Glen Edward Rogers

Glen Edward Rogers

Death Row mugshot
Born (1962-07-15) July 15, 1962
Hamilton, Ohio, USA
Other names The Cross Country Killer, The Casanova Killer
Years active 1995–1999
Criminal charge Arson, murder
Criminal penalty Convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Tina Marie Cribbs

Glen Edward Rogers (born July 15, 1962), also known as "The Cross Country Killer" or "The Casanova Killer", is an American serial killer convicted of two murders and a suspect in several others throughout the United States that began on September 28, 1995.[1] Rogers grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, where he had an extensive criminal record for charges that included assault and arson.

Early life

Rogers was born and raised in Hamilton, Ohio. He was one of seven children born to Edna (née Sears) and Claude Rogers. Claude was a pump operator at the local Champion paper company. Rogers was expelled from his junior high school before he was 16. Sometime after his expulsion, Rogers' 14-year-old girlfriend, Deborah Ann Nix got pregnant from another guy. The young couple married soon after then had another child in 1981. In 1983, Nix filed for divorce alleging brutal physical abuse.[2]

Murders

Authorities suspected Rogers in the stabbing or strangling of an elderly man from Ohio in 1993 and four women in California, Mississippi, Florida and Louisiana. He originally claimed the number of murders was closer to 70, but then recanted his statement, claiming he was joking and had not committed any murders.[3]

On January 10, 1994, Police recovered the remains of 71-year-old Mark Peters, a retired electrician and veteran, in a cabin belonging to the family of Glen Rogers in Beattyville, Kentucky. Peters had taken Glen Rogers in and allowed him to live in his home prior to October 1993 when Mark Peters was reported missing along with his car and several valuable personal items including antiques, guns, and a collection of coins. Rogers had disappeared as well and it was reportedly his brother, Clay, who led police to search the family cabin for clues, leading to the discovery of Peters' skeleton, which was found bound to a chair and covered by a pile of furniture.[4][5]
On September 28, 1995, Sandra Gallagher, a 33-year-old mother of three, crossed paths with Rogers at McRed's bar, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. The next day, Gallagher's strangled and badly burned corpse was found in her car near Rogers' Van Nuys apartment. Authorities allege that after murdering Gallagher, Rogers moved on to Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida, killing a woman in each state.[1] On June 22, 1999, Rogers was convicted of murdering Gallagher[1] and on July 16, 1999 the state of California sentenced him to death.[6]
Kathy Carroll, Price's sister, said Price had met Rogers at a tent where beers were being served at the Mississippi State Fair. She remembered that her sister would repeatedly say, "Ain't he good-looking?" Rogers and Price briefly shared an apartment in Jackson. The last time Carroll saw her sister was the night before Halloween 1995, when the two were planning to have Carroll's grandchildren go trick-or-treating at Price's apartment. However, the next day, Price did not answer her door and Rogers was gone. Similar to the other killings, Price and Rogers met over drinks; and, like the other women, Price was in her 30s and had red hair. Like Cribbs, she was also found dead in a bathtub.[1]
On November 5, 1995, Cribbs was seen leaving the Showtown Barn in Tampa, Florida, with Rogers. A bartender told police that Rogers had bought Cribbs and her friends drinks and that Cribbs was later asked for a ride by Rogers. Two days later, a member of the cleaning staff in a Tampa motel found Cribbs' body; she had been stabbed in the chest and the buttocks. A clerk at the motel told authorities that Rogers had arrived at the motel a few days before the murder. On November 5, Rogers paid for an extra night and asked that his room not be cleaned. The clerk then saw Rogers putting his belongings into a white Ford Festiva. The next day, Cribbs' wallet was discovered at a rest area in North Florida; the fingerprints lifted from her wallet and the motel room were matched to Rogers. On November 13, Rogers was arrested in Kentucky driving Cribbs's car, which he claimed had been lent to him. He also said Cribbs was alive when he left. On July 11, 1997, Rogers was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Tina Marie Cribbs.[7]
Sutton was a known acquaintance of Rogers. Her slashed body was found on November 9, 1995, on a punctured waterbed in her apartment in Bossier City.[8]

Sentence and appeals

Rogers was scheduled to be put to death on Valentine's Day, 1999, in Florida, but he immediately appealed to the Florida Supreme Court claiming that the State had not presented enough evidence to support the charges. Rogers also argued that the trial court should have granted the defense's motions for a mistrial because a witness was allowed to testify about a misdemeanor for which Rogers was convicted in California; the prosecution was also allowed to present an improper argument during closing arguments. His appeal was delayed until March, 2001, and was ultimately denied. In April 2005, Rogers filed another appeal, which is still pending. Should his death sentence ever be overturned based on a charge of prosecutorial misconduct, he will no longer be eligible for execution in the State of California.[9]

Television & Film

The 2012 documentary My Brother the Serial Killer goes in depth about Rogers' murder spree, including his claim that he killed ex football star O. J. Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole.[10]

Rogers is also the subject of an episode of the The FBI Files entitled "Deadly Stranger" (Season 3, Episode 12), and an episode of Southern Fried Homicide on Investigation Discovery.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Killer Found Guilty in 2nd Murder Case - Los Angeles Times. (n.d.). Featured Articles From The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 9, 2012, from http://articles.latimes.com/1999/jun/23/local/me-49258
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Rogers Says Claim of 70 Slayings Was in Jest : Crime: Suspect in cross-country killings tells media that his remark about victims was a joke and that he has never killed anyone. - Los Angeles Times. (n.d.). Featured Articles From The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 9, 2012, from http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-20/local/me-5383_1_killings-tells-media
  4. ↑ Berger, Leslie (November 21, 1995). "Extradition Hearing for Accused Serial Killer Postponed". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Streeter, Kurt (July 17, 1999). "Serial Killer Rogers Sentenced to Death". latimes.
  7. ↑ ROGERS, GLEN E « Profiles on Florida’s Death Row. (n.d.). Profiles on Florida’s Death Row. Retrieved October 9, 2012, from http://floridadeathrow.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/rogers-glen-e/
  8. ↑ Suspected Serial Killer Is Arrested in Kentucky - New York Times. (n.d.). The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. Retrieved October 9, 2012, from http://www.nytimes.com/1995/11/14/us/suspected-serial-killer-is-arrested-in-kentucky.html
  9. ↑ Ramsland, K. (n.d.). Glen Rogers, handsome psychopath traveled the US stealing and killing – — Epilogue — Crime Library on truTV.com. Retrieved October 9, 2012, from http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_
  10. ↑ http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/20/justice/o-j-simpson-film-claim/
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