Editing Jeffrey Dahmer (section)

===Intermediate murders===
According to Dahmer, Tuomi's murder was a pivotal incident after which he did not try to control his compulsions.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mendoza |first=Madalyn |title=A Year After His First Murder, Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer Moved to San Antonio for Military Training |date=July 28, 2017 |url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/murder-Jeffrey-Dahmer-moved-to-San-Antonio-11510841.php |newspaper=[[San Antonio Express-News]] |access-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-date=December 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207191334/https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/murder-Jeffrey-Dahmer-moved-to-San-Antonio-11510841.php |url-status=live }}</ref> He began to actively seek victims, most of whom he encountered in or around gay bars and would typically lure them to his grandmother's home. He would drug his victim with [[triazolam]] or [[temazepam]] before or shortly after engaging in sexual activity with them. Once his victim was unconscious, he strangled them to death.{{sfn|Roy|2002|p=103}}<ref>{{Cite news|last=Worthington|first=Rogers|title=Dahmer's Grisly Motivation is Debated|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-01-31-9201100008-story.html|date=January 31, 1992|access-date=June 18, 2021|newspaper=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|archive-date=May 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518060911/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1992-01-31-9201100008-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Two months after the Tuomi killing, Dahmer encountered a 14-year-old [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] prostitute, James Doxtator.{{sfn|Wilson|Wilson|2006|pp=109–110}} Dahmer lured him to his grandmother's residence with an offer of $50 to pose for nude pictures. They engaged in sexual activity before Dahmer drugged Doxtator and strangled him on the floor of the cellar.{{sfn|Masters|1993|p=119}} Dahmer left the body in the cellar for one week before dismembering it in much the same manner as he had with Tuomi. He placed all of Doxtator's remains (excluding the skull) in the trash. The skull was boiled and cleansed in bleach before Dahmer found that it, too, had been rendered brittle by the process. He pulverized the skull two weeks later.{{sfn|Norris|1992|p=151}}

On March 24, 1988, Dahmer met a 22-year-old [[bisexual]] man, Richard Guerrero, outside a gay bar called the Phoenix.{{sfn|Norris|1992|p=151}} Dahmer lured Guerrero to his grandmother's residence, offering him $50 to spend the night with him.{{sfn|Masters|1993|p=121}} He drugged Guerrero with sleeping pills, strangled him with a leather strap, and performed oral sex on the corpse.{{sfn|Masters|1993|p=121}} Dahmer dismembered Guerrero's body within 24 hours, again disposing of the remains in the trash and retaining the skull before pulverizing it several months later.{{sfn|Masters|1993|p=129}}

On April 2,{{sfn|Masters|1993|pp=121-23}} Dahmer lured Ronald Flowers Jr. to his house; however, after giving Flowers a drugged coffee, both he and Flowers heard Dahmer's grandmother call, "Is that you, Jeff?"{{sfn|Norris|1992|p=166}} Although Dahmer replied in a manner that led his grandmother to believe he was alone, she observed that he was not alone. Because of this, Dahmer was unable to kill Flowers. After Flowers became unconscious, Dahmer took him to the County General Hospital.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19920208&id=4OgzAAAAIBAJ&pg=3993,4435325 |title=Teen Describes Escape from Dahmer |work=[[Lodi News-Sentinel]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=February 8, 1992 |access-date=December 5, 2013 |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122015032/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19920208&id=4OgzAAAAIBAJ&pg=3993%2C4435325 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=McCann |first=Sarah |date=September 29, 2022 |title=Ronald Flowers: What Happened to Jeffrey Dahmer Survivor and Where is He Now? |url=https://www.nationalworld.com/news/crime/ronald-flowers-who-is-jeffrey-dahmer-survivor-what-he-said-about-serial-killer-where-is-he-now-3860812 |access-date=October 14, 2022 |website=National World |archive-date=October 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014012442/https://www.nationalworld.com/news/crime/ronald-flowers-who-is-jeffrey-dahmer-survivor-what-he-said-about-serial-killer-where-is-he-now-3860812 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 1988, Dahmer's grandmother asked him to move out, largely because of his drinking, his habit of bringing young men to her house late at night, and the foul smells emanating from the basement and the garage. Dahmer found a one-bedroom apartment at 808 North 24th Street{{sfn|Masters|1993|p=125}} and moved into the residence on September 25.{{sfn|Dahmer|1994|p=132}} Two days later, he was arrested for drugging and sexually fondling a 13-year-old boy whom he had lured to his home on the pretext of posing nude for photographs.{{sfn|Dahmer|1994|pp=133–135}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.courttv.com/title/42-wi-v-dahmer-lt-donald-yockey-lt-scott-shaefer-officer-gary-temp|title=WI v. Dahmer (1992): Lt. Donald Yockey; Lt. Scott Shaefer & Officer Gary Temp|website=[[Court TV]]|date=January 1, 2021|access-date=October 10, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010011224/https://www.courttv.com/title/42-wi-v-dahmer-lt-donald-yockey-lt-scott-shaefer-officer-gary-temp|url-status=live}}</ref>

Dahmer's father hired attorney Gerald Boyle to defend his son. At Boyle's request, Dahmer underwent a series of [[psychological evaluation]]s prior to his court hearings. The evaluations found that Dahmer harbored deep feelings of [[Social alienation|alienation]]. A second evaluation two months later revealed Dahmer to be an [[Impulse (psychology)|impulsive]] individual, suspicious of others, and dismayed by his lack of accomplishments in life. His probation officer also referenced a 1987 diagnosis of Dahmer suffering from a [[schizoid personality disorder]] for presentation to the court.{{sfn|Masters|1993|p=131}}

On January 30, 1989, Dahmer pleaded guilty to the charges of second-degree [[sexual assault]] and of enticing a child for immoral purposes.{{sfn|Norris|1992|p=171}} Sentencing was suspended until May.{{sfn|Dvorchak|Holewa|1992|p=63}} On March 20, Dahmer commenced a ten-day Easter absence from work, during which he moved back into his grandmother's home.{{sfn|Masters|1993|p=134}}

Two months after his conviction and two months prior to his sentencing, Dahmer murdered his fifth victim, a 24-year-old mixed-race aspiring model, Anthony Sears, whom he met at a gay bar on March 25, 1989. According to Dahmer, on this particular occasion he was not looking to commit a crime; however, shortly before closing time that evening, Sears "just started talking to me". Dahmer lured Sears to his grandmother's home, where the pair engaged in oral sex before Dahmer drugged and strangled Sears.{{sfn|Masters|1993|p=136}}

The following morning, Dahmer placed the corpse in his grandmother's bathtub, where he decapitated the body before attempting to [[flaying|flay]] the corpse.{{sfn|Masters|1993|p=136}} He stripped the flesh from the body and pulverized the bones, which he disposed of in the trash. According to Dahmer, he found Sears "exceptionally attractive", and Sears was the first victim from whom he permanently retained any body parts: he preserved Sears' head and genitalia in [[acetone]]<ref name="Bardsley-8"/> and stored them in a wooden box, which he later placed in his work locker.{{refn|group=n|On one occasion, Dahmer's father observed this box at Dahmer's grandmother's house. When he asked Dahmer to open the box, Dahmer became defensive and angry, claiming the box contained pornographic magazines and stating: "Can't I have just one square foot of privacy?" He then promised to open the box the following day, indicating to his father the box contained pornography. His father acceded to his request.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/84549229|title=Dahmer's Dad Subtly Lets Loose Rage in Book|work=The San Bernardino County Sun|date=April 17, 1994|access-date=July 4, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185721/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/84549229|url-status=live}}</ref>}} When he moved to a new address the following year, he took the remains there.{{sfn|Norris|1992|p=197}}

On May 23, 1989,{{sfn|Dvorchak|Holewa|1992|p=63}} Dahmer was sentenced to five years' probation and one year in the House of Correction, with [[work release]] permitted so he could keep his job. He was also required to [[Sex offender registries in the United States|register as a sex offender]].{{sfn|Dahmer|1994|p=138}} Two months before his scheduled release, Dahmer was paroled from this regimen.<ref>{{cite news|title=So Many Dead, So Few Answers|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97112936/the-akron-beacon-journal|work=[[Akron Beacon Journal]]|date=August 11, 1991|access-date=October 22, 2022|archive-date=October 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022024848/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97112936/the-akron-beacon-journal/|url-status=live}}</ref> His five years' probation imposed in 1989 began at this point.{{sfn|Masters|1993|p=138}} Dahmer temporarily moved back to his grandmother's home in West Allis.{{sfn|Dahmer|1994|pp=143–144}}