Joseph Arthur Bradehoft was 25 and living in the Milwaukee area when he was killed on July 19, 1991. He had come to the city seeking work and was married with children. Bradehoft encountered Jeffrey Dahmer near a Marquette University area bus stop and was persuaded to go to Dahmer’s apartment at 924 North 25th Street. There Dahmer gave him a drink laced with a sleeping medication, and after Bradehoft became incapacitated Dahmer strangled him with a strap.

Dahmer later admitted he dismembered Bradehoft, placing the head in a freezer and other remains in a large barrel used to chemically dispose of human remains. Those remains were recovered by police when Dahmer was arrested following Tracy Edwards’ escape on July 22, 1991, and Bradehoft was identified among the victims. Dahmer confessed to multiple killings and pleaded guilty-but-insane to 15 Wisconsin homicide charges, including Bradehoft’s; a jury later found him legally sane and he was sentenced to consecutive life terms.

Did anyone who knew Bradehoft or saw him in Milwaukee in July 1991 notice him around the Marquette area or the North 25th Street neighborhood?