When in 1992 an unknown Christopher Scarver was found guilty of robbery and murder, he was sure that it would lead him to repent of his crime and change his ways. However, he would soon be known for killing the infamous American serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, and beating fellow murderer, convict Jesse Anderson, who would later die from his injuries. These acts have left many with many questions about Mr. Scarver. If you are one of them, here is your gift.
Who exactly is Christopher Scarver?
It is like Christopher J. Scarver the convicted murderer was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was raised like any other child alongside his 4 siblings as the second child.
The soft-spoken Scarver was educated at James Madison High School. However, when he was in the eleventh grade, he dropped out and chose to pursue carpentry as a carpenter for a year. According to him, his supervisor had assured him that he would be hired full-time after the training.
By the time he was done with the program, the supervisor who assured him he was fired, found himself unemployed. This soon sent him into alcoholism and smoking. He consumed 40-ounce beer bottles and at least four marijuana cigarettes a day.
The behavior got out of control forcing his mother to kick him out of the house. To compound his woes, his girlfriend was pregnant. It was then that he began to plan revenge on the program for not hiring him.
On June 1, 1990, the 6-foot-3 Christopher Scarver decided to go to the Wisconsin Conservation Corps training program office where he met the new supervisor, Steve Lohman. Scarver collected $15 from the supervisor and then turned to John P. Feyen, who was the site manager. He forced the man to give him a check for $3,000.
As he fired two more shots at Lohman, who was 27, Feyen had to run down the street with one shot fired at him before Scarver fled.
Two hours later, Christopher Scarver was arrested sitting in his girlfriend’s apartment with the semi-automatic pistol he used to commit the crime, the check he received, and a credit card in his pocket. He told the arresting officers that he knew he was wrong, so he planned to turn himself in.
Although Scarver who previously had never had any trouble with the law pleaded not guilty by reason of mental illness, psychiatrists said he could stand trial. In April 1992, Christoper, then 21, was convicted and sentenced to twenty years to life.
Why did he kill Jeffrey Dahmer?
A year before Scarver was convicted, Jeffrey Dahmer was arrested (July 1991) and charged with murder. The serial killer and cannibal pleaded guilty to 15 counts of murder, claiming to be insane. He was, however, found to be sane and sentenced to 16 life sentences.
Christopher Scarver and Jeffrey Dahmer were sent separately to Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.
In 1994, Scarver, Dahmer and Jesse Anderson who had also served his life sentence for the murder of his wife cleaned the prison gymnasium toilets. However, when the convicts were left without corrections officers present, Scarver claimed he was pricked from behind with a mop and turned around to make the other two men laugh.
Not sure who did it, he first cornered Dahmer and showed him a diary he had in his pocket containing his crimes before he crushed his skull with metal bars. He would later die on the way to the hospital. Then he chased Anderson and meted out the same fate to him. However, Anderson survived two more days before dying at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison, after being removed from the intensive care unit by medics.
According to Scarver, what happened was not accidental as the guards disappeared before the incident as they all hated Dahmer. That’s all he said, refusing to add anything, fearing reprisals if he said too much.
For the new crimes, he received two more life sentences before being later transferred to Centennial Correctional Facility (CCF) in Colorado, where he continues to serve.