Milwaukee, WI– From a serial killer perspective, Milwaukee, Wisconsin may be best known for it’s Cannibal Club resident Jefferey Dahmer. Although he was murdered in prison, Dahmer is a name we all know well, and a name the Milwaukee Police Department wish to forget.
While there is no other connection to Dahmer other than logistics, today, District Attorney John Chisholm and MPD Chief Edward Flynn announced they are hunting the latest hunter in their community.
There has been a DNA link established in the murders of six women, believed to be prostitutes in the vicinity over the last 21 years. Recent developments in forensics are responsible for establishing the breakthrough link, and almost 24 more are pending.
Assumably, this will establish whether this string of homicides will classify as a metaphorical mountain or a mole hill.
The first two victims linked by the killer’s DNA died in October 1986, Flynn said. Two more were killed in 1995, one in 1997 and the most recent in April 2007. He said five were known prostitutes and the sixth was involved in drugs. Although Jessica Payne, 16, was linked to the alleged suspect through sexual contact, Police believe she is the lone victim to date that was actually killed by a different individual. MPD has declined to elaborate on that theory.
According to the victim map and profile, the killer takes a roughly 9–10 year break from 1986– 2006 , and again 1995 – 2007.