Jeffrey Dahmer
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Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender notorious for murdering and dismembering 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jeffrey Dahmer canonical | 6 |
| Jeffrey Dahmer–like killer | 1 |
| Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12997523 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffrey Dahmer Context triple: [Evan Peters, portrayedCharacter, Jeffrey Dahmer]
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A.
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy was an infamous American serial killer active in the 1970s, known for his charm, intelligence, and brutal murders of numerous young women across multiple states.
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B.
Dennis Rader
Dennis Rader is an American serial killer, known as the BTK Killer, who murdered ten people in Kansas between 1974 and 1991 while taunting authorities with letters.
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C.
Richard Speck
Richard Speck was an American mass murderer infamous for the 1966 killings of eight student nurses in Chicago.
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D.
Charles Starkweather
Charles Starkweather was a 1950s American spree killer whose notorious murder rampage with his teenage girlfriend inspired numerous films and fictional characters.
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E.
Richard Fish
Richard Fish is a quirky, money-driven yet oddly principled lawyer and partner at the Cage & Fish law firm on the television series "Ally McBeal."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jeffrey Dahmer Target entity description: Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender notorious for murdering and dismembering 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
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A.
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy was an infamous American serial killer active in the 1970s, known for his charm, intelligence, and brutal murders of numerous young women across multiple states.
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B.
Dennis Rader
Dennis Rader is an American serial killer, known as the BTK Killer, who murdered ten people in Kansas between 1974 and 1991 while taunting authorities with letters.
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C.
Richard Speck
Richard Speck was an American mass murderer infamous for the 1966 killings of eight student nurses in Chicago.
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D.
Charles Starkweather
Charles Starkweather was a 1950s American spree killer whose notorious murder rampage with his teenage girlfriend inspired numerous films and fictional characters.
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E.
Richard Fish
Richard Fish is a quirky, money-driven yet oddly principled lawyer and partner at the Cage & Fish law firm on the television series "Ally McBeal."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cannibal
ⓘ
human ⓘ necrophile ⓘ serial killer ⓘ sex offender ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | homicide ⓘ |
| convictedIn |
Ohio
ⓘ
Wisconsin ⓘ |
| convictedOf | multiple counts of first-degree murder ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| criminalCharge |
dismemberment of corpses
ⓘ
murder ⓘ sexual assault ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1960-05-21 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1994-11-28 ⓘ |
| dischargedFrom | United States Army ⓘ |
| dischargeReason | alcohol abuse ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Revere High School ⓘ |
| endTimeOfCrimes | 1991 ⓘ |
| familyName | Dahmer ⓘ |
| fullName |
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer
ⓘ
linked to:
Jeffrey Dahmer
|
| givenName | Jeffrey ⓘ |
| hasSaid | he was driven by compulsions and fantasies ⓘ |
| incarceratedAt | Columbia Correctional Institution ⓘ |
| keptInResidence |
body parts of victims
ⓘ
photographs of dismembered bodies ⓘ |
| killedBy | Christopher Scarver ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | beaten to death ⓘ |
| mediaDepiction | subject of numerous books, films, and documentaries ⓘ |
| militaryRole | combat medic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
acts of cannibalism
ⓘ
attempts at creating human zombies through drilling and acid injections ⓘ murdering and dismembering 17 young men and boys ⓘ |
| numberOfLifeSentences | 15 ⓘ |
| numberOfVictims | 17 ⓘ |
| parent |
Joyce Dahmer
ⓘ
linked to:
Lionel Dahmer
Lionel Dahmer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Portage, Wisconsin, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Portage, Wisconsin
|
| portrayedBy |
Evan Peters
ⓘ
Jeremy Renner ⓘ |
| residence |
Bath Township, Ohio, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Bath, Ohio
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ |
| sentence | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| servedIn | United States Army ⓘ |
| sexualOrientation | homosexual ⓘ |
| startTimeOfCrimes | 1978 ⓘ |
| usedModusOperandi |
drugging victims
ⓘ
luring victims to his apartment ⓘ strangulation ⓘ |
| victimProfile |
primarily men of color
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teenage boys ⓘ young men ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jeffrey Dahmer Description of subject: Jeffrey Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender notorious for murdering and dismembering 17 young men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.