Luis Dominguez

León, Guanajuato (formerly)

Luis Dominguez is an aspiring writer and friend of Thomas Strode and Sophie Dlamini, with him being introduced in the first sequel, Part II.

He is a caring and observant person with a witty tongue and a tendency to say what's on his minds at the wrong time. As a journalist, he displays a great deal of journalist's integrity, wanting to find out what is happening to get to the bottom of the case, which ruffles a few feathers from time to time.

In Part II, Luis is first introduced as a journalist who is eagerly awaiting the reveal of Sophie's first art piece. Upon being introduced to August Thrombey, Luis finds himself slightly enamoured by him, the hint of attraction beginning to brew between them.

## Biography

### Early life

Not much is known about Luis's early life, other than he was born and raised in León, Guanajuato, with his family. After finishing high school, Luis moved to the United States to pursue a career in writing.

### The Los Angeles Murders

Luis gets to the art gallery where Sophie Dlamini is set to have her first exhibit, and helps to calm her worries over August Thrombey's reaction to her painting. When he gets a Grindr notification, Sophie and her assistant, Carly Blake, tease him about it as Sophie's girlfriend, Alanda Laurent, joins them. He gets jealous over their relationship, pining for his own.

A little while later, gallery manager Tyler Montoya tells Luis and his friends that Nichole Peterson has arrived, much to Luis's chagrin. He and Nichole are still on bad terms after he gave her previous exhibit a critical review. The interaction is awkward, with Luis attempting to smooth things out between them, but Nichole is still very much bitter over it.

When Thomas Strode, David Evans and August arrive at the art gallery, Luis finds himself attracted to August but is respectful of his boundaries and the complicated history between August and Thomas. He agrees to David's plan for grabbing drinks later that night. Thomas notices the glances Luis keeps stealing towards August and stares him down for a second, intimidating Luis. He then departs as the group dissipates to catch up, running into Thomas a little while later. After talking about Sophie's art, Luis brings up Thomas and August and what their relationship is, but he's quickily shut down by Thomas, who tells him it's private. Wanting to remain respectful, Luis apologises for bringing it up and heads off towards Chai Hardin, another artist who's at the gallery.

That night, Luis and his friends have been having a few drinks at the Muddhole. Throughout the night, Luis has been getting to know August, not having met him before like the majority of Sophie and Thomas's friends. He and David then notice Thomas getting into an altercation with Reese Rivers at the bar, and so they rush over in time to stop a fight from breaking out. But tensions snap and Thomas punches him, much to the shock of Luis who hadn't expected it. While David calms Thomas down, Luis offers to buy the drinks, hoping it'll smooth things out for him asking about Thomas and August's relationship.

The following day, after the news of Reese's murder has broke, Luis arrives at the art gallery to find Sophie to check on her. Finding Chai and Tyler, he asks if they've seen her and Tyler advises him to stop by the art studio. Chai then makes a comment about the free publicity it's offering Sophie and Luis, while shocked at the joke, chuckles along with it, knowing it to be somewhat true. As Luis is about to leave, Tyler catches him off guard and asks if he's attracted to August. Luis expresses his confusion even more so when Tyler claims to know when Luis likes someone based on his face. Luis just chuckles and ignores it, heading off to the studio. He then calls Sophie, who is at the studio, and tells her he's coming over.

Luis then attends a publicity event later that night with Sophie and Carly, where Chai is also in attendance. He keeps checking his Grindr, hopeful to find himself a hookup for the evening.

Two days later after Chai's murder at the event. Luis gets to Thomas and David's apartment, where he talks to David outside their front door about August and the murders. David expresses his concern over August's presence, but Luis defends him as he feels bad for people looking at and blaming August. When August joins them, Luis continues to reassure him that none of it is his fault, despite August claiming it is. He then watches curiously when Detective Brad Mayfield and Thomas get to the apartment, wanting to talk to August.

Luis and David follow as their friends are driven to the downtown precinct, speculating as to what is going to happen. They then head over to the studio where Alanda and Carly are also theorising. Carly shares her theory of the killer coming from Sunset Ridge, something that lingers in the air. When Alanda outwordly accuses August of possibly being the killer, Luis becomes defensive once again, only more aggressive this time as Alanda is out of line. They're interrupted by Nichole and her assistant, Ivan Cascella. Luis falls silent as he listens to Nichole talk about herself, wanting the ground to swallow him whole. She then invites him to her own publicity event that evening and he begrudingly agrees, hoping it will end their feud.

At Nichole's party, Luis is by the bar grabbing a drink when he's approached by a visibly concerned Thomas. He's advised to keep his wits about him, and that advice is enough to unnerve Luis. Noticing Thomas and Carly rushing over in a panic, Luis follows them until he runs into Thomas, who is waiting outside of the bathroom. Thomas warns him to stay back, confusing Luis. But when Thomas gets a phone call from August's phone, they all hear the breathing and realise the killer is in play. Before they can act, their attacked by the killer.

He and Carly are knocked back as Thomas is attacked first. After a scuffle, the trio return to the main event to find the party practically empty, with only Nichole, Demi and their two friends still there. They try to alert the group, but when their disbelief spirals into frantic shouting, the killer takes the chance to attack again, killing Demi. Sophie rejoins the group during the violent struggle. Luis tries to help but is knocked away, and is forced to watch as Carly is also killed in front of him and his friends. Thomas pulls him to his feet and they all make a run for it to an exit door. Luis is almost grabbed, but Thomas and Sophie free him.

Escaping into the backalleys of LA, Luis, still in shock, demands to call the police. Thomas warns him and Nichole to stay back as they can't trust them. Luis is hurt but understanding, and so he and Nichole split off to contact the police.

When the murders have finally came to an end in the Muddhole, Luis gets there along with the swarm and police and medics on the scene. He calls out to August upon seeing him, asking if he's okay. He then promises that he will never be alone, and August smiles. The two then head towards Sophie and Alanda, who are receiving medical attention.

## Relationships

#### Family

* **Unnamed mother**
* **Unnamed father**

#### Allies

* **August Thrombey** - Close friend
* **Sophie Dlamini** - Close friend
* **Alanda Laurent** - Close friend

#### Los Angeles, CA

* **Tyler Montoya** - Friend
* **David Evans † - Former friend**
* **Carly Blake †** - Former friend
* **Demi †** - Former friend
* **Chai Hardin †** - Former friend

#### Enemies

* **Nichole Peterson †** - Former rival & attempted killer
* **Ivan Cascella †** - Attempted killer

## Trivia

* In the first concept for Part II, Luis wasn't included although remnants of the character he is now can still be found in several characters, mainly Luca Cascella and the original version of David Evans.