The Case of David C. Thomas

David C. Thomas was murdered by Jeffrey Dahmer in Milwaukee in September 1990. Dahmer later told investigators that he met Thomas at a Milwaukee bar and took him to his apartment, where he drugged and strangled him. Dahmer subsequently disposed of his remains, which were never recovered.

David C. Thomas was a 22-year-old Milwaukee man who encountered Jeffrey Dahmer in September 1990. Dahmer later told investigators that he met Thomas at a Milwaukee bar and offered him money to accompany him to his apartment. Thomas accepted and went with Dahmer. Once inside the apartment, Dahmer drugged Thomas before killing him.

The murder occurred at Dahmer's apartment at 924 North 25th Street in Milwaukee. According to Dahmer's confession, he drugged and strangled Thomas before dismembering his body and disposing of the remains. No identifiable remains belonging to Thomas were recovered.

Thomas's disappearance was not connected to Dahmer at the time. Following Dahmer's arrest in July 1991, investigators questioned him about the people he had killed. Dahmer identified David Thomas as one of his victims and provided details about the circumstances of his death. Investigators were unable to recover Thomas's remains, meaning that Dahmer's confession was the primary source establishing what happened to him.

Jeffrey Dahmer was never separately tried or convicted for David Thomas's murder. He confessed to killing Thomas as part of his admission to 17 murders, and Thomas was subsequently recognised as one of Dahmer's identified victims. His remains have never been recovered.

David Thomas was the ninth known victim in Dahmer's chronology. His murder occurred only weeks after Ernest Miller's death, demonstrating the increasing frequency of Dahmer's killings during the second half of 1990.