1. Christopher Scarver is best known for the 1994 murders of his fellow inmates Jeffrey Dahmer and Jesse Anderson, both convicted murderers, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin.
22 Facts About Christopher Scarver
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Christopher Scarver was convicted and sentenced to two further life sentences for these murders.
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Christopher Scarver had already been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of the murder of Steve Lohman in 1990.
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Christopher Scarver is the second of five children and was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Christopher Scarver attended James Madison High School before dropping out in the eleventh grade.
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Christopher Scarver's mother forced him out of her house after he became addicted to alcohol and marijuana.
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Christopher Scarver was hired as a trainee carpenter in a Wisconsin Conservation Corps job program.
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Christopher Scarver said that his supervisor, Edward Patts, promised that upon completion of this program he would be hired full-time.
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Christopher Scarver was later diagnosed with schizophrenia and was said to have been suffering from messianic delusions.
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On June 1,1990, Christopher Scarver went to the Wisconsin Conservation Corps training office and found site manager John Feyen and employee Steve Lohman present.
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In 1992, Christopher Scarver was convicted of murder at a jury trial and sentenced to life in prison.
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Christopher Scarver was incarcerated at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage, Wisconsin.
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Two years later, on the morning of November 28,1994, Christopher Scarver was assigned to a work detail in the gymnasium with two other inmates: Jesse Anderson, convicted for murdering his wife; and Jeffrey Dahmer, a serial killer.
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Christopher Scarver went out and retrieved a metal bar from the weight room, which he used to bludgeon Dahmer.
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Christopher Scarver then attacked Anderson with a wooden stick at the showers.
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Christopher Scarver was assessed for mental illness and found competent to stand trial on murder charges for the two killings.
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Christopher Scarver changed his "not guilty" plea to "no contest" in exchange for being transferred to a federal penitentiary, was convicted of each murder, and received two more life sentences.
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Christopher Scarver underwent psychiatric evaluation again at the MCFP Springfield and was later transferred to ADX Florence, the federal supermax in Florence, Colorado, where he remained until 2000.
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In 2000, Christopher Scarver was transferred to the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility when it opened.
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Christopher Scarver was eventually relocated to the Centennial Correctional Facility in Colorado.
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In 2005, Christopher Scarver brought a federal civil rights suit against officials of the Wisconsin Secure Program Facility arguing that he had been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, contrary to his constitutional rights.
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In 2012, an agent representing Christopher Scarver announced that he was willing to write a tell-all book about the murder of Dahmer.