Christopher Scarver
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Scarver is the second of five children and was born and raised in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]. He attended [[James Madison Academic Campus|James Madison High School]] before dropping out in the eleventh grade. |
Scarver is the second of five children and was born and raised in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]. He attended [[James Madison Academic Campus|James Madison High School]] before dropping out in the eleventh grade. Shortly after. Scarver was hired as a trainee [[Carpentry|carpenter]] in a Wisconsin Conservation Corps job program. He said that his supervisor, Edward Patts,{{Cite web |date=2022-09-27 |title=What Netflix's The Jeffrey Dahmer Story leaves out about how he died |url=https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a41405492/how-did-jeffrey-dahmer-die-death-netflix/ |access-date= |website=[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]] |language=en-GB}} promised that upon completion of this one-year program he would be hired full-time. After Patts was dismissed, Scarver did not gain a full-time job there and lost his traineeship in January 1990.>{{Cite news |date=November 29, 1994 |title=Dahmer suspect claims he was "The Son Of God" |url=https://books.google.de/books?id=r8McAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA28&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false |work=The Bryan Times |pages=28}} |
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Afterwards, Scarver began drinking and smoking heavily, consuming three bottles of [[malt liquor]] and four [[Marijuana cigarette|marijuana cigarettes]] each day. Scarver later told his psychiatrist that he believed the corps had rejected him due to racial discrimination. When he was forced to move out of his mother's home after his girlfriend became pregnant, Scarver began planning vengeance against the carpenter site. |
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Scarver was hired as a trainee [[Carpentry|carpenter]] in a Wisconsin Conservation Corps job program. He said that his supervisor, Edward Patts, promised that upon completion of this program he would be hired full-time. After Patts was dismissed, Scarver did not gain a full-time job there. |
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Scarver stated at his first murder trial that he began hearing the voices of a family while drunk, calling him "the chosen one" and "the son of God". Scarver came to believe he was [[Jesus Christ]], further reasoning that they were both carpenters, had a mother named Mary and a similar first name, signing documents with the signature "Christ".[https://books.google.de/books?id=Lz0DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16&dqr#v=onepage&q&f=false Why Jeffrey Dahmer Killed So Many Black Men] (December 19, 1994) ''[[Jet (magazine)|Jet]]'' , pp. 14-17 He was later diagnosed with [[schizophrenia]] and described as having [[Messiah complex|messianic delusions]].{{Cite web |date=November 30, 1994 |title=Dahmer Slaying Suspect Linked to Mental Illness |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-30-mn-3121-story.html |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times}}{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2007 |title=Qualified Immunity Upheld on Supermax Mental Illness Aggravation |url=https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2007/may/15/qualified-immunity-upheld-on-supermax-mental-illness-aggravation/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=prisonlegalnews.org}} |
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==Murder of Steve Lohman== |
==Murder of Steve Lohman== |
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On June 1, 1990, Scarver went to the Wisconsin Conservation Corps training office and found site manager John Feyen and 27-year-old employee Steve Lohman present. Forcing Lohman down at gunpoint with a .25 caliber semiautomatic pistol, Scarver demanded money from Feyen. Upon receiving only US$15 from him ({{Inflation|US|15|1990|fmt=eq}}), the enraged Scarver shot Lohman |
On June 1, 1990, Scarver went to the Wisconsin Conservation Corps training office and found site manager John Feyen and 27-year-old employee Steve Lohman present. Forcing Lohman down at gunpoint with a .25 caliber semiautomatic pistol, Scarver demanded money from Feyen. Upon receiving only US$15 from him ({{Inflation|US|15|1990|fmt=eq}}), the enraged Scarver shot Lohman once in the head, killing him. According to authorities, Scarver said: "Now do you think I'm kidding? I need more money." Feyen wrote Scarver a check for US$3,000 ({{Inflation|US|3000|1990|fmt=eq}}), with Scarver firing a second shot at Lohman's dead body, stating "This is still not enough". As Feyen was in the process of retrieving his [[paycheck]] roll, Scarver shot Lohman's body a third time, at which point Feyen handed over his car keys, wallet, credit cards, and the paychecks. Scarver shot Lohman's body a fourth time, |
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Scarver pled [[not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect]] to his murder charge, after which psychiatrists disagreed whether he was fit to stand trial. A police officer who arrested Scarver testified that he had planned on turning himself in since he understood that what he was doing was morally wrong. In 1992, Scarver was convicted of murder at a jury trial and sentenced to life in prison. He was incarcerated at the [[Columbia Correctional Institution (Wisconsin)|Columbia Correctional Institution]] in [[Portage, Wisconsin]]. |
Scarver pled [[not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect]] to his murder charge, after which psychiatrists disagreed whether he was fit to stand trial. A police officer who arrested Scarver testified that he had planned on turning himself in since he understood that what he was doing was morally wrong. In 1992, Scarver was convicted of murder at a jury trial and sentenced to life in prison. He was incarcerated at the [[Columbia Correctional Institution (Wisconsin)|Columbia Correctional Institution]] in [[Portage, Wisconsin]]. |
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==Murders of Jeffrey Dahmer and Jesse Anderson== |
==Murders of Jeffrey Dahmer and Jesse Anderson== |
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[[Category:1994 murders in the United States]] |
[[Category:1994 murders in the United States]] |
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[[Category:African-American Christians]] |
[[Category:African-American Christians]] |
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[[Category:American convicts who became writers]] |
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[[Category:American carpenters]] |
[[Category:American carpenters]] |
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[[Category:American male criminals]] |
[[Category:American male criminals]] |
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