Louis Roy

Louis Roy (20 July 1959 – disappeared 23 June 2000), better known as "Mélou", was a Canadian outlaw biker and gangster, said to have been the richest Hells Angel in Quebec.

Roy was born and grew up in Trois-Rivières.

He was a member of the Saint-Éloi-based Missiles outlaw biker gang, which later became the Satan's Guard club of Saguenay.

Roy founded and led Satan's Guard with Richard "Crow" Émond as his second-in-command, and the club became the dominant gang in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region by eliminating any rivals.

In October 1984, Satan's Guard blew up the van of Omer Gagnon, president of the El Conquatcheros gang in Chicoutimi.

Two independent drug dealers were also targeted in a car bombing in front of the Maria-Chapdelaine college in Jonquière,QC in October 1990.

Satan's Guard "patched over" to join the Hells Angels on 14 June 1991.

Roy became the president of the Angels' Trois-Rivières chapter, which forged a close alliance with the Rizzuto family of Montreal.

Roy also forged a close friendship with Maurice "Mom" Boucher.

The crime journalist André Cedilot called Roy the second most powerful Hells Angel in Quebec after Boucher, saying: "He was one of the most influential members of the Hells Angels".

Roy's status as the richest Hells Angel was due to the fact that he had almost a monopoly on the drug trade in Trois-Rivières.

Roy was also very active in selling cocaine throughout Quebec, making him into of the most important drug dealers in la belle province.

In November 1994, Roy hired Serge Quesnel via Quesnel's lawyer to work as a hitman for the Hells Angels.

After his release from prison, Quesnel's lawyer introduced him to Roy.

Roy told Quesnel that in exchange for working as a hitman, he would be paid $500 per week with a commission of at least $10,000 per murder.

Roy told Quesnel that his commissions would depend on the degree of difficulty of the murders with commissions of $50,000 to be paid for those who were well guarded.

Quesnel killed Ferland in his Quebec City house on 30 January 1995.

On 27 February 1995, Quesnel killed Claude "The Peak" Rivard, a Montreal drug dealer who worked for the Pelletier clan who were allied with the Rock Machine.

On 23 March 1995, Quesnel killed Richard "Chico" Delcourt, a Montreal drug dealer who refused to work with either the Rock Machine or the Hells Angels.

Quesnel later testified that he had committed all these murders on Roy's orders.

Roy offered Quesnel $50,000 in cash if he could kill Gilles Lambert, an important leader of the Rock Machine.

Quesnel was arrested in April 1995 before he could make the attempt on Lambert's life.

After Quesnel became a délateur (informer) following his arrest in April 1995, Roy was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder along with Sylvain "Baptiste" Thiffault, the vice-president of the Trois-Rivières chapter.

After his arrest, Roy was replaced as Trois-Rivières chapter president by Richard "Crow" Émond.

On 25 June 1995, Roy became a founding member of the Angels' elite Nomad chapter.

Besides for Roy, the other members of the Nomad chapter were Walter Stadnick, Maurice Boucher, Donald "Pup" Stockford, David "Wolf" Carroll, Gilles "Trooper" Mathieu, Richard "Bert" Mayrand, Pierre Laurin, Richard "Rick" Vallée, André Chouinard, Michel Rose, Denis "Pas Fiable" Houle, Normand Robitaille, Normand "Biff" Hamel, and René "Balloune" Charlebois.

Roy was considered to be one of the more able Hells Angels and was included in the Nomad chapter for that reason.

On 4 April 1997 while Roy and Thiffault were being driven in an armored car to the courthouse to hear the verdict in the murder case against them, the duo were most surprised to share the same car with Robert Hardy of the Rock Machine.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Roy and Thiffault beat up Hardy during their ride to the courthouse.

When the car arrived, the bloodied and battered body of Hardy fell out, who had to be rushed to the hospital to save his life.

Quesnel turned out to be a very poor witness for the Crown, and the trial ended with both Roy and Thiffault acquitted on all counts.

Following his acquittal, Roy returned to Trois-Rivières.

The Trois-Rivières chapter maintained several puppet clubs such as the Jokers of Saint-Jean, the Blatnois of Mauricie and the Rowdy Crew of Lanaudière.

Following Roy's release, six members of the puppet gangs suddenly disappeared, never to be heard or seen from again.

At the same time, Roy sent out Hells Angels to search the houses of the vanished members, removing various items over the protests of the girlfriends and wives of the missing men.

The missing men are Ormand Dorant, Guy Mageanu, Benoît Lachance, Clermont Carrier, Edward Villiers, and Sylvain Bernard.

On 23 August 1997, Roy survived an attempted murder by the contract killer Gérald Gallant outside his parents' motel, the Motel Royal in Jonquière, where he resided.

Quesnel wrote in his 2003 memoirs Testament d’un tueur des Hells that: "Mélou was the richest Angel in Quebec, and I was his protégé. We travelled together, and I could see that he was among the most powerful members of the 'profession'. He carried a booklet with the names, addresses, license plate numbers and descriptions of fifty or so undesirable individuals. When I saw it, I realized that the Trois-Rivières Hells Angels were very powerful".

Roy gave Quesnel $2,000 in cash as an advance payment and promised him $8,000 more if he killed Jacques Ferland.

Ferland was a chemist in Quebec City who manufactured PCP for the Rock Machine.