Interesting Observations Made By The Manager Of Jeff Dahmer's Apartment Building
"I didn't notice any bad smell when I got into the apartment."
This post is going to examine - in detail - what Sopa Princewill, manager of the Oxford Apartments, said in court about the bad smell in the building. According to the official narrative, the bad smell was coming from Jeff Dahmer’s apartment because he was murdering people in it.
You can watch Sopa Princewill’s testimony here.
Some background information…
Jeff Dahmer moved into the Oxford Apartments in May 1990. Sopa Princewill became the manager there in July 1990. Jeff renewed his lease with Princewill in May 1991.
The Bad Odor Incidents
First Incident - August 1990
Residents were complaining about a bad smell in the building. At first, they thought it was coming from apartment 205. Someone then suggested that it might be coming from Jeff's apartment, 213.
Manager Sopa Princewill called Jeff to the office to ask him about the smell. Jeff apologized and said that his freezer had broken down and the meat spoiled. Princewill says that Jeff was not nervous during this exchange.
Sopa Princewill and Jeff then walked back to Jeff's apartment so that Sopa could verify that the smell was coming from Jeff's freezer.
Princewill didn't notice any bad smell when he entered Jeff's apartment. He said,
"I didn't notice any bad smell when I got into the apartment."
Jeff opened the freezer, and Sopa saw store-wrapped steaks.
Princewill said ''the smell actually subsided after that.''
Second Incident - May 1991 (9-10 months later)
In late May 1991, someone wanted to rent the apartment above Jeff's apartment. However, when Princewill entered the apartment above Jeff’s, he noticed a bad smell. He said,
''I knew the odor was coming from his apartment because we had already known that before.''
Princewill was talking about Jeff’s apartment. He thought the odor must have been coming from Jeff’s apartment because they had already been over that. He said the odor was similar to the odor in August of 1990 but stronger now. He said that every tenant was complaining about it.
Princewill went to Jeff and told him that he couldn’t rent the apartment above Jeff's because of the smell.
According to Princewill, Jeff now told him that the bad smell was his fish tank because two fish had died.
Princewill entered Jeff’s apartment, and Jeff said the smell might be coming from a plastic container he had in his closet. He told Princewill he used this container to empty the fish tank.
Jeff removed the lid from the container, and Princewill said there was a strong chemical smell. Princewill told Jeff he needed to remove this container from the apartment, and about an hour later, Princewill said Jeff tossed it into the dumpster outside the building.
Princewill said the smell didn't go away but said he did rent the apartment above Jeff's.
Note that Jeff Dahmer had no problem allowing Sopa Princewill into his apartment. He didn’t hesitate to open the closet and show him what was inside.
Third Incident - July 1991
Princewill said the smell returned. (He also told Jeff Dahmer’s attorney, Wendy Patrickus, that the smell really never went away after the second incident in May.)
Princewill now told Jeff that if he can't clean up his apartment from the smell, he has to go. Princewill says he contacted the management company's head office to put this warning in writing.
Jeff didn't explain what caused the odor but promises Princewill that he'll get rid of it.
Around this time (first week of July 1991) Princewill says that he was thinking Jeff might be a good business partner for a real estate venture.
Some Observations
In August 1990, Princewill observed that the smell that was out in the hallway was not in Jeff's apartment once he entered. Therefore, the source of the smell wasn't Jeff's apartment. However, Jeff lied to Princewill for some reason and claimed that his freezer had broken down and that he was the source of the smell.
This lie appears to have initiated Jeff's apartment as the source of the bad smell.
Why did Jeff lie to Princewill and claim that his apartment was the source of the bad smell?
In May 1991, Jeff lied to Princewill again and said that his fish tank was now the source of the bad smell because "two fish had died.” There apparently wasn't any smell in the apartment until Jeff opened the lid on the plastic container in the closet. Then, it was just a strong chemical smell, according to Princewill.
Why does Jeff keep lying and saying that his apartment is the source of the smell?
Note that Princewill never says anything about Jeff changing the pictures on the walls that came with the furnished apartment. (Jeff Dahmer’s neighbor, Vernell Bass, made the same observation.) Princewill said Jeff was his cleanest and neatest tenant.
Also note that according to the official story, Jeff had been murdering people in the apartment during the time when there was no bad odor:
1990
May 20 - Raymond Lamont Smith
June 14 - Edward Warren Smith (Real name Ernest Richard Smith - died 1999)
Sept 2 - Ernest Marquez Miller
Sept 24 - David Courtney Thomas
1991
Feb 18 - Curtis Durrell Straughter
April 7 - Errol Lindsey
May 24 - Tony Anthony Hughes
May 27 - “Konerak” Sinthasomphone
June 30 - Matt Turner
July 5 - Jeremiah Weinberger
July 15 - Oliver Lacy
July 19 - Joseph Bradehoft
Perhaps the bad smell was sewer gas from a clogged vent. This would explain why the apartment above Jeff Dahmer’s smelled as well. They shared the same vent pipe.
Also, the unannounced visits by Sopa (and visits by neighbor Vernell) contradict what is said in the ‘confession’, where Jeff goes to extreme lengths to keep people out of his apartment in an attempt to hide his activities:). Likewise, the cleanliness of the apartment contradicts the story. The FBI made a long list of ‘bloodstained’ furnishings & carpets from the apartment (that’s listed in part 6 of the FBI vault). Sopa & Vernell had no issues visiting Jeff’s ‘apartment of horrors’ whilst all this was supposedly going on...
wow the media really played us well. It all makes sense now. Those Court TV videos are nothing but fake dramas, posting videos a year ago just to gain attention and views for money. And people are also not questioning whether its true or not :/