Netflix’s ‘Dahmer’ is based on the real life story of Jeffery Dahmer which made headlines back in the 1990s. Till date, many people wonder why Catherine Jemima Hughes, his grandmother didn’t suspect anything about his horrible serial killings

He terrorized American people for 13 years, ruining and taking the lives of 17 men and teenagers. He tortured, raped, dismembered, and sometimes even cannibalized the corpses. In fact, three of these murders occurred in his grandmother’s Catherine Jemima Hughes apartment.

 Jamie Doxtator, Richard Guerrero, and Anthony Sears were murdered under the roof of Catherine Jemima Hughes, and now many are wondering again if the sweet old lady knew of her grandson’s plans.

 What Is Known About Catherine Jemima Hughes? 

The Netflix series shows us how Catherine Jemima Hughes always suspects that her grandson is not very normal. In the more than eight years that ‘the Milwaukee butcher’ lives with his grandmother, he hides mannequins in his bed, masturbates at public fairs, and is arrested for sexually assaulting a minor.

 Little is known about Catherine beyond the fact that she always tried to get her to stop drinking, get her to go to Church, and get her to reform. Dahmer was sent with her upon her discharge from the army in 1981 and remained in her home until 1990; two years after Catherine asked her grandson to move out because he could no longer cope with her alcohol problems and altercations.

 Did Dahmer Kill Catherine Jemima Hughes?

 No. Although he engaged in criminal activity in his home, Dahmer did not kill his grandmother, Catherine Jemima Hughes. Dahmer moved with his grandmother to his home in West Allis, near Milwaukee, in 1981.

 People report that Catherine told Dahmer’s father, Lionel, that he had started finding strange items, like a male mannequin in his grandson’s closet and a .357 Magnum under his bed. She also noticed a foul odor emanating from the garage.

Lionel told People that Catherine Hughes was reduced to “sitting like a scared animal” following her grandson’s arrest due to the number of reporters camped outside her home. She died in December 1992. However, the truth is that there is no evidence that Catherine Jemima Hughes knew what was happening with her grandson. What’s more, according to a 1991 article (via Newspaper.com), it appears that he learned of her crimes once he was arrested and was horrified by this.

 Catherine Jemima Hughes never testified and died at 88, just months after Dahmer was convicted. Then, many rumors came to light, as some believed that the serial killer had something to do with the older woman’s death. But the truth is that the cause of the older woman’s death was never proven.

Who Is Tony Hughes, And What Was His Relationship With Jeffrey Dahmer, The Milwaukee Monster?

 Thanks to the Netflix series, we learn more about the lives of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims, and one of the most shocking cases is that of Tony Hughes.

 Since the premiere of Monster – Dahmer: The Story of Jeffrey Dahmer on Netflix, curiosity about this serial killer has aroused in the public, and something that Ryan Murphy’s plot has done very wisely is to give us a deeper look at Jeffrey’s victims Dahmer, and such is the case with Tony Hughes.

It should be noted that the majority of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims were African American. 9 of the 17 belonged to that community, although Dahmer always denied that his crimes were the result of racism; on the contrary, the Milwaukee Monster assured that for him, race was completely incidental and what I was looking for was a “body type.”

 Anthony Hughes was deaf and mute from birth, and although Tony is said to have met Dahmer in a gay bar on the night of the murder, according to witnesses, Hughes and the Milwaukee Cannibal had been friends for a long time.

 In the Netflix series, we meet Tony Hughes in episode 6, where we learn that he became deaf and dumb due to some antibiotics he was given as a baby. The first act revolves around this victim, who shows us his happy and charismatic personality.

 Who Were Jeffrey Dahmer’s Victims?

Hughes was born on August 26, 1959, and later graduated from the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. He moved to Madison, in the same state, to study at university and pursue his dream of being a model.

According to Jeffrey Dahmer’s statement, he met Tony at a gay bar, where Hughes communicated with people by writing in a notebook and even interacted with Dahmer similarly.

Hughes and Jeffrey Dahmer met by pure chance because, at that time, Tony was in Milwaukee visiting his family and decided to go to this bar to dance on May 24, 1991. On the other hand, some testimonies claim that Jeffrey Dahmer and Tony Hughes were friends long ago and had a romantic relationship. Even in the series, we can see Dahmer attending some photo sessions of the aspiring model, although none of this has been checked.

What Happened At The Hughes House?

 Although his second victim, Steven Tuomi, was murdered in a hotel room, Dahmer transported his body to Catherine’s home, where he dismembered it.

Three other victims suffered the same fate in Catherine’s basement. However, Catherine Jemima Hughes claimed she was unaware of the murderous incidents.

However, Catherine grew tired of the smell from her basement and forced her grandson to move out in 1988. Dahmer returned three months later before moving out permanently in 1990.