congenitaldisease:

John Balcerzak and Joseph Gabrish were the two police officers who returned 14-year-old Konerak Sinthasomphone to Jeffrey Dahmer after they found him stumbling down the road, bleeding from the anus and from a hole in his head that Dahmer had drilled. He had been drugged and raped by Jeffrey Dahmer yet managed to escape. The officers were fired after their actions were publicised, including  an audiotape of the officers making homophobic comments to their dispatcher and laughing and joking about having reunited the “lovers”. In reality, they had just returned a teenage boy to the man who would, in moments later, kill him. As soon as Sinthasomphone was back in the apartment, Dahmer murdered him.

During Dahmer’s trial, in reference to this incident, Dahmer said: “I hope and pray they can get their jobs back because I know they did their best and I just plain fooled them.” Dahmer’s wishes were soon granted, and both jobs were reinstated.