Dahmer’s horrific crimes were only discovered when one potential victim, Tracy Edwards, escaped the Milwaukee apartment where Dahmer had trapped and tried to kill him. Edwards was later found on the street, handcuffed. He told the police what had happened, and in response, the police returned Edwards to Dahmer’s apartment, where they almost left him. Something similar had happened when an underage Dahmer victim also escaped, only to be returned by the police to Dahmer’s apartment. That individual was later murdered, according to History.
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While at Dahmer’s apartment with Edwards, police noticed photographs of dismembered bodies, and Dahmer was arrested. It was while searching Dahmer’s apartment that the full extent of Dahmer’s crimes came to light, details of which included human heads in the freezer and a collection of human skulls. Also discovered by the police at that time was a 57-gallon drum full of decomposing human remains, as History goes on to explain.
