In January 1964, Ronald Dominique was born.

His parents lived in a trailer park along with baby Ronald and his five older siblings,

and the family struggled financially throughout Ronald's childhood and teenage years.

There wasn't much joy to be found at school for Ronald.

Ever since he was a kid, he'd struggled to make friends.

He wasn't interested in any of the things that the other boys his age seemed to be.

He didn't have any talent at playing sports,

and when he got older, he didn't have any interest in partying, drugs, or alcohol.

The other kids at school had thought that he was weird because he was a poor communicator and always seemed sad.

So, like most kids do, they made fun of him, which only got worse when they found out that he was gay. During his late

teens, Ronald had started sneaking out to visit a nearby gay bar, but he was spotted there

by some of his classmates. Interestingly, the classmates who saw him there gave no explanation

as to why they had also been at the same gay bar.

Despite his difficult circumstances, Ronald was determined to succeed,

graduating high school and then making it to college.

However, he only made it halfway through his computer science degree before he gave up and decided to drop out.

Because he never got a degree, the only jobs that he was able to apply for were unskilled labor.

And because he had a problem with authority and never wanted to commit to anything,

he struggled to hold down a job at all.

In June, 1985, Ronald was arrested for the first time, but it would not be the last.

The charges against him were for sexually harassing someone over the phone, but he was only

made to pay a fine of $75.

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