The Man Who Killed Jeffrey Dahmer
Who is Christopher Scarver?
On November 28, 1994, Christopher Scarver, an inmate at Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin, was tasked with cleaning the prison gymnasium alongside two other inmates: Jesse Anderson and the infamous cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer.
During the assignment, Scarver attacked and killed Dahmer, leaving him beaten and bloody on the floor. He also fatally assaulted Anderson. After the attacks, Scarver calmly returned to his cell. When a guard questioned why he was back so soon, Scarver responded, “God told me to do it. You will hear about it on the 6 o’clock news. Jesse Anderson and Jeffrey Dahmer are dead.”
Christopher Scarver, was born on July 6, 1969, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After dropping out of high school and being kicked out by his mother, Scarver found work as a trainee carpenter through the Youth Conservation Corps program.
On June 1, 1990, a frustrated Christopher Scarver confronted Steve Lohman, a former supervisor, at the office of his training program. Scarver claimed the program owed him money and demanded payment from Lohman. When Lohman handed over only $15, Scarver shot him fatally.
Scarver was arrested shortly after the shooting, found sitting on the steps of his girlfriend’s apartment.
