Sometimes he would tell the men he wanted to pay them to have sex with his wife, and then show a picture of an attractive woman. He would lure homeless men with the promise of sex in exchange for money. His tactics in capturing, sometimes raping then murdering the men was simple. Residents of the home described Dominique as odd, but no one suspected he was a killer.ĭominique Confesses to 23 MurdersSoon after his arrest, Dominique confessed to murdering 23 southeast Louisiana men. Just days before his arrest, Dominique had moved from his sister's home into the Bunkhouse shelter in Houma, LA. The ArrestAfter receiving a tip, authorities armed with forensic evidence, arrested Ronald Dominique, 42, and charged him with the murder and rape of 19-year-old Manuel Reed and 27-year-old Oliver Lebanks. The victims had been asphyxiated or strangled, some raped and several were barefooted. Investigators knew the 23 victims were mostly homeless men, many who led high-risk lifestyles, which included drug use and prostitution.
The Task Force A task force made up of nine south Louisiana parish sheriff's offices, the Louisiana State Police and the FBI, was formed in March 2005, to investigate the murders. Similarities in 23 of the murders lead investigators to suspecting the men were victims of a serial killer. Over the next nine years, more bodies of men ranging in age from 19 to 40 would be found dumped in sugarcane fields, desolate bayous and in ditches in remote areas. In July 1998, the body of 38-year-old Larry Ranson was found in St.
The body of 20-year-old Gary Pierre was found in St. The First VictimsIn 1997, authorities found 19-year-old David Levron Mitchell's murdered body near Hahnville. His reason for killing? He did not want to return to jail after raping the men. Dominique of Houma, LA has confessed to murdering 23 men over the past nine years and dumping their bodies in sugarcane fields, ditches and small bayous in six southeast Louisiana parishes.
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