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Everything about Joyce Dahmer— Her Early Life, Family Background and Mental Health Struggles
Joyce Dahmer was a mother who struggled with mental illness while raising her sons, David Dahmer and Jeffrey Dahmer. After learning of her son’s unlawful actions, she was overcome with remorse and never got over it. Due to her persistent despair, Joyce was hospitalized several times in mental facilities. Aside from that, her alcoholism landed her in the ICU as well. Joyce’s arrest of Jeffrey led to her being diagnosed with persistent schizophrenia. She passed away in 1994 after spending her last years at a nursing facility. Criminologists talked to Joyce Dahmer to learn more about her son, Jeffrey Dahmer, who was found guilty of killing 17 boys and men…