[5] In July 1991, research chemist Lionel Dahmer was informed by the Milwaukee Police Department that they were investigating a homicide involving his son Jeffrey.

While reflecting, he "speculates that his own youthful shyness, fascination with bombs and fears of abandonment added up to a monstrous genetic inheritance.

"[7] Rank Rich wrote for The New York Times: "Jeffrey Dahmer remains a phantom, defying logic.

"[7] Jonathan Kirsch wrote in his review for the Los Angeles Times: "'A Father's Story' is really more about Lionel Dahmer than his son, a heartfelt effort at self-analysis and self-revelation by a bewildered father forced to accept that his son is a serial murderer: Where did I go wrong?

"[8] After Jeffrey was killed in prison by another inmate in November 1994, Dahmer wrote an additional chapter on the death of his son.