Gerald Boyle’s Obituary Forgot Jeffrey Dahmer?
On its own, an omission like this proves nothing. In context, it becomes legible…
Gerald “Jerry” Boyle died in November 2024, and the obituary posted by his funeral home is almost novel-length. It covers everything: his Irish Catholic upbringing, his Jesuit education, his time in the Army, his devotion to Marquette basketball, his love for his Newfoundland dogs, even the part where one of them is waiting to greet him at the Pearly Gates. It’s warm, sentimental, reverent. A whole life, carefully remembered.
Except for one thing.
The man who supposedly defended “Dahmer” – in one of the most televised criminal trials in U.S. history – is described only as having handled:
“several high-profile trials featured on Court TV.”
That’s it. Nothing about Jeff at all. No “this was the defining case of the American true-crime era.” Just “some trials.”
This matches what happened to Gregory O’Meara’s Marquette University Leadership bio, which used to reference his involvement in “Dahmer.” Now it simply says:
“His prior legal experience includes working as an assistant district attorney in Milwaukee County.”
Which is like saying the Beatles were “a group of men who once participated in music.”