Editing Christopher Scarver (section)

==Early life==
Scarver is the second of five children and was born and raised in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]. He attended [[James Madison Academic Campus|James Madison High School]] before dropping out in the eleventh grade. His mother forced him out of her house after he became addicted to alcohol and marijuana. 

Scarver was hired as a trainee [[Carpentry|carpenter]] in a Wisconsin Conservation Corps job program. He said that his supervisor, Edward Patts, promised that upon completion of this program he would be hired full-time. After Patts was dismissed, Scarver did not gain a full-time job there. 

He began to drink heavily. Later he said that while drunk, he started to hear voices calling him the "chosen one".<ref name="NYTimes"/> He was later diagnosed with [[schizophrenia]] and was said to have been suffering from [[Messiah complex|messianic delusions]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 30, 1994 |title=Dahmer Slaying Suspect Linked to Mental Illness |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-30-mn-3121-story.html |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2007 |title=Qualified Immunity Upheld on Supermax Mental Illness Aggravation |url=https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2007/may/15/qualified-immunity-upheld-on-supermax-mental-illness-aggravation/ |access-date=October 3, 2022 |website=prisonlegalnews.org}}</ref>