The 14th prey of serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer was Matt Turner.
From 1978 to 1991, notorious serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer slaughtered and disassembled 17 adolescents and adults before his capture.
Turner became a casualty of the appalling killer Jeffrey Dahmer, who sedated, choked, and dismembered him.
Turner lost his life in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, on June 30, 1991, at the age of 20.
The ghastly killings and untold agony inflicted by serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer are not adequately elucidated in the ten-hour episodes of Netflix’s true crime drama Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.
The series concentrated on a few of Dahmer’s 17 victims from 1978 to 1991, with only a few receiving in-depth portrayals of their lives and personalities.
Due to factual inaccuracies and censure from the victims’ families, the public needs to learn about the exact fates of these tragic victims of Dahmer’s vicious obsession with killing.
Who Was Matt Turner?
Matt Turner was born in Flint, Michigan, on October 15, 1970.
Those who were acquainted with him described him as a good, intelligent, and articulate young man.
‘His nature was generally commendable. He possessed a keen intellect and eloquent speech,’ Debbie Hinde, the Teen Living Program’s director, told USA Today.
Just a year before his demise, Turner—occasionally known as Donald Montrell—had relocated to Chicago after fleeing his home.
The fugitive aspired to pursue a career in modeling, but his dreams were tragically shattered when he encountered serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in 1991.
He died on June 30, 1991, at the tender age of 20.
What Happened To Matt Turner? How Was He Killed by Dahmer?
Dahmer was methodical in his pursuit and murder of his victims.
Biography reports that he frequently picked up victims at gay clubs, malls, and bus stops, enticing them back to his home with the promise of money or s*x.
In 1991, while waiting at a bus stop, Turner encountered Dahmer, who had arrived in Chicago to participate in a gay pride parade.
Dahmer invited the young man into his apartment after luring him to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Upon reaching his apartment, Dahmer sedated, strangled, and subsequently dismembered the young man who had fled to a Chicago halfway house a year earlier.
Turner’s body was drugged, strangled, and tormented before Dahmer proceeded to preserve some of Turner’s body parts in his freezer.
His torso was initially stored in the freezer, followed by his head and internal organs.
Dahmer acquired a 57-gallon barrel on July 12 to preserve the body in acid.
On July 22, 1991, Tracy Edwards managed to escape from his apartment and alerted the Milwaukee Police to Dahmer’s appalling actions that he had been subjected to earlier.
This put an end to Dahmer’s killing spree.
He was charged with 15 counts of first-degree murder. Dahmer was convicted and sentenced to 15 consecutive life terms after a two-week trial.
He served only two years of his sentence before being murdered in 1994.
Final Verdict
From 1978 to 1991, Dahmer was responsible for the deaths of 17 men and boys.
Jeffrey ended Matt’s life in June 1991. Turner was slain in a bathtub by Dahmer. He was lured into Dahmer’s residence, where, like most of his previous victims, he was drugged and strangled.
The body was dissected and scattered throughout his apartment. His torso was placed in a 57-gallon barrel, while his head and internal organs were stored in a freezer.
