Joyce Flint moved to California after her divorce from Jeffrey Dahmer's father, Lionel, in the late 1980s. She first managed a retirement residence before becoming a case manager for the Central Valley AIDS Team in 1991. She worked in the field of HIV and AIDS treatment in the Fresno area until her death from breast cancer in November 2000. Thanks to the generosity of Jeffrey Dahmer's attorney, Gerald Boyle, Joyce was able to fly to Wisconsin several times to visit her son.
