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In treatment. >> were not criminalizing their mental illness, which is what weve done in this country. >> reporter: unfortunately, getting the mentally ill help is not enough. army veteran franklin rosario had been in treatment for months when -- >> sir, you may not possess any firearms. do you understand that? >> yes, your honor. >> reporter: at this hearing, he convinced the judge to let him go home. days later, he committed suicide, stabbing himself to death. but the judges programs have many...

His first murder, bludgeoning a 19-year-old hitchhiker with a ten-pound barbell. then dissecting his victims body in the crawl space of his parents home. and burying the remains in a shallow grave. after the murder, jeffrey dahmer dropped out of college, began living at home without a job, and continued drinking heavily. his father urged him to enlist in the army. >> he doesnt have an occupation of any kind. hes not trained for anything. so how about trying the army for a while? >> reporter: les...

Mental illness out of jail and in treatment. >> were not criminalizing their mental illness, which is what weve done in this country. >> reporter: unfortunately, getting the mentally ill help is not enough. army veteran franklin rosario had been in treatment for months when -- >> sir, im ordering that you may not possess any firearms, do you understand that? >> yes, your honor. >> reporter: at this hearing, he convinced the judge to let him go home. days later, he committed suicide, stabbing him...

A while? >> reporter: less than three years after joining the army, dahmer was kicked out for excessive drinking. >> we had to do something. so we sent him to my mothers in milwaukee, wisconsin. >> reporter: thats when his behavior changed, from strange to bizarre. >> for a period of time he was sleeping with a male mannequin in his grandmothers home in wisconsin, pretending in his mind, that it was a corpse. >> reporter: while dahmer was living with his grandmother, he continued abusing alcohol...

Concerns as soon as you got there? >> as im pulling up to the scene, theres a private school across the street. >> reporter: the police special response team surrounding the area, as millian begins talking to rosario. >> he had on body armor when i was talking to him through the window. i saw the butt of a rifle. so i knew danger was there. >> reporter: and he knew rosario suffered from mental illness. hes a combat army veteran 100% disabled, who suffers from ptsd, schizophrenia, bipolar and dep...

Abnormal sexual cravings, fantasies and urges. when people are being driven to act because of the privacy of their sexual makeup, thats very difficult for any of us to detect. >> reporter: three months after his high school graduation in 1978, jeffrey dahmer committed his first murder, bludgeoning a 19-year-old hitchhiker with a ten-pound barbell. then dissecting his victims body in the crawl space of his parents home. and burying the remains in a shallow grave. after the murder, jeffrey dahmer ...

Really try to become their friend. >> reporter: the judge says more than 3,900 officers are trained and on the team. keeping those suffering from mental illness out of jail and in treatment. >> were not criminalizing their mental illness, which is what weve done in this country. >> reporter: unfortunately, getting the mentally ill help is not enough. army veteran franklin rosario had been in treatment for months when -- >> sir, you may not possess any firearms. do you understand that? >> yes, yo...

1978, jeffrey dahmer committed his first murder, bludgeoning a 19-year-old hitchhiker with a ten-pound barbell. then dissecting his victims body in the crawl space of his parents home. and burying the remains in a shallow grave. after the murder, jeffrey dahmer dropped out of college, began living at home without a job, and continued drinking heavily. his father urged him to enlist in the army. >> he doesnt have an occupation of any kind. hes not trained for anything. so how about trying the arm...

Hes a combat army veteran who is 100% disabled who suffers from ptsd, schizophrenia, bipolar and depression. it is unlikely he is currently taking his medication. give me an idea of this veteran state of mind as far as you could tell. >> he was in a crisis mode. his thought process was that the world was going to end his thought process that the world would end on friday and americans were potentially in harms way. >> how do you rationally speak to someone who is suffering a mental breakdown? >>...

I lived with him and have seen his suicide note written on his wall at home. and he has personally told me about plans he has to do mass public shootings. what were your immediate concerns as soon as you got there? >> as im pulling up to the scene, theres a private school across the street. >> reporter: the police special response team surrounding the area, as millian begins talking to rosario. >> he had on body armor when i was talking to him through the window. i saw the butt of a rifle. so i ...