But who was Ronald Dominique and what led him to commit such heinous crimes?
In 2006, DNA evidence finally linked the murders to a suspect: the unassuming Ronald Joseph Dominique, who had lived under the radar for years, working as a pizza deliveryman and meter reader. Then, Detectives Dennis Thornton and Dawn Bergeron came together as task force partners, indefatigable in their decade-long effort to track down the killer. The murders continued, leaving southeast Louisiana’s gay community rattled and authorities desperate for a break in the case. The victims-many of them transient street hustlers-had been brutally raped and strangled, but police had no leads on the killer’s identity. In 1997, the bodies of young African American men began turning up in the cane fields of the quiet suburbs of New Orleans. Supreme Court, the death penalty is supposed to be reserved for the “worst of the worst” offenders, but frequently the worst crimes are not the ones that result in a death sentence.The true story of Louisiana serial killer Ronald Dominique’s ten-year murder spree, the men he slayed, and the detectives who hunted him down. Foster, “ DA: Suspected LA serial killer to plead guilty,” Associated Press, September 22, 2008). “That unanimity gave us a feeling that we had given them the justice that they sought.” “I am comfortable because of the unanimity of sentiment from the families, a sense that they were satisfied that they took part in the process,” said Assistant District Attorney Mark Rhodes. Some cited opposition to the death penalty and others desired a more immediate closure than a death-penalty case would allow.
The family members reached a unanimous agreement to accept a plan of back-to-back life sentences. decided against seeking the death penalty after consulting with members of the victims’ familes. Terrebonne Parish District Attorney Joe Waitz, Jr. Roland Dominique, who was arrested at a homeless shelter, pled guilty to the murder of eight young men, and he may have killed as many as 23 men. Prosecutors decided against pursuing a death sentence for a serial killer in Terrebonne Parish in Louisiana.
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