Lionel Dahmer

Lionel Herbert Dahmer (; born July 29, 1936) is an American retired 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 Dahmer'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 former wife have been accused of neglecting Dahmer during his childhood.