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JEFFREY Dahmer’s dad hallucinated that he’d seen his notorious serial killer son in the months before he died at 87, The U.S. Sun can exclusively reveal.
The Milwaukee Cannibal’s father died in a hospice not far from his home in rural Ohio, a source close to the family said on Tuesday.
An employee at the Medina County Health Department confirmed they had been notified of Lionel’s death.
The retired research chemist’s health had been failing and he was hospitalized repeatedly over the last year.
He was also hit hard by the death of his second wife, Jeffrey’s step-mom Shari, aged 81 at a care home in January.
Lionel is survived by his younger son David, 56, and David’s two kids.
A source close to the family said: “I was told early this morning that Lionel died in a hospice. He just faded away.
“He had been in the hospice since October after his health deteriorated and he was taken to hospital in Medina, Ohio.
“Lionel had heart issues and took medication for that.”
The source went on: “In his final months he was heavily medicated and had hallucinations about seeing Jeff.
“He was incoherent and asking if people had seen Jeff. He said that Jeff had come to see him.
“He also asked about Shari, it was almost as if he was trying to remember happier times.
The source explained that Lionel’s health started to really decline after Shari passed away in January.
“It was slow at first but he didn’t want to get up and move as much.
“It was almost as if he was ready to go.
“There are plenty people out there who have a lot of respect and admiration for Lionel because of what he went through with Jeff and how he dealt with it.
“It’s a very sad day for those who cared about him.”
Lionel famously stood by his son after he was unmasked as a murderer and sex offender.
He became a media personality in his own right after writing a book about his experiences with Jeffrey called A Father’s Story in 1994.
He was also famously interviewed by the late broadcaster Larry King alongside his wife Shari in 2004.
Jeffrey was sentenced to 16 terms of life imprisonment after he murdered and dismembered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.
Many of his later murders involved cannibalism, necrophilia and the preservation of body parts.
The murderer and sex offender was beaten to death aged 34 by an inmate while in prison in Wisconsin in 1994.
Jeffrey’s reign of terror has horrified and fascinated the public in the decades since then.
Netflix released controversial hit drama series Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story last year.
Created by heavy-hitting Glee and American Horror Story producer Ryan Murphy – reached number one on the streaming giant’s platform in its first week after being released.
It became Netflix’s second most popular English-language series of all time, behind Stranger Things.
The following month Netflix also released true crime docuseries Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes.
The U.S. Sun’s source said that the renovated interest in his son took a toll on Lionel.
The source said:“The fallout from the Netflix show and docuseries last year affected him.
“People started showing up at his house and he got phone calls at random times of the day about it, so that stressed him out.
“He was worried for his safety.”
An employee of Medina County Health Department said: “We have been notified of the death of Lionel Herbert Dahmer, who was born on July 29, 1936.
“We are waiting for a copy of his death certificate to be sent over to us so we can register the death.
“It was so recent that I would imagine we won’t see that for a couple of days.”
An attorney who had represented Lionel said: “I have no comment at this time.”
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