Jeffrey Dahmer’s Father Lionel Dahmer Dead at 87 12/5/ 2023 2:22 PM PT
Jeffrey Dahmer’s father, Lionel Dahmer– whose relationship with his son was dissected in a recent Netflix series– has passed away … this according to a new report.
Lionel died Tuesday while in hospice care in Medina County, Ohio … according to The Sun which broke the news. The exact circumstances of his death are unknown.
The man is undoubtedly famous for his relation to the notorious serial killer … who killed, dismembered and cannibalized upwards of 17 males between 1978 and 1991.
When Dahmer’s crimes emerged … Lionel was among the only people who defended him, and did many interviews trying to explain and justify why his son had done what he did. Lionel chalked up Jeffery’s murders to his troubled upbringing and mental illness.
He even appeared alongside Jeffrey for one MSNBC interview when the killer was already behind bars. Lionel said he still loved his son regardless and would support him.
Obviously, Jeffery was killed in jail in 1994 … something Lionel decried and frowned at.
Lionel and his kid’s relationship was depicted in great detail in the 2022 Netflix limited series, “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” … which had Evan Peters playing Jeffrey and Richard Jenkins playing Lionel.
The show certainly portrayed Lionel as caring for his son … but also, rather absent from his life– and at several different points, the character dismissed Jeffery’s attempts to inform his father about his wrongdoings.
