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Gay Rapist/Serial Killer Ronald Joseph Dominique Sentenced to Live

By David Lohr

Ronald Joseph Dominique, 43, literally terrorized gay communities in many of Southern Louisiana's parishes, some not far from New Orleans, by murdering at least 23 men over nearly a 10-year period that began in 1997 and continued until his arrest on December 1, 2006.  Dominique seemed to be most active in Terrebonne Parish, Lafourche Parish, Jefferson Parish, and Iberville Parish.  By his own admission, the gay serial killer from the Bayou Blue region of the Cajun settlement of Houma (located in Terrebonne Parish, approximately 60 miles southwest of New Orleans) claimed that he selected his victims by hanging out at gay bars and focusing his attention on men he believed would be eager to have sex in exchange for money. According to investigators, Dominique also enticed his victims by showing them a photo of an attractive woman he claimed was his wife whom he wanted the men he selected to have sex with while he watched...continue to full post

Full post as published by Bizarre Crimes of the Week on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).