Serial-killer suspect tells police why he did it (Houma, LA)

www.houmatoday.com ^ | 12/04/06 | houmatoday

[Ellesu]

The man who allegedly admitted to murdering nearly two dozen men told authorities he did so to keep them quiet after raping them.

Ronald Joseph Dominique, 42, of Bayou Blue, is formally charged with killing 11 men over a period spanning nearly a decade. Police say he’s admitted to killing 23, and there may be others whose deaths haven’t been discovered yet.

He targeted men with a transient life-style, those who walked or relied on a bicycle for transportation and may have had drug or alcohol problems.

Some of those men were gay, others performed sex acts with men or women for money, authorities have said.

Dominique told police he lured the men by promising them money in exchange for sex. Sometimes the men agreed to have sex with him, other times they agreed to have sex with Dominique’s “wife” after he showed them a photograph of an attractive woman. Police say Dominique had no wife and made that story up.

After taking the would-be victim back to his place, Dominique allegedly asked permission to tie him up. If he said no, Dominique released him. If he agreed, police say Dominique raped him and then killed him.

Dominique was arrested by Thibodaux Police in 1996 for the aggravated rape of a man. He spent three months in jail and was ultimately released when authorities couldn’t find the victim to testify.

Terrebonne Parish Jerry Larpenter said Dominique told investigators that he killed his victims because he didn’t want to return to jail.

Dominique was arrested Friday at an east-Houma homeless shelter. He was initially charged with the murders of two Jefferson Parish men, and additionally charged with the rape of one.

Today he was formally charged with nine additional counts of murder, all in Terrebonne.

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.

Earlier this year, The Courier compiled a list of 23 men whose bodies were found dumped in remote areas, mostly ditches and sugar-cane fields. The most recent murder occurred two months ago. The earliest attributed to Dominique was in 1997. Police said today that Dominique confessed to all those murders. Sources close to the investigation have said he may have killed more men whose bodies were never discovered.

[Ellesu]

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[Ellesu]

[EDINVA]

Only makes sense he'd kill them so he didn't have to go back to jail ;) Guess that means he won't appeal the death penalty, save himself all that time in jail ?

[Michael.SF.]

Some of those men were gay, others performed sex acts with men...

That seems like a distinction w/o a difference.

[grundle]

"Ronald Joseph Dominique" is an anagram for "Hi! Join! Porno deed qualms."

[Pharmboy]

Hmmm...

[lafroste]

Hmm. Is his face too small for his head, or is his head to large for his face?

It is a sick world.

[sgtbono2002]

Sick creep.

[Continental Soldier]

I believe, and have advanced the theory for some time now, that serial killers, such as these, are not real and actual human beings, but deadly impersonators. Just as in nature, one species imitates another (the monarch moth and the monarch butterfuly), these predators imitate human beings. Some day, in the not too distant future, DNA analysis will isolate the difference between human beings and their deadly imitators.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Give him a medal for public service, then, hang him!

[Wally_Kalbacken]

He targeted men with a transient life-style, those who walked or relied on a bicycle for transportation and may have had drug or alcohol problems.

Some of those men were gay, others performed sex acts with men or women for money, authorities have said.
 

Wow. I'm going to miss these good citizens!

[Graybeard58]

Some of those men were gay, others performed sex acts with men...

That seems like a distinction w/o a difference.

Only if you omit part of the quote.

Some of those men were gay, others performed sex acts with men or women for money,

[Lancey Howard]

Thing is, the killer AND his victims all shared "San Fransicko values".

[Graybeard58]

Give him a medal for public service, then, hang him!

What public service?

[Wilhelm Tell]

What public service?

I guess some people here -- special people who have greater moral clairty than the rest of us profane sinners -- think it is okay to murder homosexuals and/or prostitutes.

[Grut]

Hm... after so many posts of the "Illegal Immigrant Runs Amok, Slaughters Twenty" variety, shouldn't the title mention that he's native born?

[madprof98]

he did so to keep them quiet after raping them

This is clearly a social problem. We have placed a stigma on rapists, particularly gay rapists. If we had only recognized homosexual rape as a valid lifestyle choice, this poor man would not have been compelled to kill the guys he raped. Thus, he is really innocent . . . while all of us are truly guilty.

[Michael.SF.]

I saw the whole quote and would still say that someone who performs sex with a member of the same sex, for money or free, would qualify.

[WorkingClassFilth]

I think it must be something in the diet.

[OldPossum]

If the prosecutors proved him guilty of all 24 murders and he had the good luck to have done the deeds in Maryland, life without parole. Max.

[VOA]

Serial-killer suspect tells police why he did it (Houma, LA)

No, let me guess...
Because he's a homocidal homosexual maniac?

[mcg2000]

per a mod ... this is only a general chat topic ... It's too similar to Top 40 Music, Hollywood, Sports or socializing. Isn't that obvious to you? ;)

[Knitebane]

Well, some people would say that Houma isn't part of the US.

;)

[Ellesu]

LOL.

[Reform4Bush]

After taking the would-be victim back to his place, Dominique allegedly asked permission to tie him up. If he said no, Dominique released him. If he agreed, police say Dominique raped him and then killed him.

Just say 'NO' to being tied up by a fat, ugly, bald man.

[Types_with_Fist]

Well, some people would say that Houma isn't part of the US.

My hometown. A case can be made...:-)

[Wormwood]

Give him a medal for public service, then, hang him!

Your impression of a hateful borderline sociopath is dead on! Bravo.

[beezdotcom]

Some day, in the not too distant future, DNA analysis will isolate the difference between human beings and their deadly imitators.

I'm not sure what the DNA of a demon looks like...

[SWAMPSNIPER]

"What public service"?

---

Pest control.

[Graybeard58]

Interesting that you consider killing innocent people as "pest control". And wait two days to answer my question.

[Continental Soldier]

I think we may find out, and when we do, a whole new debate will break out. Should be interesting.

[plasticbeans]

I find it very interesting that you would consider what this horrible person did pest control... First of all because you cannot always take to heart everything the Houma Couirer publishes... some of the men who were victims may have been prostitutes but no one bothers to wonder why they were in this situation. This man murdered my best friend, my friend who was homeless since he was 13 because of his deadbeat parents, he slept under a bridge and attended high school, all he ever wanted to do with his life is find a way to help kids like himself who grew up homeless and in and out of foster homes, and that night he was walking to his brother’s house. Even if he had been gay, if he had used prostitution as a way to get money too survive, he had not told those he was close to, but had he done these things it never made him less of a person, and it sure never made him a pest, he was considerate of all people, he was a Christian, and he would have given you the shirt off of his back even though you make comments like this about victims of horrible crimes.