26 Facts About Louis Roy

Louis Roy, better known as "Melou", was a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster, said to have been the richest Hells Angel in Quebec.

Louis Roy was a member of the Saint-Eloi-based Missiles outlaw biker gang, which later became the Satan's Guard club of Saguenay.

Louis Roy became the president of the Angels' Trois-Rivieres chapter, which forged a close alliance with the Rizzuto family of Montreal.

Louis Roy was very active in selling cocaine throughout Quebec, making him into of the most important drug dealers in la belle province.

In November 1994, Louis Roy hired Serge Quesnel via Quesnel's lawyer to work as a hitman for the Hells Angels.

Louis Roy told Quesnel that in exchange for working as a hitman, he would be paid $500 per week with a commission of at least $10,000 per murder.

Louis Roy told Quesnel that his commissions would depend on the degree of difficulty of the murders with commissions of $50,000 to be paid for those who were well guarded.

Louis Roy carried a booklet with the names, addresses, license plate numbers and descriptions of fifty or so undesirable individuals.

Louis Roy gave Quesnel $2,000 in cash as an advance payment and promised him $8,000 more if he killed Jacques Ferland.

Louis Roy offered Quesnel $50,000 in cash if he could kill Gilles Lambert, an important leader of the Rock Machine.

On 25 June 1995, Louis Roy became a founding member of the Angels' elite Nomad chapter.

Louis Roy was considered to be one of the more able Hells Angels and was included in the Nomad chapter for that reason.

Louis Roy was alerted by the sound of Gallant's wet shoes as he approached, and he was able to evade most of the hitman's gunfire but suffered a wound to the chest.

Louis Roy refused to co-operate with the police whom he called "pigs" and refused to file a complaint about the shooting.

Carroll mentioned to Kane that Boucher wanted Louis Roy to join La Table, which he refused to, leading to Carroll to express the hope there would be no issues caused by this refusal.

Finally, Kane mentioned that both Boucher and Rizzuto were very annoyed that Louis Roy persisted with selling cocaine below $50,000 per kilogram, and wanted him to join La Table.

On 23 June 2000, Louis Roy disappeared after departing to attend a party at the house of Boucher's father to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the founding of the Nomads.

Louis Roy had frequently ignored Boucher's orders by selling cocaine for less than $50,000 per kilogram, which was reported to have angered Boucher, but Louis Roy believed that his status as a founding member of the Nomad chapter gave him immunity from being punished.

In July 2001, Elias Lekkas of the West End Gang testified that Louis Roy went from the Boucher household to a meat-processing plant owned by Gerald Matticks.

Louis Roy was then bound, gagged and while still alive ran through a meat-grinding machine.

Scoppa maintained that Boucher had tolerated Louis Roy selling cocaine below $50,000 per kilogram as a way to pressure Rizzuto to act against Gervasi, who had taken a very pro-Rock Machine line.

Scoppa stated that Boucher's attitude was both sides had to take care of their own "garbage" and that he would only have Louis Roy killed if Rizzuto had Gervasi killed, which led to an agreement being struck along that line.

Scoppa stated that Louis Roy was self-confident as he was with his friends and had no fears about the meeting at the meat factory.

The police believe it was no accident that at the same time that Louis Roy vanished in late June 2000, that Luc Bordeleau of the Hells Angels puppet gang, the Rockers Motor Club, was suddenly promoted up to be a "prospect" with the Hells Angels proper.

On 12 December 2000, the account that Louis Roy had with the Nomad "bank" in Montreal was terminated, with the money being divided amongst the other Nomads, which was a strong sign that Louis Roy was not longer with the Hells Angels.

Regardless of his precise fate, Louis Roy was never seen or heard from again after going to Boucher's party.