Because of his lack of education, Dominique was forced to engage in low-skilled labor for the following years, and struggled to hold down jobs due to disciplinary issues. On June 12, 1985, Dominique was arrested on charges of sexual harassment committed via telephone, for which he had to pay a $75 fine. Dominique vehemently denied accusations of being homosexual. However, some of his classmates had seen him there, resulting in harassment. Shortly before leaving school, Dominique discovered that he was gay, and visited a local gay bar several times. Despite singing in the school choir, Dominique was considered an unpopular social outcast since he didn't play sports, didn't do drugs or drink alcohol. These, coupled with low self-esteem and poor health, made him the target of bullying. However, he quickly lost interest and dropped out in the mid-1980s.ĭuring his school years, Dominique was known for his melancholic temperament, lack of communication skills and weight problems. After leaving school, he entered the Nicholls State University, where he studied computer science. Because of his family's financial circumstances, Dominique lived out his childhood and adolescence in poverty, but still managed to attend the local Thibodaux High School, from which he graduated in 1983. His parents were poor laborers who lived in a trailer park located on the outskirts of the city. Ronald Joseph Dominique was born on January 9, 1964, in Thibodaux, Louisiana, the younger of two children. ĭespite the number of victims, Dominique's arrest received little publicity outside of the state media.
Following his conviction, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stated that Dominique's was the most significant serial homicide case in the country over the past two decades in terms of both death toll and duration. On September 23, 2008, Dominique was found guilty and sentenced to several terms of life imprisonment without parole for his crimes. Ronald Joseph Dominique (born January 9, 1964), known as The Bayou Strangler, is an American serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 23 men and boys in the state of Louisiana between 19.
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