David Dahmer: Everything About Jeffrey Dahmer's Brother

David Dahmer is typically known as the younger brother of Jeffrey Dahmer, an American serial killer and sex offender who committed the murder and dismemberment of seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Jeffrey Dahmer’s notorious acts have been portrayed in several films, books, and documentaries.

David Dahmer: Bio Summary

Name	David Dahmer
Age	56 years old (As of 2022)
Date of birth	December 18, 1966
Famous as	Jeffrey Dahmer’s brother
Gender	Male
Parents	Lionel Dahmer and Joyce Dahmer
Sibling	Jeffrey Dahmer

Early Life & Education

David Dahmer was welcomed into the world on December 18, 1966, in Doylestown, Ohio, United States. As of 2022, he is at the age of 56 years. He is the second of two sons of Lionel Dahmer and Joyce Dahmer. His mother Joyce Annette, a teletype machine instructor was of Norwegian and Irish ancestry.

David Dahmer’s father Lionel Dahmer, was a Marquette University chemistry student and, later, a research chemist and a writer. He is known for Biography (1987), Mind of a Monster (2019), and Dateline NBC (1992). Lionel Dahmer was of German and Welsh ancestry.

David Dahmer’s father Lionel Dahmer was a university student and his studies kept him away from home most of the time. His mother Joyce Dahmer was a hypochondriac who had depression. She took her daily consumption of Equanil, laxatives, and sleeping pills and didn’t often spend tangible contact with her husband and children.

David Dahmer has an older brother called Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer who was born on May 21, 1960, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the U.S. In October 1966 before David Dahmer was born, the family moved to Doylestown, Ohio. After David was born, his elder brother Jeffrey was allowed to choose the name of his little brother; he chose the name, David.

The same year, David Dahmer’s father Lionel Dahmer earned his degree and began to work as an analytical chemist in nearby Akron, Ohio. In 1968, the family moved to Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio. David Dahmer’s educational details have not been revealed.

David Dahmer’s grandparents are Herbert Walter Dahmer, Catherine Jemima Hughes, Floyd Leroy Flint, and Lillian Bernice Rundberg Flint.

Parents Married & Divorce

David Dahmer’s parents Lionel Dahmer and Joyce Dahmer got married after dating for a while. The pair got married in the year 1959. They produced two children; Jeffrey Dahmer and David Dahmer. Lionel Dahmer and Joyce Dahmer’s marriage wasn’t a happy-ever-after one.

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Lionel Dahmer and Joyce Dahmer kept quarreling frequently during their marriage. The pair even attempted to save their marriage, so they decided to attend counseling sessions. Their marriage was failing gradually and eventually, they both decided to divorce.

The actual reason for their decision to divorce was that Lionel Dahmer discovered that Joyce Dahmer had a brief extramarital affair with someone. They both decided to tell their sons and wished to do so amicably. In early 1978, Lionel Dahmer left the house to live in a motel on North Cleveland Massillon Road, temporarily.

Later, Joyce Dahmer and her junior son David Dahmer moved out of the family home to live with relatives in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Meanwhile, during this time Jeffrey Dahmer had just turned 18 and remained in the family home. Lionel Dahmer and Joyce Dahmer’s divorce was finalized on July 24, 1978.

Joyce Dahmer was granted custody of her younger son David Dahmer and alimony payments. Lionel Dahmer has been married to Shari Dahmer since December 24, 1978. Joyce Dahmer died on November 27, 2000, in Fresno, California, USA, of breast Cancer, at the age of 64 years.

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David Dahmer’s Brother Jeffrey Dahmer

David Dahmer’s parents gave birth to only two children together. They gave birth to David Dahmer and his older brother Jeffrey Dahmer. David’s brother Jeffrey is also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster. He became a serial killer and sex offender.

Jeffrey Dahmer committed the murder and dismemberment of seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Many of his later murders involved necrophilia, cannibalism, and the permanent preservation of body parts—typically all or part of the skeleton.

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Jeffrey Dahmer was found to be legally sane at his trial. He was convicted of fifteen of the sixteen murders he had committed in Wisconsin and was sentenced to fifteen terms of life imprisonment on February 17, 1992. He was later sentenced to a sixteenth term of life imprisonment for an additional homicide committed in Ohio in 1978.

On November 28, 1994, Jeffrey Dahmer was beaten to death by Christopher Scarver, a fellow inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin

The Family’s Reactions

The family got to know what David Dahmer’s brother Jeffrey Dahmer did. Their father Lionel Dahmer released a memoir after the death of his son, entitled, A Father’s Story. Lionel blamed his ex-wife Joyce Dahmer for her excessive drug use while pregnant for Jeffrey’s negative brain development.

Lionel Dahmer has blamed himself for negligence and not being able to cater to his son’s emotional needs. Lionel and his new wife visited Jeffrey Dahmer while he was in prison. David Dahmer has not revealed anything about his older brother, Jeffrey Dahmer. He has refused to associate himself with his brother Jeffrey’s actions.