Ricky Wallace, a drug addict who had often been in trouble with the police before, told the story about Dominique’s girlfriend and how he offered to tie him up. He was finally arrested in December of 2006ĭominique met his demise when one of his potential victims called the police in November 2006. He committed his final murder on October 14, 2006, a short period before he was arrested for the murder spree. He would eventually end up killing at least 23 men and boys between the age of 16 and 46. This would be the first time he used his evil tactics to lure victims into his own room before brutally raping and murdering them. Remarkably, his first victim didn’t fit the pattern of homeless and drug-addicted victims. The murder spree started in the summer of 1997 when a 19-year-old man named David Mitchell was looking to find a ride to a friend’s house after returning from a wedding anniversary, never to return home afterward. Dominique committed his first murder in the summer of 1997 Once they agreed, he would rape and strangle them before depositing their remains in the countryside of one of 6 local parishes. After this, he provided them with alcohol and told them that his girlfriend was into bondage, and offered to tie them up before she entered the room. He first assured them they would get a place to stay for the night and told them that his girlfriend was willing to have sex with them. He lured potential victims who appeared to be either homeless or drug addicts with a fake story. His modus operandi for committing the murders was pretty much the same all the time. He lured his victims with a particular story Serial Killer Ronald Dominique / Wiki Commons 6. He would later claim that this was a turning point in his life and he lost all sense of right and wrong, staying in a constantly negative state of mind. A sentence here might have saved a lot of lives in the future, but since the investigators were unable to locate the victim, Dominique was released and not even charged. He allegedly raped a man in his sister’s house and eyewitnesses confirmed the story. It wasn’t until August 25, 1996, at the age of 34, that he was arrested for his first felony. He was arrested again in 1994, this time for drunk driving, but got away with a fine once again. He was arrested once on June 12, 1985, on sexual assault charges, but these were committed by telephone and only resulted in a $75 fine. Petty misdemeanors eventually turned into serious feloniesĭespite being the average loser who lived with his mother as an adult, there weren’t that many signs that he would become one of the most prolific serial killers in American history during the 1980s. This means that he wasn’t able to get his own place and was forced to live with his mother and older sister for extended periods of time in his adult life.
He never even managed to keep a steady job and was fired frequently, resulting in financial problems as well. He was forced to live with his mother and older sisterĪnother major issue in his life was the fact that he didn’t get a degree which only allowed him to get low-paying jobs. Because of this, he was also looked down upon in the gay community which obviously didn’t help as well. Needless to say that he lost his sense of shame about his sexuality at this point.Įven though he was no openly gay, he never managed to establish a serious relationship, mainly because of his melancholic character. He often dressed up as his ultimate idolĪfter his school years, he became a regular customer in the city’s gay scene and often dressed up as his ultimate idol, American singer Patti LaBelle. When he started visiting gay bars and was spotted by his classmates, he promptly denied that he was homosexual to avoid being bullied once again. He also found out that he was gay at the end of high school but kept this revelation secret. He subsequently entered the Nicholls State University in Thibodaux and studied computer science, but quickly dropped out.ĭuring his school years, he was often bullied as he suffered from low self-esteem because of his weight problem. Regardless of the situation, Dominique was still able to attend high school and graduated in 1983. His parents had low-paying laborer jobs so poverty was on the menu most of the time. He grew up in a trailer park on the outskirts of the city, which pretty much means that the conditions he grew up in weren’t that great. This is the parish seat of Lafourche Parish in the southeast of the U.S. This evil serial killer who ended up being referred to as the “ Bayou Strangler” was born Ronald Joseph Dominique on January 9, 1964, in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Dominique grew up in poverty in Louisiana
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