Jeffrey Dahmer’s Father, Lionel, Dead at 87

Jeffrey Dahmer‘s father, Lionel Dahmer — whose relationship along with his son was dissected in a current Netflix collection — has died … this in accordance with a brand new report.

Lionel handed away Tuesday whereas in hospice care in Medina County, Ohio … in accordance with The Sun, which broke the information. The precise circumstances of his dying are unknown.

The man is clearly well-known for his relation to the infamous serial killer … who murdered, dismembered and cannibalized upwards of 17 males between 1978 and 1991.

As soon as Dahmer’s crimes got here to mild … Lionel was one of many solely individuals who defended him, and did numerous interviews attempting to elucidate and justify why his son had finished what he did. Lionel chalked up Jeffery’s murders to his troubled upbringing and psychological sickness.

He even appeared alongside Jeffrey for one MSNBC interview when the killer was already behind bars. Lionel stated he nonetheless beloved his son regardless and would stick by him.

In fact, Jeffery was murdered in jail in 1994 … one thing Lionel decried and resented.

Lionel and his son’s relationship was portrayed in nice element within the 2022 Netflix restricted collection, “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” … which had Evan Peters taking part in Jeffrey and Richard Jenkins taking part in Lionel.

The present actually depicted Lionel as caring for his child … but additionally, considerably absent from his life — and at a number of completely different factors, the character brushed apart Jeffery’s makes an attempt to inform his dad about his misdeeds.