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Dahmer's childhood home

4480 West Bath Road, Bath Township, Ohio

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Dahmer grew up here and killed Steven Hicks at the property in June 1978.

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Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. When Tracy Edwards escaped his Milwaukee apartment, police discovered evidence of the killings. Reporting and documentaries have also examined missed opportunities to intervene and the experiences of victims’ families.

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