Jeffrey Dahmer Killer Book to Reveal Cannibal's Last Words
Jeffrey Dahmer's killer, Christopher Scarver, is shopping around for a book deal, sources say. He wants to tell the world why he killed the famous cannibal and reveal the "sick, sadistic mind games and practical jokes" Dahmer played on prison officials and prisoners.
Scarver was convicted in the 1994 bludgeoning of Dahmer, who was in prison serving 15 life sentences totaling 957 years in prison for the deaths, dismemberment, and sexual assault of 15 young boys.
Scarver was already serving multiple life sentences when he beat Dahmer to death with a broom.
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Dahmer was attacked once before Scarver killed him. During that attack, a fellow inmate attempted to slash Dahmer's throat while the two were returning from chapel. He survived, but was bludgeoned to death by Scarver just months later.
"Now is everybody happy? Now that he's bludgeoned to death, is that good enough for everyone?" Dahmer's mother Joyce Flint said to media. Several of Dahmer's victims' families spoke out and said that they were pleased with his death, saying it brought closure to their ordeals.
Dahmer's father wrote of his experience in "A Father's Story," and donated part of the proceeds to the victims' families. Subtitled, "One Man's Anguish at Confronting the Evil in His Son," the book told of Dahmer's childhood and how his family dealt with the knowledge of his son's crimes.
It was well-received and gained much sympathy for Lionel Dahmer, Jeffrey's father.
"This book is not the story of Jeffrey Dahmer at all, but of a father who, by slow degrees, came to realize the saddest truth any parent may ever know: that following some unknowable process, his child had somewhere crossed the line that divides the human from the monstrous," the book's description read.
TMZ reports that in addition to giving the why and how, Scarver also wants to write about the lessons he's learned since killing Dahmer. Perhaps most interesting, though, is the fact that Scarver wants to share Dahmer's last words.
It remains to be seen whether any publishing companies will take Scarver up on his offer 10 years after the killing.
