Lionel Dahmer

Lionel Herbert Dahmer was an American author, research chemist, and father of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. In 1994, he wrote A Father's Story, a non-fictional account on his son Jeffrey's upbringing, subsequent progress to become a world-wide-known serial killer and its aftermath. Lionel's figure has been controversial in the subsequent years since his son's crimes, as both he and his first wife were accused of neglecting Jeffrey during his childhood.