Oliver LeBanks was 27 when he was found dead in Metairie, Jefferson Parish, in October 1998. The autopsy determined asphyxiation as the cause of death, and trace amounts of semen matching the eventual suspect were later identified on his body. Reports say LeBanks had recently lost his job and struggled with drug use, and that he had been offering sex for money.

A multi-agency task force arrested 42-year-old Ronald Dominique in December 2006 and charged him with second-degree murder in LeBanks’s death. Dominique later confessed to a series of killings across southeastern Louisiana and admitted to beating and strangling LeBanks after a sexual encounter; DNA from LeBanks’s case was cited as instrumental in the investigation. Dominique ultimately pleaded guilty to multiple murders and in September 2008 received eight consecutive life sentences.

Are there readers who remember Oliver, his life in Metairie, or any details from 1998 that could shed more light on what happened?