Jeffrey Dahmer hid the dismembered body parts of his victim Anthony Sears in his locker while working at a chocolate factory, according to a new Netflix documentary. Sears, 26, was one of 17 boys and men murdered by Dahmer between 1978 and 1991.
In the documentary Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes, forensic psychiatrist Dr Park Dietz revealed that Dahmer kept Sears' head and genitals in an airtight container in his locker. 'This was safer than having it at Grandma's house where somebody could stumble upon it,' Dietz said.
Dahmer strangled Sears at his grandmother's home after meeting him at a Milwaukee gay club. He cut off Sears' head and genitals as trophies. In audio played during the documentary, Dahmer told his lawyer he hoped the remains would 'dry out and would stay looking like he did in life but it didn't work out that way'.
Only one of Dahmer's victims, Tracy Edwards, managed to escape. Edwards told a journalist he pretended to need the bathroom and hit Dahmer on the head before fleeing. He alerted police, who searched Dahmer's home and found polaroid pictures of dismembered victims and body parts including two full skeletons.
Dahmer was sentenced to life in prison and was beaten to death by a fellow inmate in 1994. The documentary is available to stream on Netflix from Friday.
