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Step into the dark world of America's most disturbing criminal mind in this chilling true crime documentary. This video explores the twisted life and brutal crimes of one of the most sickening serial killers in American history. From their early signs of violence to the shocking details of their murder spree, this documentary covers every bone-chilling detail.

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00:00There have been calls by some for the public to contact me and my office in an attempt to influence my decision-making in this case.
00:10This has been extraordinarily disruptive for court staff. It's also highly inappropriate.
00:15The court is not supposed to, and this court will never, take into account public sentiment regarding its judicial decisions.
00:23I ask that you not continue to mount such campaigns.
00:26The elected prosecutor is the sole authority in deciding what charges to pursue, as well as what penalties to ask for.
00:35This court cannot require the prosecutor to seek the death penalty, nor would it be appropriate for this court to attempt to do that.
00:43I have not read any of the numerous messages, nor listened to any of the numerous voicemails.
00:49Those have all been forwarded to security and, where appropriate, to law enforcement.
00:56Well, I will say, you know, we have no intention of calling all the family members.
01:04We have the intention of calling a few of the family members who serve certain purposes.
01:09I can't think of a reason that we couldn't. Obviously, it's not ideal. It's completely out of context. It's out of order.
01:16This is like a gumbo.
01:21You are going to put all the pieces that go into that into the pot, and at the end of the day, the jury's going to decide whether it's a good soup or not, from the state's perspective.
01:32And so I think we get too obsessively stuck on the idea of exactly the order these things need to come in, right?
01:43And so I'm not sure why you couldn't call the family members you need up front, and then we take away this concern.
01:55I can certainly understand, from the defense perspective, the need and desire to have the defendants support a family here in the court.
02:052nd July, 2025. A date that is now written forever in the history of true crime in America.
02:12Brian Koberger, a name people knew only as a suspect, set himself in court today. Guilty.
02:28Koberger stood in the courtroom, wearing a suit, absolutely calm.
02:32There was no guilt, no regret on his face.
02:36Judge Stephen Hippler questioned him separately on each charge,
02:39and Koberger, without any hesitation, said every time, guilty.
02:45When he made this confession, there was a dead silence in the courtroom.
02:49There were tears in the eyes of the victim families, but that was not relief.
02:54That was an absolute justice, in which there was no answer.
02:58The court made it clear, this guilty plea is a legal agreement.
03:02In exchange for the death penalty, Koberger will get life imprisonment without parole.
03:074 different life sentences, plus 10 years for burglary.
03:11What does that mean?
03:13He will never come out again.
03:15No appeal, no parole, no mercy.
03:18But the biggest impact of this plea was that there would be no trial now.
03:22And when there was no trial, there would be no cross-examination.
03:26Whatever motive the killer had in his mind, it will never come out in front of the court.
03:31So yes, Brian Koberger said guilty, but he never told why.
03:37And perhaps this why is the biggest pain in this case.
03:41Why did Brian Koberger take a guilty plea?
03:44Was it a strategy or pressure?
03:46Was it a strategy or was he cornered?
03:49When Brian Koberger pleaded guilt, the biggest question that arises is why?
03:54Did he really admit his crime or was it just a calculated move, a game plan?
04:01If we look at the timeline of the entire case,
04:04Koberger and his lawyers tried to delay the trial from the very beginning.
04:08First, a motion was filed that media coverage was creating bias.
04:13Then it was said that Koberger has autism spectrum disorder,
04:16so he is not eligible for the death penalty.
04:19At one point, they even argued that the DNA evidence was collected illegally.
04:23But Judge Stephen Hippler rejected all these arguments.
04:28The court clearly said,
04:30the evidence is strong, the trial will take place on time,
04:33and the death penalty is also on the table.
04:37And this was that moment when the defence team realised that now nothing was left.
04:43The evidence against Koberger was not just circumstantial, it was direct.
04:48The sheath of a combat knife several times on which Koberger's DNA was found.
04:54Phone records, which were tracking his movements multiple times around the crime scene.
04:59His white Hyundai Elantra, which was recorded in surveillance on the night of the crime.
05:05Despite being a criminal justice student, Koberger could not escape this trap.
05:09So when he realised that going to trial would mean a death sentence, then he cut the deal.
05:16He received immunity from the death penalty in exchange for a guilty plea.
05:20But his condition was,
05:22no appeals, no parole, life imprisonment till death.
05:26Legal experts say it was a tactical surrender.
05:29A surrender in which a person saves himself from total annihilation,
05:34but does not accept anything emotionally.
05:37And the scariest part, despite saying guilty in the courtroom.
05:41There was no emotion on Brian Koberger's face.
05:45No remorse.
05:46No guilt.
05:47No grief.
05:48So was it really a surrender?
05:50Or was it just a cold, calculated move,
05:53so that he remained alive and the control remained in his hands?
05:56No one has an answer.
05:59But this much is certain.
06:01This guilty plea is a shortcut to justice,
06:04but it can also be the graveyard of truth.
06:07Reaction of victim families.
06:09Closure or anger.
06:11The first thing that made headlines outside the courtroom
06:14after Brian Koberger's guilty plea
06:16was the reaction of the victim families.
06:19Four families.
06:20Four children.
06:21Four different emotions.
06:23Ethan Chapin's family hid their pain and said,
06:25We're grateful this is over.
06:28We don't have to hear the details.
06:29We can begin to heal.
06:31Madison Mogan and Zahna Canodal's loved ones
06:34also called the plea a peaceful closure.
06:37But it was not that simple.
06:39Kayleigh Goncalves' family,
06:41especially her father Steve Goncalves,
06:43were furious as they left the courtroom.
06:46He said,
06:46The killer got mercy.
06:48But he did not give even a moment to my daughter.
06:52Kayleigh's sister Aubrey wrote an emotional open letter
06:55in which she said,
06:56The system gave us silence, not justice.
07:00That letter went viral.
07:02She wrote that this plea deal is another trauma for them
07:04because they will never know the motive.
07:07And when Steve Goncalves publicly announced
07:10that he is returning the $85,000 trial support fund
07:13that he had raised from the people,
07:16then the whole America was shocked for once.
07:19His message was clear.
07:20If the trial doesn't happen,
07:23then what should I do with that money?
07:25I wanted answers, not punishment.
07:28This guilty plea was peace for some families.
07:31And for some, there was another knife,
07:34this time in his heart.
07:36What was lost due to cancellation of trial?
07:38Something else was quietly killed
07:41along with Brian Koberger's guilty confession.
07:45The trial.
07:46Yes, now the evidence will not be shown to the jurors
07:49in any courtroom.
07:51There will be no witness cross-examined.
07:53There will be no forensic reconstruction.
07:56No one will be asked why.
07:58And in this silence,
08:00the truth has been sacrificed the most.
08:03Legal experts know
08:04the trial is not just a means of punishment.
08:07It is a public record.
08:09A space where every angle,
08:11every motive,
08:12every doubt is openly discussed.
08:15In this case,
08:16Koberger's motive has not been officially disclosed yet.
08:19Did the victims already know?
08:21Was it jealous?
08:22Obsession?
08:23Revenge?
08:23Or a cold-blooded psychological thrill?
08:26Now we will never know.
08:28When the trial happened,
08:29the FBI, forensic experts and digital analysts
08:32would all present their data in the courtroom.
08:34Then we might have known
08:36that Koberger had made a plan beforehand.
08:38How he would target which victim,
08:40how he would avoid CCTV coverage,
08:43and what his behavior was after the crime.
08:46But now,
08:47after the guilty plea,
08:48all this will be sealed.
08:50The files will be closed.
08:52And a story that the world should understand
08:54will remain hidden.
08:56This isn't just a legal closure.
08:59It's a narrative collapse.
09:01The evidence that shattered Koberger?
09:03You must be wondering.
09:05Why did an intelligent PhD student like Koberger
09:08take a guilty plea?
09:10What was there against him that forced him?
09:13Let's see.
09:15What was the hardcore forensic proof?
09:17The first biggest proof was
09:19a single bar combat knife sheath
09:21found at the crime scene.
09:22Koberger's DNA was on it.
09:25Clean match, no doubt.
09:27Doosra proof.
09:28Cell tower data.
09:29Koberger's mobile was activated
09:31near the crime scene
09:32twelve times before the crime,
09:34especially around three o'clock in the night.
09:37Tees-Ra.
09:38Hyundai Elantra.
09:40His car was seen multiple times
09:41in the crime night surveillance footage.
09:44Speed change.
09:45Return patterns.
09:46Everything was with the FBI.
09:48Fourth, trash DNA match.
09:51The FBI took DNA from his father's trash
09:53and matched it.
09:55Pure genetic confirmation.
09:57First, his online behavior.
09:59He was a criminology student.
10:01He did research on patterns of serial killers.
10:04He posted anonymous questions on Reddit.
10:06How did you feel after killing someone?
10:09Type.
10:10Everything together.
10:11The case that was made against Koberger
10:13was airtight.
10:14He had no alibi.
10:16No explanation.
10:17That's why legal experts say
10:19this guilty plea was not regret.
10:22It was survival instinct.
10:24A deal to stay alive in jail.
10:26But the irony is this.
10:27A person like Koberger
10:29considered the system to be a game.
10:31And when he lost the game,
10:33he took a shortcut
10:34and put the truth in the grave.
10:37Courtroom conversation
10:38between the judge and Koberger.
10:41The 2nd of July, 2025.
10:43There was a deep silence
10:44in courtroom number.
10:46Three in Lahtar County, Idaho.
10:49Judge Stephen Hippler
10:50sat on his bench.
10:51His face was serious,
10:53but clear.
10:54Every eye in the courtroom
10:56was fixed on Brian Koberger,
10:58a PhD criminology student,
11:00now a confessed killer.
11:02The judge looked straight at him
11:04and began reading out charges
11:06one by one.
11:07Mr. Koberger,
11:08you are charged with the murder
11:10of Kayleigh Goncalves.
11:12How do you plead?
11:13Koberger took a small glance
11:15toward his defense attorney,
11:16then looked at the judge
11:17and gave a straight answer.
11:19Guilty.
11:20Your Honor.
11:22Then the judge asked,
11:23you are also charged
11:24with the murder of Madison Mogan.
11:26How do you plead?
11:28Koberger repeated the same thing again.
11:31Guilty.
11:32While doing this,
11:34the judge read out the names
11:35of the four murder victims,
11:37Ethan Chapin,
11:39Zana Kurnodler,
11:40and Koberger gave the same answer
11:42each time without any expression.
11:44Guilty.
11:46Judge Hippler said another
11:47important line after that.
11:49Are you entering this plea
11:50voluntarily, Mr. Koberger?
11:52Has anyone threatened you
11:53or promised you anything
11:54in exchange for this plea?
11:57Koberger immediately said,
11:59no, Your Honor,
12:00I'm doing this voluntarily.
12:02Then the judge asked,
12:04do you understand
12:05that by pleading guilty
12:06you waive your right
12:07to a trial by jury?
12:09Brian calmly replied,
12:11yes, Your Honor.
12:13There was a pin drop silence
12:15in the courtroom.
12:16Neither the press broke its silence
12:18nor the family spoke out.
12:20Everybody heard it.
12:21Every word, every sentence.
12:24Judge finally declared,
12:26the court accepts
12:26your plea of guilty.
12:28You will be sentenced
12:29to four consecutive life sentences
12:31without parole
12:32plus ten years for burglary.
12:34No appeals will be permitted.
12:36This case is now closed.
12:38And then, in that moment,
12:41Koberger's entire case was turned.
12:43There will be no public trial,
12:45no questioning,
12:46no cross-examination,
12:48just a cold courtroom confession
12:50and lifetime imprisonment.
12:52But during that entire hearing,
12:55Koberger did not show
12:56any remorse even once.
12:59No tears in his eyes,
13:01no fear in his voice,
13:02just short robotic answers,
13:05as if he was solving
13:06MQQs of some exam.
13:08This moment was not just
13:09a legal procedure.
13:11It was a living proof
13:12of the terrifying silence
13:13hidden inside a human being.
13:15Brian Koberger saw he'd guilty,
13:19but there was no explanation
13:20for his guilty plea.
13:22There was no apology.
13:23There was no reason.
13:25Most important part of their story,
13:27why,
13:28was never revealed.
13:30The families put up
13:31the facade of closure,
13:32but their truth is this.
13:34Justice was done,
13:36but the truth was buried alive.
13:38This guilty plea cancelled
13:40America's biggest trial.
13:42The mic of truth
13:43was never turned on.
13:45And Koberger?
13:46He will now spend his life
13:47in prison with his cold silence.
13:49No remorse,
13:50no answers,
13:51nor humanity.
13:52So the question is not
13:53whether Brian Koberger confessed.
13:55The question is,
13:56did he ever think about
13:57what he did?
13:58And if the answer is no,
14:00then perhaps this case
14:01will remain unfinished forever.
14:03Justice delivered,
14:05truth denied,
14:06silence forever.
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14:21in biology class,
14:34we had the usual
14:36adoption of fetal pigs.
14:39And I took the remains
14:41of that home
14:42and kept the skin.
14:45And I just started branching out
14:47dogs, cats.
14:50I suppose it could have turned
14:51into a normal hobby
14:54like taxidermy.
14:55And all I know is that
14:57I wanted to see
14:59what the insides
15:00of these animals looked like.
15:02There may have been
15:03some violence involved,
15:04some underlying subconscious
15:06feelings of violence.
15:08I've met a lot of men
15:09who were motivated
15:10to commit violence
15:11just like me.
15:13And without exception,
15:15every one of them
15:17was deeply involved
15:18in pornography
15:19without question,
15:21without exception,
15:22deeply influenced
15:23and consumed
15:24by an addiction
15:25to pornography.
15:26There's no question
15:27about it.
15:27The FBI's own study
15:29on serial homicide
15:31shows that the most common
15:33interest among serial killers
15:36is pornography.
15:38That's true.
15:39And it's real.
15:40It's true.
15:42The person to blame
15:43is sitting right across
15:44from you.
15:44That's the only person.
15:46Not parents,
15:48not society,
15:49not pornography.
15:50I mean,
15:50those are just excuses.
15:52What do you think
15:53about what he said
15:54about pornography?
15:55Pornography?
15:57I've been looking at it
15:58all my life
15:59and it hasn't affected
16:00me anything.
16:06A person whose home's fridge
16:10was filled
16:10not just with food
16:12but with dead bodies.
16:14A story which does not end
16:15after the murder.
16:17It only begins then.
16:18This is not just
16:20the story of a killer.
16:21This is the journey
16:22of a monster
16:23who survived
16:24by hiding the deaths
16:25of 17 people
16:27behind the mask
16:28of a normal boy.
16:30This is the story
16:31of Jeffrey Dahmer,
16:32a name which has been written
16:34among the most deadly
16:35serial killers of America,
16:37a hunting devil
16:37who not only killed
16:39the corpses of his victims
16:40but preserved their body parts,
16:42ate them
16:43and kept their pictures
16:44with them.
16:46From 1978 to 1991,
16:49this man killed
16:4917 young boys
16:51one after the other.
16:52But his first murder,
16:54that was the most horrifying
16:55because a monster
16:56was born on that day.
16:58So let's start
17:00from the day
17:00that started a story
17:01written in blood
17:02in American history.
17:04June 18th, 1978,
17:07Jeffrey Dahmer's
17:08first murder.
17:10Starting date, time,
17:11year of crime involved?
17:13It all began
17:14on June 18th, 1978,
17:17a warm summer evening
17:18in Bath Township, Ohio.
17:21The sun was setting
17:22when a young Jeffrey Dahmer
17:24spotted his first victim,
17:2618-year-old hitchhiker,
17:28Stephen Hicks.
17:30Dahmer, just 18 himself,
17:31had recently graduated
17:33high school.
17:34But instead of heading off
17:35to college parties
17:36or finding a summer job,
17:38he drove straight
17:39into darkness.
17:41At around 5.30pm,
17:43he picked up Hicks,
17:44offering him a ride,
17:46a few beers,
17:47and a place to chill.
17:49By 7pm,
17:50Hicks was dead,
17:52bludgeoned with a dumbbell
17:53strangled and hidden
17:54in the basement.
17:56This was no accident.
17:57It was the beginning
17:58of a chilling reign
17:59of terror
18:00that would stretch
18:01over 13 years
18:02and claim 17 innocent lives.
18:04And that very night,
18:06something inside
18:07Jeffrey Dahmer broke.
18:09Permanently.
18:10Who was the killer?
18:11The name?
18:12Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer.
18:14But the world remembers him
18:15as the Milwaukee cannibal,
18:17a soft-spoken,
18:18polite man
18:19with a monster
18:19hiding behind his glasses.
18:21To neighbours,
18:22he was shy and quiet.
18:24To his victims,
18:25he was death itself.
18:27He didn't kill for revenge,
18:28money, or hate.
18:30He killed because
18:30he wanted full control.
18:32Control over bodies,
18:34over life,
18:35over death.
18:36He lured young men
18:37with offers of cash
18:38or photoshoots
18:39only to murder them brutally.
18:41And then?
18:43He kept their remains,
18:44sometimes for weeks.
18:45He wasn't just a killer,
18:47he was a collector,
18:48a manipulator,
18:49a wolf in sheep's clothing.
18:51But every monster
18:52has an origin.
18:53So where did
18:54Jeffrey's madness
18:55begin?
18:56Killer's real name
18:57and early life.
18:58Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer
18:59was born on May 21st,
19:011960,
19:02in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
19:05His father, Lionel,
19:06was a chemist,
19:07and his mother, Joyce,
19:08struggled with anxiety
19:09and depression.
19:11From the outside,
19:12the Dahmers looked like
19:12a normal middle-class family.
19:15But behind closed doors,
19:16fights,
19:17emotional distance,
19:18and a child
19:19growing colder by the day,
19:21Jeffrey was fascinated
19:22with dead animals.
19:23He'd collect roadkill
19:24and store the bones.
19:26At just six years old,
19:27he began showing signs
19:28of detachment.
19:29His only joy came from
19:31anatomy books
19:31and taxidermy kits.
19:33By the time he turned ten,
19:34he was already fantasizing
19:36about controlling others,
19:38about what it would feel like
19:39to own a body.
19:40But childhood obsession
19:41soon turned into
19:42something far darker.
19:44Killers' mental health
19:45and childhood trauma.
19:47Jeffrey's mind was a storm
19:48from early on.
19:49His mother's frequent
19:50hospitalizations
19:51and emotional instability
19:53left him craving attention.
19:55But instead of love,
19:56he found isolation.
19:58His father,
19:59though intelligent,
20:00was emotionally distant.
20:02Jeffrey was left alone
20:03with his thoughts,
20:04thoughts that turned
20:05darker with time.
20:07He developed fantasies
20:08of complete domination,
20:09sexual, violent, disturbing.
20:12He began drinking
20:13in high school,
20:14sometimes even bringing
20:15alcohol to class.
20:17Teachers noticed,
20:18but no one intervened.
20:19He admitted later
20:20that he felt like
20:21something was missing.
20:23That missing piece?
20:24He tried to fill it
20:25with death.
20:27Diagnosed later
20:27with borderline
20:28personality disorder
20:29and schizotypal traits,
20:31Jeffrey was not insane,
20:33just broken beyond repair.
20:35And what happens
20:35when a broken mind
20:36meets the opportunity
20:37to kill?
20:39It begins.
20:40When, where,
20:41and how did
20:41the first murder happen?
20:43It was June 18, 1978.
20:45Jeffrey Dahmer
20:47had been left alone
20:48at his family home
20:49after his parents separated.
20:52That's when he picked up
20:53Stephen Hicks,
20:54a friendly hitchhiker
20:55heading to a rock concert.
20:57They drank beer,
20:58listened to music,
20:59talked for hours.
21:01But when Hicks said
21:02he had to leave,
21:03something snapped.
21:04Dahmer didn't want
21:05to lose him.
21:06He grabbed a dumbbell,
21:07hit him from behind,
21:08and strangled him.
21:10It wasn't planned.
21:11But once it happened,
21:13Jeffrey felt something powerful,
21:14something addicting.
21:16He said later,
21:17it gave me a sense
21:18of total control.
21:20Hicks became his first victim,
21:21the first of many.
21:23And now that he'd crossed the line,
21:24there was no going back.
21:26Exact time,
21:27date,
21:28and location of murder?
21:29The murder happened
21:30on Sunday evening,
21:31June 18, 1978,
21:33between 5.30 and 7 p.m.
21:36The location?
21:37The basement of
21:38Jeffrey Dahmer's childhood home
21:39at 4,480 West Bath Road,
21:43Bath Township, Ohio.
21:45The house was isolated,
21:47surrounded by woods,
21:48perfect for hiding secrets.
21:50Hicks was killed in silence.
21:52No one heard the screams.
21:54No one suspected the horror
21:55unfolding beneath
21:56that suburban roof.
21:58And for 13 years,
21:59that home kept its secret.
22:01Until Dahmer confessed,
22:03no one knew that the first blood
22:04had been spilled right there.
22:06And what he did with the body next
22:07was even more horrifying.
22:09Who was the victim?
22:11Stephen Mark Hicks
22:12was just 18 years old,
22:14a kind, music-loving teenager
22:15from Coventry Township, Ohio.
22:18That day,
22:19he was on his way to a concert
22:20when he accepted a ride
22:21from a stranger.
22:23He didn't know
22:24that stranger would be his last.
22:26Friends described him as cheerful,
22:28funny and full of life.
22:29He had plans, dreams.
22:31He wanted to be a teacher one day.
22:33His parents reported him missing
22:35when he didn't return home.
22:36But the case went cold.
22:38For years,
22:39Stephen was just a face
22:40on a missing poster.
22:42Until 1991,
22:43when his killer finally confessed.
22:46But Stephen's death
22:47wasn't the end.
22:48It was the beginning
22:49of a bloody legacy.
22:50What was the method of murder?
22:52Dahmer's method
22:53was brutally simple.
22:55He waited until Hicks
22:56was relaxed,
22:56distracted,
22:57then struck him twice
22:58in the back of the head
22:59with a 10-pound dumbbell.
23:01When Hicks collapsed,
23:02he used the bar
23:03to strangle him
23:04until he stopped moving.
23:06The killing was silent,
23:07efficient.
23:08But what followed
23:09was more disturbing.
23:11Dahmer stripped the body,
23:12stared at it,
23:14admitted he was aroused.
23:15He kept the body overnight,
23:17then began cutting it up.
23:18The murder wasn't fueled by anger.
23:20It was fueled by obsession,
23:22control,
23:23possession.
23:24The act wasn't just about killing.
23:26It was about keeping.
23:28And when the body lay lifeless,
23:30Dahmer's real work began.
23:31What was the murder planning?
23:33Officially,
23:34it wasn't planned.
23:35But mentally,
23:36it was years in the making.
23:38Jeffrey had been fantasizing
23:39about controlling a person
23:40for years.
23:41This was just the moment he acted.
23:43He didn't have tools ready,
23:45just raw impulse.
23:47But the way he handled the aftermath
23:48showed calculation.
23:50He dismembered the body,
23:51used acid to dissolve flesh,
23:53and crushed the bones
23:54with a hammer.
23:55It was meticulous.
23:57He flushed some remains,
23:58hid others in the woods.
23:59The cover-up was clinical,
24:01precise,
24:02like he'd rehearsed it in his mind
24:03over and over.
24:05It may not have been pre-planned,
24:07but it was executed
24:08with chilling control.
24:09And the way he cleaned up
24:11was just the start
24:12of his sinister blueprint.
24:14What was the look,
24:15outfit and dialogue
24:16of the killer
24:17at the time of murder?
24:18That night,
24:19Dahmer looked like
24:20any normal teen.
24:21Blue jeans,
24:22a white t-shirt,
24:23and casual sneakers.
24:24His face emotionless,
24:26calm.
24:26But behind that still face,
24:28rage and obsession boiled.
24:30When Hicks stood to leave,
24:32Dahmer's voice was quiet.
24:33Don't go.
24:35That was the last thing
24:36Hicks ever heard.
24:37There was no shouting,
24:38no screaming,
24:39just the cold swing of metal
24:41followed by silence.
24:43Afterward,
24:44Dahmer didn't cry,
24:45didn't panic.
24:46He sat beside the body,
24:48touching it,
24:49studying it.
24:50His face never changed.
24:51There was no remorse,
24:52just fascination.
24:54That blank stare
24:55would become the face
24:55of America's
24:56most terrifying killer.
24:58But this wasn't
24:59a one-time event.
25:00It was only chapter one.
25:02What did the killer do
25:03after the murder?
25:04Jeffrey Dahmer
25:05did not panic
25:06immediately after the murder.
25:07He hid Stephen Hicks's body
25:09in his basement.
25:11He sat next to the body
25:12all night,
25:13sometimes with fear,
25:14sometimes with curiosity,
25:16and sometimes
25:16with a twisted peace.
25:18The next morning,
25:19he began dismembering the body
25:20with a cold mind.
25:22He picked up a kitchen knife,
25:23separated the limbs,
25:25made a plan
25:25to put the flesh in acid,
25:27dissolved the flesh,
25:29separated the bones,
25:30and crushed them
25:30with a sledgehammer.
25:32He put bone fragments
25:33into plastic bags
25:34and threw them
25:35into the wood,
25:36flushed the flesh,
25:37or threw it down the drain,
25:39cleaned the entire place
25:40with bleach.
25:41When his parents
25:42returned home,
25:43they did not know anything.
25:45After the murder,
25:46he went to college
25:47as if nothing had happened.
25:49But that night,
25:50Jeffrey was no longer
25:51just a boy.
25:52He had become
25:52a serial killer.
25:54But when so much
25:55was hidden,
25:56did anyone see anything?
25:58How did the killer
25:59destroy the evidence?
26:01Dahmer destroyed
26:01everything so cleanly
26:03that even the forensic team
26:04could not find the evidence
26:05even after years.
26:07He dismembered Hick's body
26:08and dissolved the flesh
26:10with acid.
26:11He had made the acid
26:12in a container
26:13which he had hidden
26:13in the basement.
26:15When the flesh
26:15was in liquid form,
26:17he flushed it.
26:18The bones were chopped
26:19so small with a sledgehammer
26:20that they could not
26:21even be identified.
26:23That bone powder
26:24was put into the wood.
26:25The murder weapon,
26:26the dumbbell,
26:27was cleaned with bleach.
26:29Blood stains
26:29were scrubbed.
26:30Not a single fingerprint,
26:31clothing,
26:32or even a hair strand
26:33was left.
26:34Geoffrey put on gloves,
26:36sealed the bags tightly.
26:37And the biggest thing,
26:39he didn't say anything
26:40to anyone.
26:41An explanation
26:42that would shock
26:42the mind of a trained killer,
26:44not an 18-year-old.
26:46But did anyone see
26:47anything strange
26:48around Geoffrey that day?
26:50Or was everyone
26:51keeping quiet?
26:52Was blood or body parts
26:54found at the scene
26:54of murder?
26:56When Geoffrey Dahmer
26:56confessed in 1991,
26:58the police investigated
26:59his house in Bathurst.
27:01But by that time,
27:0313 years later,
27:04no physical evidence
27:05was found.
27:06No blood stains,
27:07no body parts.
27:09There was not even
27:09the smell of bleach
27:10in the basement.
27:11Everything had been
27:12cleaned up.
27:13Even Hick's flesh,
27:14bones and belongings
27:15had been destroyed.
27:17Dahmer explained in detail
27:19how he dismembered
27:20the bodies,
27:21dissolved them in acid,
27:22and crushed the bones.
27:24Nature had done
27:25its work in the woods
27:26where the bone fragments
27:27were thrown.
27:28Rain, insects,
27:29and time
27:30had destroyed everything.
27:31The forensic team
27:32had to rely only
27:33on his words.
27:34Everything was over,
27:35except for a confession.
27:37But was Geoffrey alone
27:38at the time of the murder?
27:40Or did someone come
27:41close to the truth?
27:42He was the witness
27:43of the murder.
27:44There was no witness
27:45to the murder
27:45of Stephen Hicks.
27:47Geoffrey Dahmer
27:48did not plan the murder,
27:49but when he acted,
27:50he covered it up
27:51from every angle.
27:53When Hicks was picked up,
27:54he was on an isolated road.
27:56No CCTV,
27:57no traffic,
27:58nothing.
27:58He went back home
28:00and committed the murder
28:01in the basement
28:01where there was no one.
28:03The neighbors also had no idea
28:05of any strange smell or sound.
28:07At that time,
28:08Dahmer's parents had separated.
28:10Geoffrey was completely alone
28:12in the house.
28:13When Stephen Hicks' parents
28:15filed a missing report,
28:16the police scanned the entire town,
28:18but no witness was found.
28:20Geoffrey behaved so normally
28:22that no one doubted him,
28:24neither the college students
28:25nor anyone in the army.
28:27For 13 years,
28:28he kept that murder a secret
28:29for which there was no witness
28:31until Dahmer himself confessed
28:33in front of the police.
28:35Stephen Hicks was just a missing boy
28:36about whom there was no trace.
28:39And when no one saw him,
28:40then did the killer
28:41go straight back home
28:42after the murder.
28:43The killer was good.
28:44See you soon,
28:44bitch.
28:45Tom.

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