EARLY LIFE

-Born May 21, 1960 in Milwaukee

-Had a surgery to correct a double hernia when he was 6, resulted in a change of his personality

-When his family moved to Ohio, he only got worse. Dahmer was disengaged and friendless

-Dahmer claims his interest in necrophilia and murder began when he was 14

-Most likely due to psychological stress associated with his parents' divorce