A family who fled Laos a decade ago has had two encounters with suspected multiple killer Jeffrey Dahmer. The first ended with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old son, and the second with the mutilation death of his younger brother.
Less than two years after Dahmer apologized for sexually assaulting the teenage boy, the family learned late Thursday that his younger brother, Konerak Sinthasomphone, 14, was found among 11 mutilated bodies in Dahmer's apartment."Obviously anyone who has gone through such a tragedy as this would wonder if they've chosen the right path for their lives," the Rev. Peter Burns, a Roman Catholic priest and family friend, said Friday.
Konerak Sinthasomphone had been missing since May 26, when he disappeared on a Sunday afternoon after leaving his family's home on Milwaukee's north side. His body was among those found Monday in Dahmer's apartment.
"We thought it likely that he was in there. The whole thing is crazy. It is terrible. . . . I don't know what to say," Anoukone Sinthasomphone, the 25-year-old brother of the two boys, said Friday.
Police are investigating reports that two women saw a bleeding, naked Asian boy believed to be Sinthasomphone running down a street near Dahmer's apartment in late May.
Nicole Childress, 18, said Dahmer wrestled the boy away from her after she called police. The boy was naked, appeared to be drinking and was bleeding from his buttocks, she said.
Police who came released the boy and Dahmer and told the women the incident was nothing more than a homosexual spat, the women said.