32 Facts About Ronald Dominique

On September 23,2008, Dominique was found guilty and sentenced to several terms of life imprisonment without parole for his crimes.

Ronald Joseph Dominique was born on January 9,1964, in Thibodaux, Louisiana, the youngest of six children.

Ronald Dominique's parents were poor laborers who lived in a trailer park located on the outskirts of the city.

Shortly before leaving school, Ronald Dominique discovered that he was gay, and visited a local gay bar several times.

Ronald Dominique graduated from high school in 1983; because of his family's financial circumstances, Dominique had lived out his childhood and adolescence in poverty.

Ronald Dominique was arrested for drunk driving in May 1994 and was fined for the offense.

On February 10,2002, Ronald Dominique was arrested again, this time for assaulting a woman in Terrebonne Parish during a Mardi Gras festival.

Ronald Dominique claimed that the woman had hit a baby stroller in one of the parking lots due to her dangerous driving, after which he began an argument with her, demanding an apology.

Ronald Dominique was charged, but the case was later dropped, after an agreement of reconciliation was reached between him and the woman, with whom he had made amends.

Ronald Dominique was unable to establish a serious relationship and was often looked down upon by the local gay community.

Ronald Dominique's victims tended to be teenagers and men aged between 16 and 46, but not all of them were homosexual.

The murders began in July 1997, with Ronald Dominique's first confirmed victim being a 19-year-old African American man named David Mitchell.

Ronald Dominique was picked up while hitchhiking alone from his grandmother's house after attending a relative's birthday party.

Ronald Dominique's body was found fully clothed, with no signs of physical trauma or drugs found in his system.

In early October 1998, Ronald Dominique met 27-year-old Oliver LeBanks in Metairie.

Ronald Dominique beat the teenager several times on the head with a blunt object and then strangled him with a plastic bag.

In May 1999, Ronald Dominique was cruising around Kenner when he came across 21-year-old Manuel Reed.

In January 2000, Ronald Dominique claimed another victim, 23-year-old Michael Vincent, in Lafourche Parish.

Ronald Dominique lured Randolph into his trailer and then attacked and murdered him.

On October 12,2002, in the late evening, Ronald Dominique met 26-year-old Anoka Jones on the streets in Houma.

Ronald Dominique later dumped his body under a highway overpass, where it was discovered several hours later.

Around this time, Ronald Dominique killed 19-year-old Datrell Woods, dumping both him and his bicycle in a reed field.

Ronald Dominique later dumped Matthews's body twenty miles away from the crime scene.

In September 2005, Ronald Dominique murdered 40-year-old Chris Deville, who was trying to hitchhike out of Napoleonville following Hurricane Katrina.

Ronald Dominique later dumped Deville's corpse in a reed field.

Ronald Dominique's skeletal remains were discovered the following month and identified by relatives, thanks only to ID cards and other personal belongings left beside the body.

Ronald Dominique had met Dominique in the summer of 2006, after which the two began supposedly dating.

Ronald Dominique's testimony was questioned at first; nevertheless, Dominique was questioned by police.

On December 1,2006, Ronald Dominique was arrested at a homeless shelter.

Once at the police station, Ronald Dominique expressed his desire to cooperate with investigators and readily confessed to 23 murders, describing them with details known to only officers.

Ronald Dominique stated that many of his victims had voluntarily agreed to be tied, handcuffed, and treated similarly since they wanted to earn money.

Ronald Dominique had avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty to all charges and is incarcerated at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola.