{"id":78934,"date":"2022-09-26T21:09:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/inside-the-tragic-life-of-jeffery-dahmers-last-would-be-victim-from-hero-to-prisoner\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T21:09:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T21:09:54","slug":"inside-the-tragic-life-of-jeffery-dahmers-last-would-be-victim-from-hero-to-prisoner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/inside-the-tragic-life-of-jeffery-dahmers-last-would-be-victim-from-hero-to-prisoner\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside the tragic life of Jeffery Dahmer&#8217;s last would-be victim \u2014 from hero to prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Jeffrey Dahmer&#8217;s final would-be victim, who escaped and led police to the twisted serial killer&#8217;s lair, has been thrust back into the spotlight following Netflix&#8217;s widely-watched mini-series \u201cDahmer \u2013 Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story\u201d \u2014 but despite the ending the sicko&#8217;s spree, the man hailed a hero lived a tragic life.<\/p>\n<p>Tracy Edwards became a national name in 1991 after he led Milwaukee cops to the remains of Dahmer&#8217;s 17 dismembered victims, ending a decade-long spree of cannibalistic homicides that shocked the country.<\/p>\n<p>But Edwards&#8217; life quickly spiraled out of control and he was accused of killing a man almost two decades to the day after he survived the tragic fate himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s like Humpty Dumpty,\u201d his defense attorney Paul Ksicinski told ABC News in 2011. \u201cIt&#8217;s like he was never able to put the pieces back together again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Tracy Edwards is seen testing in Jeffrey Dahmer&#8217;s 1992 murder trial.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Court TV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-2-mugshot.jpg?resize=810%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Undated Tracy Edwards' mugshot.\" class=\"wp-image-24009701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-2-mugshot.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1620 1620w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-2-mugshot.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1215 1215w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-2-mugshot.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=810 810w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-2-mugshot.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=405 405w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-2-mugshot.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>In 2011, Edwards was charged with homicide in connection with the death of a fellow homeless man.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Milwaukee Police Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Netflix retelling of the horrific Dahmer crimes begins with a dramatized version of Edwards&#8217; escape from the cannibal killer&#8217;s apartment on the night of July 22, 1991, after he was lured over with the promise of beer and money.<\/p>\n<p>After bolting from the house of horrors, a handcuffed Edwards flags down a passing patrol car on the street and tells officers that Dahmer had tried to kill him.<\/p>\n<p>He then led police to the apartment, where investigators discovered preserved human heads, mutilated body parts and photographs of mutilated men.<\/p>\n<p>The reenactment drew heavily from Edwards&#8217; testimony, which was broadcast by Court TV during Dahmer&#8217;s closely-watched 1992 trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was listening to my heart [at knifepoint] because at that point he told me he was going to eat my heart,\u201d Edwards chillingly told the court.<\/p>\n<p>However, the brave survivor&#8217;s newfound publicity attracted the attention of police in his native home of Tupelo Mississippi, where he had been indicted for sexual battery of a 14-year-old girl.<\/p>\n<p>The then 32-year-old was extradited down south to face the charges. <\/p>\n<p>When he returned to Milwaukee, Edwards racked up arrests for drug possession, theft, property damage, failure to pay child support, and bail jumping \u2014 as he lived in and out of homeless shelters, ABC reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"884\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-mugshot-01-1.jpg?resize=884%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Tracy Edwards\" class=\"wp-image-24012784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-mugshot-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1768 1768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-mugshot-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1325 1326w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-mugshot-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=884 884w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-mugshot-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=442 442w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/tracy-edwards-mugshot-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Tracy Edwards was arrested for multiple offenses in Milwaukee.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Milwaukee Police Dept.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"986\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/jeffrey-dahmer-01-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C986&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Dahmer seen in court in 1991.\" class=\"wp-image-24009880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/jeffrey-dahmer-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/jeffrey-dahmer-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/jeffrey-dahmer-01-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Dahmer confessed to killing 17 men and boys.  He was murdered in prison 1994.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On July 26, 2011, nearly twenty years to the day that he was lauded as a hero for escaping Dahmer and leading cops to his victims, Edwards was accused of murder himself.<\/p>\n<p>He and another homeless man were accused of pushing a third man that was living on the streets off a bridge into the Milwaukee River.  The victim, Jonny Jordan, died before first responders arrived, the network reported in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Edwards was charged with homicide and pleaded guilty to aiding a felon \u2014 a deal which got him a reduced sentence of one and a half years, according to WITI-TV.<\/p>\n<p>The whereabouts of the now 63-year-old man are unknown, despite a recent renewal of interest in his life. <\/p>\n<p>Still, Shaun Brown, who portrayed Edwards in the Netflix hit, took to Twitter to share his feelings about the man he played \u2014 insisting he has \u201cso much love\u201d for him and the other victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have so much love for Tracy Edwards and I hope that through my portrayal you will also,\u201d Brown <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shaunbrown\/status\/1572648722043121664\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope you have love for all the victims and maybe in time you will have more love for one another.  Empathy and awareness can create heaven on Earth if we allow it.  We are one.  We are all beings made of stardust.  Much love to you all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dahmer \u2014 who confessed to killing 17 men and boys since 1978 and was convicted in 1992 \u2014 was beaten to death by a fellow prison inmate in 1994.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffrey Dahmer&#8217;s final would-be victim, who escaped and led police to the twisted serial killer&#8217;s lair, has been thrust back into the spotlight following Netflix&#8217;s widely-watched mini-series \u201cDahmer \u2013 Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story\u201d \u2014 but despite the ending the sicko&#8217;s spree, the man hailed a hero lived a tragic life. 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