The mother of a man whose remains were found in Jeffrey L. Dahmer's apartment charged in a $3 million lawsuit against the city that her son would still be alive if not for police bigotry.
Catherine Lacy's 23-year-old son Oliver was killed six weeks after police found a naked and bleeding 14-year-old outside Dahmer's apartment. The officers concluded the boy was Dahmer's lover and helped him return to the apartment.Mrs. Lacy's federal lawsuit alleges officers did not thoroughly investigate the May 27 incident because the boy was Laotian and the two women who reported the incident were black.
Lacy and the boy, Konerak Sinthasomphone, were among 11 victims whose body parts were discovered July 22 in the apartment.
Three officers have been suspended and charged with administrative violations for their handling of the incident.
City Attorney Grant Langley said he had not seen the lawsuit Monday and had no comment.
The officers also were named as defendants in the lawsuit, which alleges police failed to arrest Dahmer because of "their discriminatory practice of inadequately responding to requests for protection by minority complainants."