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Paul Durousseau's Life And Accomplishments

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Background Information on Paul Durousseau Paul was born into a dysfunctional household. His Father was abusive his mother did drugs and neither could properly feed him or his siblings. So finally, the Father left them, and the mother moved to Los Angeles to be with her family. There he grew up and went to school. The school he went to was Reseda High School and at the time it was choked with violence and gang activity. At 19 he graduated and became a freelance security guard. At the time security guard couldn’t have guns yet he did so he was arrested and was given a three-year probation, was arrested again for the same crime went to prison for a year. There he was surrounded by even more violence. Afterwards, he went to the army (are you seeing …show more content…

He was arrested and charged with kidnapping and rape but the was no evidence at the time. Tracy Habersham of Fort Benning, GA, went missing after dancing with Durousseau at a nightclub. Her body was found two days later. Durousseau was later charged again with her murder. During this time Paul’s wife was pregnant with his second son and there was some major domestic abuse. Due to continued domestic violence, Natoca takes her two daughters and moves to Jacksonville, Florida. Durousseau follows them to Florida. Durousseau was discharged from Army for buying computer equipment stolen from the military base. He was Arrested for molesting a 15-year-old girl in Jacksonville, FL but charges were not filed. Tyresa Mack was found dead in her apartment. There were signs of rape and robbery. Her murder would eventually be tied to Durousseau. Durousseau’s wife asked for police council on how to get a domestic violence restraining order after being assaulted by Durousseau. Paul raped Jacksonville woman in her home, he was arrested and spent 30 days in jail. He received two years' probation in a deal that also kept his DNA out of police database. A Jacksonville woman was raped in her home.

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