Monday, November 30, 2009

Thirty One Year Old Man Confesses to Killing 17 People

Early morning on May 27th a Women called the county dispatch informing them of some odd happenings around her apartment. At 2 a.m. Glenda Cleveland, 37, reported that her daughter and niece had seen a naked boy on a street corner and that the boy seemed like he needed help. On her call with dispatch she said, "He's been beaten up real bad...He can't stand up....he has no clothes on. He is very hurt."
Cleveland's daughter and niece that witnessed this crime unfolding believed that the naked boy on the street, was just that, a boy. Not a grown male, but a boy. That was Cleveland's main concern in the whole situation. When she called in and reported what she had seen, the dispatcher sent a squad car to the scene.
Later Cleveland was informed by her daughter and niece that they had flagged down a cop car, but the police had taken no information from them about who they were or if they had any additional information. At that point Cleveland and her family began to believe that this child was being raped and she informed the police of her suspicions, "Their names or nothing was taken down and I wonder if this situation was being handled....what it indicated was that this was a male child being raped and molested by an adult." Even through out the conversation with dispatch it seemed like nobody was taking her seriously even as she stated, "The fact is a crime was being committed."
The dispatcher phoned the squad car, after the naked male had been spotted, and the police officers were heard laughing as they reported, "36...Intoxicated Asian, naked male, was returned to his sober boyfriend." The officers kept laughing all throughout the conversation with dispatch. Durring this time they also had a report of a male dragging a naked male who looked injured.
After many phone calls with dispatch, and other officers, Cleveland finally tracked down the car number of the police officer that was sent to check out the situation, who didn't take down any information. Eventually she got him directly on the phone and questioned him about what exactly had happened, and if the situation was being handled correctly. She was told that the naked male was not a child but infact an adult. Cleveland questioned the officer many times, wanting to know if he was positive that the male was an adult, and he said yes. The officer continued to explain that this naked male was a boyfriend to another man in the apartment complex, Jeffrey Dahmer.
Police officers could have saved a life that day. Later they found out that this naked male was actually 14 years old, and was a Laotian boy by the name of Konerak Sinthasomphone. When police had investigated into Dahmers apartment they eventually found 11 mutilated bodies, a month after they had returned Sinthasomphone to Dahmers apartment, and realized they could have saved the boy. Dahmer admitted to killing 17 people, and proceeded to plead guilty. Two police officers, whose names have not yet been released have been suspended.

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