
Needless to say that he lost his sense of shame about his sexuality at this point.Įven though he was no openly gay, he never managed to establish a serious relationship, mainly because of his melancholic character. He often dressed up as his ultimate idolĪfter his school years, he became a regular customer in the city’s gay scene and often dressed up as his ultimate idol, American singer Patti LaBelle. When he started visiting gay bars and was spotted by his classmates, he promptly denied that he was homosexual to avoid being bullied once again. He also found out that he was gay at the end of high school but kept this revelation secret. He subsequently entered the Nicholls State University in Thibodaux and studied computer science, but quickly dropped out.ĭuring his school years, he was often bullied as he suffered from low self-esteem because of his weight problem. Regardless of the situation, Dominique was still able to attend high school and graduated in 1983. His parents had low-paying laborer jobs so poverty was on the menu most of the time. He grew up in a trailer park on the outskirts of the city, which pretty much means that the conditions he grew up in weren’t that great.

This is the parish seat of Lafourche Parish in the southeast of the U.S. This evil serial killer who ended up being referred to as the “ Bayou Strangler” was born Ronald Joseph Dominique on January 9, 1964, in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Dominique grew up in poverty in Louisiana
