Ronald Joseph Dominique, also known as The Bayou Strangler, he was an American serial killer and rapist who murdered at least 23 men and boys in the state of Louisiana between 1997 and 2006. Dominique's victims tended to be teenagers and men aged between 16 and 46, but not all of them were homosexual. Most of the victims were African-American. He often met them during walks or drives in his pickup truck, as well as in gay bars, luring them with offers of alcohol, drugs, housing, or group sex with his supposed girlfriend. After successfully convincing potential victims, Dominique would lure them to his trailer where he would overpower them, bind them, and subsequently rape them. According to the investigators, Dominique then strangled them, loaded their bodies into the back of his truck, and dumped them in remote rural areas in one of six nearby parishes.

Victim 1: David Mitchell age: 19 Found: July 1997 in St. Charles Parish
Victim 2: Gary Pierre age: 20 Found: December 1997 in St. Charles Parish
Victim 3: Larry Ranson age: 38 Found: July 31, 1998 in St. Charles Parish
Victim 4: Oliver LeBanks age: 27 Found: October 1998 in Metairie, Jefferson Parish
Victim 5: Joseph Brown age: 16 Found: October 1998 in Kenner, Jefferson Parish
Victim 6: Bruce Williams age: 18 Found: November 1998 in Jefferson Parish
Victim 7: Manuel Reed age: 21 Found: May 1999 in Kenner, Jefferson Parish
Victim 8: Angel Mejia age: 34 Found: June 1999 in Kenner, Jefferson Parish
Victim 9: Mitchell Johnson age: 34 Found: August 1999 in Metairie, Jefferson Parish
Victim 10: Michael Vincent age: 23 Found: January 2000 in Lafourche Parish
Victim 11: Kenneth Randolph, Jr. age: 20 Found: October 2002 in Lafourche Parish
Victim 12: Anoka Jones age: 26 Found: October 12, 2002 in Houma, Terrebonne Parish
Victim 13: Datrell Woods age: 19 Found: May 24, 2003 in Bayou Blue, Terrebonne Parish
Victim 14: Larry Matthews age: 46 Found: October 2004 in Bayou Blue, Terrebonne Parish
Victim 15: Michael Barnett age: 21 Found: October 24, 2004 in Bayou Blue, Terrebonne Parish
Victim 16: Leon Lirette  age: 22 Found: February 2005 in Bayou Blue, Terrebonne Parish
Victim 17: August Watkins age:  31 Found: April 2005 in Lafourche Parish
Victim 18: Kurt Cunningham age: 23 Found: April 2005 in Lafourche Parish
Victim 19: Alonzo Hogan age: 28 Found: July 2005 in St. Charles Parish
Victim 20: Wayne Smith age:  17 Found: August 2005 in Terrebonne Parish
Victim 21: Chris Deville age: 40 Found: September 2005 in Assumption Parish
Victim 22: Nicholas Pellegrin age: 21 Found: November 2005 in Lafourche Parish

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Suspected serial killer arrested in Houma (houmatoday.com)

Several documentaries available on Ronald Joseph Dominique’s case. Here are some of them:

1. Serial Killer Ronald Dominique aka The Bayou Serial Killer - Serial Ki

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