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Who is John Balcerzak and where is he now?

JOHN Balcerzak is one of two Milwaukee police officers who were involved in the trial of serial killer and cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer.

Balcerzak and Joseph Gabrish played a controversial role in the investigation.

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, Balcerzak was one of two officers who handed over a naked, bleeding 14-year-old boy to Dahmer.

They handed him over despite the objection of Dahmer's neighbor Glenda Cleveland and other women as the scene.

That action led to the men being dubbed "Dahmer cops".

Dahmer murdered and dismembered 17 males over a 13-year period before he was apprehended by authorities.

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He would keep body parts as souvenirs, including skulls and genitals.

After committing the grisly slayings he was arrested by Milwaukee police officers on July 22, 1991. 

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Konerak Sinthasomphone was the 14-year-old who managed to escape from Dahmer's apartment.

He was naked, bruised, bleeding and was heavily under the influence of drugs, according to the .

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, the two officers were fired by the police chief, Philip Arreola, but a court order reinstated them.

Meanwhil, Dahmer was killed by fellow Columbia Correctional Institution inmate Christopher Scarver on November 28, 1994.

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