‘Monster’: Jeffrey Dahmer survivor never recovered after harrowing escape from killer, defense attorney says - Fox News

Defense attorney Paul Ksicinski doesn’t need to watch Netflix’s "Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" to understand the lasting trauma the serial killer has caused.

His former client, Tracy Edwards, escaped Dahmer's Milwaukee, Wisconsin home on the night of July 22, 1991.

A pair of handcuffs hung from one of Edwards’ wrists as he told officers Dahmer had tried to kill him.

Police said Dahmer confessed to killing 17 people since 1978.

At the time, Edwards was hailed a hero for helping police capture the "Milwaukee Cannibal." His story is chronicled in the first episode of the Ryan Murphy-helmed streaming series which stars Evan Peters as Dahmer.

But Ksicinski told Fox News Digital that Edwards’ life took a downward spiral following the horrifying encounter.

"The way that I’ve characterized it, in a nutshell, is that the incident with Dahmer made Tracy into Humpty Dumpty – he was never able to put the pieces back together in his life," Ksicinski explained.

Tracy Edwards (left) never recovered after escaping from serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (right).

During Dahmer’s 1992 trial, Edwards described how Dahmer "was listening to my heart" at knife point.

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Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, known as the ‘Milwaukee Cannibal,’ was an American serial killer and sex offender who committed the rape, murder and dismemberment of 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991.

"We always took the position that he did not throw anyone over," said Ksicinski.

Ksicinski said that Edwards still appeared haunted by his encounter with Dahmer.

Brown portrays Tracy Edwards in the Netflix series ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’.

"He called Dahmer the devil," Ksicinski explained.

He described smelling death when he entered Dahmer’s apartment, how Dahmer put his head on his chest, so he can hear his heartbeat.

He described how Dahmer said, ‘I’m going to have to eat your heart.’".

"It’s one thing to hear about these details during the trial, but the way that Tracy described it, I was just amazed.

This fenced-off vacant lot is the former the site of the apartment building where serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer resided and mutilated his victims

"Tracy didn’t ask to be a victim of Dahmer’s," said Ksicinski