 When asked as to why he had preserved a total of seven skulls and the entire skeletons of two victims, Dahmer stated he had been in the process of constructing a private altar of victims' skulls which he had intended to display on the black table located in his living room and upon which he had photographed the bodies of many of his victims.This display of skulls was to be adorned at each side with the complete skeletons of Miller and Lacy.The four severed heads found in his kitchen were to be removed of all flesh and used in this altar, as was the skull of at least one future victim.