Jeffrey Dahmer's last intended victim - who led police to the serial killer and cannibal - now being held for murder

Arrested: Tracy Edwards has been charged with killing a man 20 years after he helped police catch serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in Milwaukee

A man who narrowly escaped one of America's most notorious serial killers and helped end his two decade long spree of sexual assault and cannibalism has been arrested facing possible murder charges.



Tracy Edwards, 52, helped bring Jeffrey Dahmer to justice after he escaped from his bedroom and called police when he saw pictures of mangled bodies and smelt death.



Dahmer was convicted of the murder, mutilation and cannibalisation of 16 young men and boys.



But twenty years later, he faces a possible homicide charge of his own after he was arrested following a fight that led to a man falling into the Milwaukee River in Wisconsin and dying.



Edwards, who was homeless, was arrested on Tuesday after he and two other homeless men were involved in an argument on the bridge.



Johnny Jordan, 43, drowned after plunging from the bridge. The other homeless man leapt of the bridge to try and save him.



Caught: Jeffrey Dahmer was imprisoned after he was convicted of the murder, mutilation and cannibalisation of young men and boys

Police said the case has been referred to the district attorney's office.



Twenty years ago this month, Milwaukee police found Edwards, half naked and partially handcuffed, in the street near Dahmer's apartment.

Edwards told police he had just escaped Dahmer's apartment after he tried to cuff his wrists.



Dahmer had forced Edwards into the bedroom wielding a large butcher knife.



As Edwards punched his attacker in the face and kicked him before running for the door, he said he noticed a smell coming from a blue barrel.



Victims: Jeffrey Dahmer, one of America's most notorious serial killers, was convicted of the murder of 16 men between 1978 and 1991

Police arrested Dahmer that evening after finding body parts in his refrigerator and human remains throughout his apartment.



Dahmer, who is believed to have raped, killed and dismembered as many as 17 boys and men, often having sex with their remains before eating them, was later convicted of 16 murders.



He died in prison after a fellow inmate beat him with a broomstick in 1994.



Edwards, according to court records, has had several run-ins with the law involving drugs over the years.



Friends said Edwards, who never received counselling after his confrontation with Dahmer, had found relief in drugs and alcohol.



Dr Emily John, who worked with Edwards at a homeless project, said: 'I don't think a lot of people want to go to therapy to deal with pain.



'They'd rather self-medicate, and that's what Tracy does, and it leaves him in the street over and over again.

