A little update on everyone's (alleged) gay serial killer, the charming and nearly irresistible 42-year old, Ronald J. Dominique of Louisiana. You may recall back in December Dominique admitted to killing 23 men over the course of 8 blood-letting years and scattered them around Louisiana. A few days later, police began looking into the possibility that the admitted killer of 23 may have - gasp! - killed more than 23. It's also worth noting (especially for all you bulimic types) that Dominique claims to have had sex with his victims before (literally) finishing them off.

Well, now Dominique says he didn't kill 23...let alone one. 365 Gay reports Dominique - a man who's been described as indigent and spent some time living on the streets - murmured "not guilty" to nine counts of first-degree murder. If found guilty, Dominique faces life imprisonment or the death penalty.

The reports don't say why he's not being charged for the other fourteen murders, although we suspect his lawyer had something to do with it. That's right, he's got a lawyer now: certainly a step in the right direction. Now, if we can just work on that thirst for human blood...

Things aren't looking good for everyone's favorite gay serial killer, Ronald J. Dominique (pictured). Now that he's admitted to luring twenty-three homeless men to their post-coital deaths, Dominique's suspected of at least one other murder, including Reverend Hunter Horgan III.

Though Dominique prefered to strangle his victims, he worked at a Thibodaux, Louisiana florist near where police found Horgan's beaten body in 1992. Police are now looking into other cold cases from towns Dominique once called home.

Of the twenty-three known killings, CNN reports Sheriff Jerry Larpenter as saying:

He said he killed them because he didn't want to get caught... But I would think he discovered somewhere on the way to killing 23 that it was not just because of that. I think he discovered he liked it.

Yikes.

The same CNN article (which describes Dominique as a "a near-broke nobody") says that Dominique got nabbed for "forcible rape" back in 1996. The case didn't go to trial because the victim went missing. Hmmm, one guess what happened there.

Previously: "I Killed Twenty-Three," Says Killer of Twenty-Three

We're pretty brave, but we're scared spermless of serial killers. It's probably the fact that we watched too many slasher flicks when we were kids. Regardless of the reason, they're way frightening, especially when they serially kill gay people, like 42-year old Ronald J. Dominique (pictured not looking as crazy as we thought, though still pretty fucking creepy).

Dominique has admitted to killing 23 gay men over the course of 8 years and dumping their bodies in isolated locations and parishes (um, weird). Despite these confessions, Dominique's only been charged with eleven murders. 365 Gay elaborates:

Dominique, who is indigent, has not yet been appointed a lawyer and did not have one present during questioning. Sheriff's officials say the confession is solid and that Dominique supplied details that hadn't been released and that only the killer and investigators would know. Authorities are investigating his claims and more charges are possible.

The victims' bodies were found in seven different south Louisiana parishes... Authorities said Dominique said he had sex with each of the victims.

While we're not about to cuddle up to Dominique, we can't help but wonder if he's being taken advantage of - okay, yes he admitted to killing nearly two dozen people, but shouldn't he have been appointed a lawyer, especially when authorities are tossing around the idea of execution?

The article doesn't say whether he denied legal representation, but it sounds to us like he's not smart/sane enough to know what he needs at this point. We may be unsettled by serial killers, but that doesn't mean they don't deserve a fair trial.

Plus, a lawyer passionately defending someone who's admitted to being a serial killer gives it more movie of the week potential.

There have been so many twists and turns in the Mark Foley scandal that we nearly forgot it all started with some emails from a lad in Louisiana. So, how important is said lad? Apparently not at all.

Testifying before the House Ethics Committee yesterday, Louisiana Representative Rodney Alexander insisted that while the boy received emails from Foley, he knew nothing of Foley's other contacts. The New York Times reports:

Representative Rodney Alexander, Republican of Louisiana, said Wednesday that the page, who lives in his district, was not familiar with Mr. Foley’s pattern of conduct and should not be a focal point of the investigation.

“His parents have been almost physically sick about the attention that he’s gotten,” said Mr. Alexander, speaking to reporters after testifying for three hours before the House ethics committee. “We just look forward to the committee continuing their investigation, and hopefully this will come to a conclusion.”

The former page, who told a Congressional aide that Mr. Foley’s request for his photograph was “sick, sick, sick, sick,” has not been identified and has not spoken publicly about the case.

One has to admire this kid's ability to keep mum. If we started a scandal that threatened to take down key members of the government, we'd be all over the television, radio, newspaper, and maybe even a billboard. But that's just us.

Apparently, he just wants to put this whole Mark Foley thing behind him. We're sure Mark Foley wants to be behind him, as well.

In related news, after extensive interviews, the FBI still hasn't found any evidence proving Foley broke federal sex crime laws. Never fear, though, prosecutors still have about two months to decide how to proceed. We have a feeling something will come up. How could it not? If we've gone through all of this and there's not even a trial, it'll be the biggest let down since...well...we don't know. But it'll be big!

(Yep, we've pasted the article for all you cheap bastards.)

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Gay Louisiana Congressman Jim McCrery has just been praised for his outstanding fundraising prowess, as he helped raise over $15 million for the Republican National Committee. Within the Republican Party, this means that he will now be promoted to some sort of important position regardless of his legislative ability. That is the reason the U.S. has so many rich morons in positions of power, which is not to say that Congressman McCrery is a moron, just a hypocrite, as he has voted against his own rights and interests so many times we have lost count, but always very quietly:

Republicans on and off Capitol Hill consider [McCrery's] low-key personality and his work out of the spotlight as a major reason he has been so successful.

Perhaps after The Advocate outed him in 1992, he decided that was a good time to adopt that "out of the spotlight" approach so he could still show his face at D.C. gay bars without being recognized.

Milestone for McCrery [The Hill via BlogActive]
Family Values Congressman [The Advocate via BlogActive]