- Christopher Scarver
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Christopher J. Scarver 
Born July 6, 1969
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United StatesConviction(s) Murder (3 counts) Penalty 3 Life imprisonment without parole Status Incarcerated Occupation Carpenter Christopher J. Scarver (born July 6, 1969)[1] is an American convicted murderer who, while in prison, murdered notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and convicted murderer Jesse Anderson. He described the killings as "the work of God".
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Early life
Scarver is the second son of five children born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended James Madison High School before dropping out in the eleventh grade. Eventually his mother forced him to leave the house because of his increasing alcoholism.
Scarver was hired as a trainee carpenter in a Youth Conservation Corps job program. He said that he had been promised by Edward Patts, a supervisor, that upon completion of this program he would be hired full time, but Patts was dismissed, and as a result, Scarver's full time position never materialized.
Murder conviction
On June 1, 1990, he went to the training program office, expecting to find only John P. Feyen, the site manager, there, but saw Steve Lohman, the supervisor who replaced Patts. He ordered Lohman at gunpoint to give him his money. When he received only $15, Scarver shot Lohman in the head. At the same time, he demanded money from Feyen. According to authorities, Scarver said, "Do you think I'm kidding, Mr. Hitler? I need more money." Scarver shot Lohman twice more before Feyen was able to run away after giving a check for $3,000 to Scarver.[2] Scarver was convicted and sentenced to life in prison and sent to the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin in 1992. While imprisoned, he complained of experiencing messianic delusions and was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Conduct in prison
On the morning of November 28, 1994, Scarver was assigned to a work detail with Jesse Anderson and infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer that included cleaning the prison gymnasium bathroom. When corrections officers left the three unsupervised, Scarver beat the other two men with a broomstick handle.[3] When he returned to his cell early, an officer asked him why he was not still working. He explained "God told me to do it. You will hear about it on the 6 o'clock news. Jesse Anderson and Jeffrey Dahmer are dead." During that time two officers found the bodies of Dahmer and Anderson. Dahmer was pronounced dead on his way to the hospital from extensive head injuries, and Anderson died two days later. Scarver received two more life sentences for these murders.
In 2005, Scarver brought a civil rights suit against the officials of the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility[4] in which he argued that he had been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, contrary to his constitutional rights.[5] A district judge dismissed the suit against several of the defendants and ruled that the actions of the remaining officials could not be considered unlawful. Scarver appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals, which upheld the decision of the district judge in 2006.[6]
Scarver remains incarcerated in the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility.
In popular culture
The American murder metal band Macabre wrote a song entitled "Christopher Scarver" on their Dahmer album.[7]
References
- ^ "Christopher Scarver". NNDB. http://www.nndb.com/people/957/000031864/. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ Terry, Don (November 30, 1994). "Suspect in Dahmer Killing Said, 'I am the Chosen One'". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9403E7D81030F933A05752C1A962958260. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ "Jeffrey Dahmer, Multiple Killer, Is Bludgeoned to Death in Prison." The New York Times. November
- ^ Scarver v. Litscher, 434 F.3d 972 (7th Cir. 2006)
- ^ Poplar, Stephen G., Jr; Poplar, Stephen G., Jr; Kelly, D. Clay (1 December 2006). "Farmer Progeny". Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online 34 (4): 561. http://www.jaapl.org/cgi/content/full/34/4/561. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ Christopher J. Scarver, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jon Litscher, et al., Defendants-Appellees, No. 05-2999 U.S. 434 F.3d 972 (United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit January 18, 2006).
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahmer_%28album%29>
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