by Biography, Dahmer's defense attorney, Gerald Boyd, said he was not surprised his client was killed by another inmate, as Jeffrey reportedly had "a death wish." However, Boyd said he knew Dahmer did not "have the gumption to do it himself."

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