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The Kidnapping and Murder of Jason Plauche

On March 18, 1982, Jason Plauche, Gary’s son, was tragically hitchhiking home from a concert when he encountered Dahmer. Dahmer lured Jason to his apartment, where he subjected him to a nightmarish ordeal of drugging, rape, and strangulation. Afterward, Dahmer dismembered Jason’s body and discarded it like trash. This horrendous act devastated the Plauche family, propelling Gary Plauche on a mission to seek justice for his son.

He hired a private investigator and even offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to Jason’s murder. In 1986, Dahmer was arrested for the murder of Steven Hicks, another hitchhiker killed in 1978. Despite his conviction for this crime, Dahmer was inexplicably released on parole after serving only ten years.

The Plauche Shooting

On March 16, 1984, during Dahmer’s scheduled sentencing for the murder of Steven Hicks, Gary Plauche was granted an opportunity to address the court. In an astonishing turn of events, he asked the judge for permission to kill Dahmer. When this request was denied, Plauche took matters into his own hands, pulling out a gun and shooting Dahmer in the head.

Though Dahmer miraculously survived the shooting, he suffered permanent brain damage. Subsequently, he was convicted of all 15 murders and sentenced to life in prison, ultimately meeting his demise at the hands of a fellow inmate in 1994.

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