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Lionel Dahmer, Jeffrey Dahmer's father, wrote a book about his experience with coming to terms with raising a serial killer. It's called A Father's Story.
Sue Kelbold, Columbine High School shooter Dylan Klebold's mother, also wrote a book where she retraces every parenting decision she and her husband ever made. Her book is called A Mother's Reckoning. The profits from the book's sales are given to mental health charities, research, and suicide prevention.
BTK serial killer Dennis Rader's daughter Kerri Rawson wrote a memoir about coming to terms with being the daughter of the notorious serial killer. A Serial Killer's Daughter documents her struggle and extended recovery period.
Former police officer and convicted sex offender Daniel Holtzclaw's family continue to fight for his release and vouch for his innocence. Holtzclaw's family have put everything into his case to the point of financial ruin and continue to use social media to raise money through charity events, fundraisers, donations, and support groups. As far as I can tell, Eric and Kumiko Holtzclaw, have never reached out to the victims of their rapist son as seem resigned to financial ruin in a futile attempt to get an early release for their son's 263-year prison sentence.
Many of the families of these major offenders have been criminals themselves and had to deal with their child's terrible choices behind bars. Such as the case of serial killer Samuel Little. Little claims his mother was a teenage prostitute who was in jail when he was born who later abandoned him on the side of a road. This would have a profound affect on the youth who went on to murder a confirmed 60 victims, many of whom were also prostitutes.
Stephen Paddock, the perpetrator of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting that claimed the lives of 60 people, had a notorious conman and bank robber for a father. Benjamin Paddock had an extensive criminal career that included confidence games, auto larceny, numerous bank robberies, escaping prison, and even landing on the FBI's most wanted list. It may be perhaps the biggest insight into Paddock's motives for the mass shooting.