Edward Warren Smith, 27, a Black man from Milwaukee also known as Eddie and nicknamed Sheik for his turban-style head covering, disappeared after a night out on June 14, 1990. He was last seen leaving the Phoenix Bar and investigators later determined he had crossed paths with Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, an acquaintance who had moved into Apartment 213 at the Oxford Apartments, 924 North 25th Street. Smith never returned home and was not seen alive again.

According to Dahmer’s statements to investigators, Smith went to the apartment, was drugged and strangled, then dismembered. Dahmer described attempts to preserve skeletal remains by freezing and using acid, and efforts to dry a skull that destroyed it; as a result no identifiable remains were recovered. The case remained unresolved until July 22, 1991, when another victim escaped and led police to Apartment 213, producing evidence that linked Dahmer to multiple murders. Smith’s family was notified of his death on July 29, 1991, and Dahmer was later charged in Smith’s killing as part of a larger prosecution. There was no other suspect identified in Smith’s death.

Did anyone who knew Edward back in 1990 ever see him the night he vanished or have memories of the Phoenix Bar that could help fill gaps in the timeline?