Dahlmer, father of Jeffrey, wrote a book.  When he wrote it he was roundly mocked and scorned–as an opportunist?  as a poor candidate for parenting expert?  Probably both.

I have a handful of books that I bought grudgingly from Amazon over the course of a year.  The first was Sibling Abuse and one of the last was Lionel’s book.  I had a nagging feeling I should and combined with prayer eventually I did.  I was glad I did, I learned a lot and none of it was fun.  A Father’s Story is not overly graphic and not at all sensationalist.  It is the haunting story of  a father whose son became a monster.  After I read the book and told the kids about it we looked JD on wiki. 

Today I am dedicating the blog to all of Jeffrey Dahlmer’s victims, including his own family.  Not only does the suffering he caused defy imagination, it would have ended much sooner if the police had cared at all about protecting his target group.

One of the things I gained form Lionel’s book was the tendency of ordinary people around psychopaths to enable, look the other way, rationalize or just choose not to investigate closely.  Psychopaths capitalize on their ability to coop people to accept danger lies.  Don’t.