Inside the tragic life of Jeffrey Dahmer’s last would-be victim — from hero to prisoner

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following Netflix’s widely-watched mini-series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” — but despite ending the sicko’s spree, the man hailed a hero lived a tragic life.Tracy Edwards became a national name in 1991 after he led Milwaukee cops to the remains of Dahmer’s 17 dismembered victims, ending a decade-long spree of cannibalistic homicides that shocked the country.But Edwards’ life quickly spiraled out of control and he was accused of killing a man almost two decades to the day after he survived the tragic fate himself.“It’s like Humpty Dumpty,” his defense attorney Paul Ksicinski told ABC News in 2011. “It’s like he was never able to put the pieces back together again.”The Netflix retelling of the horrific Dahmer crimes begins with a dramatized version of Edwards’ escape from the cannibal killer’s apartment on the night of July 22, 1991, after he was lured over with the promise of beer and money.After bolting from the house of horrors, a handcuffed Edwards flags down a passing patrol car on the street and tells officers that Dahmer had tried to kill him.He then led police to the apartment, where investigators discovered preserved human heads, mutilated body parts and photographs of mutilated men.The reenactment drew heavily from Edwards’ testimony, which was broadcast by Court TV during Dahmer’s closely-watched 1992 trial.“He was listening to my heart [at knifepoint] because at that point he told me he was going to eat my heart,” Edwards chillingly told the court.However, the brave survivor’s newfound publicity attracted the attention of police in his native home of Tupelo Mississippi, where he had been indicted for sexual battery of a 14-year-old girl.The then 32-year-old was extradited down south to face the.