The Tragic Life of Joyce Dahmer, Mother of Jeffrey Dahmer
The Tragic Life of Joyce Dahmer, Mother of Jeffrey Dahmer When the world tried to understand the crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer, the serial killer who murdered 17 boys and men between 1978 and 1991, many people turned their attention to his mother, Joyce Dahmer. Some wondered if the environment she created during his childhood played a role in the man he later became. Others believed she was simply a mother forced to live with a tragedy no parent could imagine. Joyce Flint was born on February 7, 1936, in Columbus, Wisconsin, to Floyd and Lillian Flint, who were of German and Norwegian ancestry. She grew up with a younger brother named Donald. Later in life, she married Lionel Dahmer, and together they welcomed their first son, Jeffrey Dahmer, on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From the outside, the Dahmer family may have appeared like a typical American household, but their home life was far from peaceful. Lionel Dahmer was often away due to his doctoral studies, leaving...