Jesse Anderson
Encyclopedia
Jesse Michael Anderson (1957 – November 30, 1994) was an American
criminal who was murdered in prison, along with infamous serial killer
Jeffrey Dahmer
, by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver
.
. He attended Alton High School and graduated in 1975. When Anderson was a teenager, his father died and his mother remarried.
, Barbara died from her wounds on April 23. Anderson blamed two African-American men for attacking him and his wife as they left a Milwaukee restaurant, T.G.I. Friday's
, at the Northridge Mall
. Anderson presented police with a Los Angeles Clippers
basketball cap he claimed to have knocked off the head of one of the assailants. When details of the crime and the cap were made public, a local teenager told police Anderson had purchased the hat from him a few days earlier. Anderson was tried for the murder, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. Prior to his arrest for the murder of his wife, Anderson lived in Cedarburg, Wisconsin
.
. Anderson died two days after Dahmer when doctors at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison
removed him from life support.
Prison officials held 25-year-old Christopher J. Scarver
as the sole suspect in the murders of Dahmer and Anderson. Scarver was reported as having psychiatric problems and having hostility toward whites, and since both Dahmer's and Anderson's crimes affected blacks, officials did not rule out racial retaliation.
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
criminal who was murdered in prison, along with infamous serial killer
Serial killer
A serial killer, as typically defined, is an individual who has murdered three or more people over a period of more than a month, with down time between the murders, and whose motivation for killing is usually based on psychological gratification...
Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
, by fellow inmate Christopher Scarver
Christopher Scarver
Christopher J. Scarver is an American convicted murderer who, while in prison, murdered notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and convicted murderer Jesse Anderson. He described the killings as "the work of God".-Early life:...
.
Early life
Anderson was raised in Alton, IllinoisAlton, Illinois
Alton is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about north of St. Louis, Missouri. The population was 27,865 at the 2010 census. It is a part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in Southern Illinois...
. He attended Alton High School and graduated in 1975. When Anderson was a teenager, his father died and his mother remarried.
Criminal history
On April 21, 1992, Anderson stabbed his wife, Barbara E. Anderson, thirty seven times. After going into a comaComa
In medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light or sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. A person in a state of coma is described as...
, Barbara died from her wounds on April 23. Anderson blamed two African-American men for attacking him and his wife as they left a Milwaukee restaurant, T.G.I. Friday's
T.G.I. Friday's
T.G.I. Friday's is an American restaurant chain focusing on casual dining. The company is a unit of the Carlson Companies. Its name is taken from the expression TGIF...
, at the Northridge Mall
Northridge Mall (Milwaukee)
Northridge Mall is a defunct shopping mall located in the northern part of Milwaukee, Wisconsin that opened in 1973 and closed in 2003.-History:...
. Anderson presented police with a Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
basketball cap he claimed to have knocked off the head of one of the assailants. When details of the crime and the cap were made public, a local teenager told police Anderson had purchased the hat from him a few days earlier. Anderson was tried for the murder, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. Prior to his arrest for the murder of his wife, Anderson lived in Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Cedarburg, Wisconsin
Cedarburg is a city in Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, United States with Cedar Creek running through it. The city is bordered by the Village of Grafton to the east and the Town of Cedarburg elsewhere...
.
Death
Anderson was bludgeoned to death in prison in the same incident which led to the death of serial killer Jeffrey DahmerJeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism...
. Anderson died two days after Dahmer when doctors at the University of Wisconsin Hospital in Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....
removed him from life support.
Prison officials held 25-year-old Christopher J. Scarver
Christopher Scarver
Christopher J. Scarver is an American convicted murderer who, while in prison, murdered notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer and convicted murderer Jesse Anderson. He described the killings as "the work of God".-Early life:...
as the sole suspect in the murders of Dahmer and Anderson. Scarver was reported as having psychiatric problems and having hostility toward whites, and since both Dahmer's and Anderson's crimes affected blacks, officials did not rule out racial retaliation.