{"product_id":"the-bayou-strangler-louisianas-most-gruesome-serial-killer-9781504039505","title":"The Bayou Strangler: Louisiana's Most Gruesome Serial Killer","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe true story of Louisiana serial killer Ronald Dominique's ten-year murder spree, the men he slayed, and the detectives who hunted him down.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1997, the bodies of young African American men began turning up in the cane fields of the quiet suburbs of New Orleans. The victims--many of them transient street hustlers--had been brutally raped and strangled, but police had no leads on the killer's identity. The murders continued, leaving southeast Louisiana's gay community rattled and authorities desperate for a break in the case. Then, Detectives Dennis Thornton and Dawn Bergeron came together as task force partners, indefatigable in their decade-long effort to track down the killer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. But who was Ronald Dominique and what led him to commit such heinous crimes? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With direct access to the investigation, Dominique's confession, and all of the killer's body dump sites in throughout the state, author Fred Rosen enters the warped mind of a murderer and captures a troubled, disturbing, and broken life. As with the many other serial killers he has covered, including Jeffrey Dahmer (the Milwaukee Cannibal) and Dennis Rader (the BTK Killer), Rosen provides a horrifying and fascinating account of the lengths to which a bloodthirsty monster will go to lure and brutalize his victims.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA former columnist for the Arts \u0026amp; Leisure section of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Fred Rosen is an award-winning author of true crime and history books, including\u003ci\u003e Gold!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDid They Really Do It?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLobster Boy\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a regular on-air commentator for Investigation Discovery network's \u003ci\u003eEvil Kin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvil Twins\u003c\/i\u003e TV series.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Open Road Integrated Media LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544615883026,"sku":"9781504039505","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1201e799-9260-48a4-a415-2ea01da76835.jpg?v=1731532220","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-bayou-strangler-louisianas-most-gruesome-serial-killer-9781504039505","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}