The notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer met a violent end at the hands of a fellow inmate, and his last words were quite chilling.
Dahmer, often referred to as the ‘Milwaukee Cannibal’, was responsible for the murders of at least 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
He would sedate and sexually assault his victims prior to murdering them, and he confessed to cannibalising some of their remains.
In 1992, Dahmer was convicted and sentenced to 16 terms of life imprisonment. His life in prison would eventually lead to a violent conclusion.
Christopher Scarver killed Dahmer by beating him to death at Columbia Correctional Facility in 1994.
In an interview with The New York Post in 2015, Scarver shared insights about Dahmer’s behavior in prison.
“He would put them in places where people would be.” he said. “He crossed the line with some people – prisoners, prison staff. Some people who are in prison are repentant, but he was not one of them.”
Scarver also mentioned: “I saw heated interactions between [Dahmer] and other prisoners from time to time,” adding: “There was no impression.”
Initially, Scarver had no plans to approach Dahmer, wishing to avoid becoming a target of his dark humor.
However, on November 28, 1994, while Scarver, Dahmer, and another inmate Jesse Anderson were assigned to clean the prison gymnasium without guards present, events took a deadly turn.
Scarver claimed that one of the two inmates poked him in the back to provoke him, but he couldn’t identify who did it. In response, he grabbed a 20-inch metal bar from a piece of exercise equipment and confronted Dahmer.
Scarver pulled out a newspaper clipping from his pocket to confront Dahmer about his crimes.
He recalled: “I asked him if he did those things ’cause I was fiercely disgusted.
“He was shocked. Yes, he was… He started looking for the door pretty quick. I blocked him.”
Scarver, then 25 years old, struck the 34-year-old Dahmer twice on the head with the bar and smashed his head against the wall.
The Mirror reported that Dahmer’s final words were: “I don’t care if I live or die. Go ahead and kill me.”
After dealing with Dahmer, Scarver then approached Anderson, who was in a locker room.
He recounted: “He stopped for a second and looked around.
“He was looking to see if any officials were there. There were none. Pretty much the same thing [happened] – got his head put out.”
For the murders of Dahmer and Anderson, Scarver received two additional life sentences, which were added to his original life sentence for a previous murder at his workplace.