By Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D.
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Midwesterner Herb Baumeister, too, picked up young men in gay bars during the 1990s who then disappeared. He'd take them to his home and strangle them during sex, disposing of the corpses of at least eleven victims in the woods on his property. But Baumeister was married, with a family, so his secretive life was somewhat constrained.
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| Jeffrey Dahmer |
Dominique, single and reportedly gay, might have been closer in style to Jeffrey Dahmer or Dennis Nilsen, picking up male victims in bars by engaging them in disarming conversations before taking them home to die. It's not yet clear whether Dominique killed to feel more powerful or just to ensure that his rape victims wouldn't identify him, but what is clear is that, once in custody, he was quite open about what he'd done.
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| Dennis Nilsen |
That behavior, too, is not unexpected. Nilsen and Dahmer confessed for hours after their respective arrests. So did John Wayne Gacy, who brought young men to his home, gave them drugs and alcohol, and persuaded them to let him try the "rope trick" on them. Once bound, they belonged to him and he killed thirty-three. (He later insisted he'd killed no one.)
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But we must ask, can Dominique's version of events be trusted? Just because an alleged serial killer confesses, and even matches the crime details, does not mean he's telling the full truth. Dominique exploited trust to get victims, and he may well be using his charming manner to lull investigators into accepting his tale. He might not even be mild-mannered and meek, or sickly. His narrative aside, we can certainly tell from his behavior that he's been an aggressive serial killer who had the strength to strangle men and carry their bodies to remote dumping grounds. Used to living a double life, he's likely to lie even as he confesses, to spin stories his own way. While investigators might report what he says to them, we should all take these details with a grain of salt. Like they say, beware of the quiet ones.
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