the dahmer case

Marquette Scrubs “Jeffrey Dahmer” from Gregory O’Meara’s Bio

Photo of Gregory O’Meara wearing a Roman Catholic priest’s collar, years after his role as Assistant DA in the Dahmer case.

Here’s a fun game: pull up Father Gregory O’Meara’s bio on Marquette University’s shiny new Leadership page. He’s listed as rector of the Jesuit community. Now read it carefully.

Screenshot of Marquette University’s 2025 Leadership page for Rev. Gregory J. O’Meara, S.J., showing his bio with no mention of Jeffrey Dahmer in the description of his prior legal experience.

Notice anything missing?

In 2023, the official bio proudly stated:

“His prior legal experience includes working as an assistant district attorney in Milwaukee County, where he second-chaired the prosecution of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.”

That was the prestige credit. The résumé crown jewel. And if you think I’m paraphrasing, you can see the original right here:

Screenshot of Marquette University’s 2023 Leadership page for Rev. Gregory J. O’Meara, S.J., showing his bio including a line stating he “second-chaired the prosecution of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer” while working as an assistant district attorney in Milwaukee County.

Fast forward to 2025. The same bio now reads:

“His prior legal experience includes working as an assistant district attorney in Milwaukee County.”

That’s it. No mention of Jeff Dahmer. No claim to “second-chairing” one of the “most notorious criminal cases” in U.S. history.  

So what happened?

For years, Marquette had no problem advertising O’Meara’s role in prosecuting Jeff Dahmer. Now, with a few keystrokes, it’s gone. This isn’t the kind of edit you make because you’re cleaning up the word count. This is the kind of edit you make when you don’t want people looking too closely…or when you don’t want to answer questions about what really happened.

And that’s why this matters.

Quiet scrubs like this are a signal. The public record is being altered, the official version of events adjusted. When institutions decide certain names, dates, or details are suddenly inconvenient, they don’t hold a press conference. They make small, surgical changes, hoping no one compares the before and after.

We’re getting somewhere.

If you want to see how this quiet edit fits into a much larger pattern, start with the Evidence. 

One last note: O’Meara’s Marquette Leadership bio says he’s an expert in legal ethics. That line, at least, they’ve decided to keep.