Confirmed Victim Count
Jeffrey Dahmer, the Milwaukee serial killer active from 1978 to 1991, was convicted of 15 murders. He later confessed to 17 killings in total. Law enforcement and court records confirm these numbers, which are widely cited by true crime sources and news outlets.
Victim Identification and Timeline
The 17 victims were predominantly young men, many of whom were Black or from marginalized communities. Their disappearances stretched over more than a decade before Dahmer was arrested in July 1991 after one survivor escaped and alerted police.
Sources and Further Reading
Official counts are documented in trial records and FBI case summaries. For detailed victim profiles and timeline data, you can refer to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coverage here.
