A witness to the horrific crimes of infamous serial killer Jeffery Dahmer, is coming forward to share her story in a new documentary.
Shortly after midnight in 1991, Cola Styles and her cousin were outside the family's Milwaukee apartment when they discovered an injured naked boy.
The child was Konerak Sinthasomphone, who they would later discover was one of the many victims who fell prey to Dahmer.
Dahmer, a serial killer and cannibal whose gruesome crimes continue to shock the world since his 1991 arrest, was bludgeoned to death by a fellow inmate in 1994.
At the time, Dahmer was in a Wisconsin prison where he was serving 15 consecutive life sentences for his crimes.
Sinthasomphone was one of Dahmer's victims. In 1989, Dahmer was convicted of second-degree sexual assault for fondling Sinthasomphone's brother, who was 13 at the time.
Now, in a new documentary entitled 'Jeffrey Dahmer: Mind of a Monster', one witness is coming forward with new details.
Ms Styles recalled the shocking events of the night she discovered Sinthasomphone, telling Fox News,"I could tell [Konerak] was injured".
"At first I thought it was a gang initiation. It was clear that he needed help. He couldn't stand and was very lethargic. There were cuts and scrapes all over his body. Then I saw a thin stream of blood running down his thighs. When he saw me, it was like a prayer had been answered. He looked at me as if I knew him. He came and reached out to me like a child and fell. I held on to him on the ground."
"I tried talking to him but he couldn't respond," Ms Styles continued. "But he had a look in his eyes like he was thankful. I kept wiping his head because he was sweating so much. I didn't know if it was from drugs or what exactly. But I kept saying it was all going to be OK. I don't know what came over me, but nothing held me back in caressing and comforting him at that moment."
Ms Styles said a man approached them, insisting there was no need to call police. He said the boy's name was Jim, a houseguest, who was drunk.
Ms Styles said she was immediately suspicious.
"When I told him we dialled 911, he joked that Jim had wandered off from being drunk," she said. "But then the name kept changing from Jim. And when he saw I wasn't buying it, I did see a streak of evil in him."
According to Ms Styles, Dahmer tried to grab the injured boy away from her.
"He was handling the boy in a rough way, trying to take him away. There was a lot of yanking and twisting his arm, just being really aggressive."
"I just couldn't understand why he was giving me such a hard time knowing help was on the way," she said. "I just didn't have a good feeling."
When police finally arrived, Dahmer told them that Sinthasomphone was 19 years old and a lover who had too much to drink. Sinthasomphone was actually 14.
Police believed him and when Ms Styles tried to tell the officers the boy was in trouble, she claimed they refused to listen.
Ms Styles never saw the child again.
Dahmer met most of his victims at bus stops, bars, malls and adult bookstores in Chicago and Milwaukee , luring them to his home with promises of drinks or money in exchange for posing nude.
Dahmer would then spike their drinks, strangle and stab them while they were unconscious, the Nyew York Times reported.
He would go on to consume some of their remains and store the parts of several others in his refrigerator and various containers.
The murderer was finally arrested in 1991 after one victim broke free and ran into the street with handcuffs still dangling from his wrist.
Dahmer later described how, after drugging some of his victims, he would drill a tiny hole in their skulls and inject hydrochloric acid to induce a "zombie-like state."
The killer testified he had already injected diluted acid into Sinthasomphone's skull when he was discovered wandering naked in a daze.
Dahmer also revealed that after officers left his home on that fateful day, he gave the youth another injection - one that would kill him.
Ms Styles said Sinthasomphone's death left her "completely messed up".
"All the police had to do was listen to me," she said nearly in tears. "I did what you're supposed to do, which is to help someone in need. I was devastated by what happened to Konerak. He had made it out. He had his freedom. I wrote [Dahmer] a letter, but I'm not sure if he ever got it. And when he died, I didn't feel anything. But I was angry with the police - just literally sick with them. For years, I felt like I failed."
Today, Ms Styles said the guilt still lingers.
"I just feel like I could have done more," she said. "If I could go back in time, I would have done things differently. I would have just put him in the car and drove to the nearest hospital. There is no victory here. I knew in my heart, he felt that he was going to make it, that everything would be OK. I just hope he isn't forgotten."
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