Serial killer with link to OJ Simpson case sends bizarre message to Trump in final words before he's put to death
KILLER'S MESSAGE Serial killer with link to OJ Simpson case sends bizarre message to Trump in final words before he's put to death
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A CONVICTED killer once linked to the OJ Simpson murder case used his final moments to send a cryptic message and a shoutout to Donald Trump before his execution.
Glen Rogers, who claimed to have killed up to 70 people, was put to death by lethal injection Thursday at Florida State Prison.
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Glen Rogers, who claimed to have killed 70 people, was executed in the Florida State Prison
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Rogers was once linked to the OJ Simpson case
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Before dying, Rogers had a message for President Trump
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The 62-year-old, dubbed the 'Casanova Killer,' was executed for the 1995 slaying of a woman in a Tampa motel.
He was known as the 'Casanova Killer' for his charm and looks, and was also called the 'Cross Country Killer' because of murders tied to him in several states.
Rogers was pronounced dead at 6:16 pm after receiving a three-drug cocktail, according to corrections officials.
In his final words, he thanked his wife, who had visited earlier that day.
He also offered a chilling remark, 'In the near future, your questions will be answered.'
And his last words were, 'President Trump, keep making America great. I'm ready to go.'
Rogers lay still as the injection began, with only his mouth slightly open. He made no further movements.
A staffer later shook him by the shoulders and called his name to check for signs of consciousness, reported The Associated Press.
MURDER SPREE
Rogers was tied to five victims across four states - Tina Marie Cribbs, Sandra Gallagher, Mark Peters, Linda Price, and Andy Lou Jiles Sutton. Four were red-haired single mothers in their 30s.
Tina Marie Cribbs, a 34-year-old mother of two, had met Rogers at a bar in Tampa shortly before her death.
She was found stabbed in a motel room and Rogers was caught days later in Kentucky driving her vehicle after a car chase.
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Rogers had also been convicted in California for killing another woman weeks earlier, Sandra Gallagher, a 33-year-old mom of three.
He strangled Gallagher after meeting her at a bar in the 1995 killing in Van Nuys.
Authorities had once eyed Rogers in several other unsolved murders across the US, though he was never convicted in those cases.
He once told police he had killed about 70 people, but later recanted.
Rogers gained wider attention after a 2012 documentary, My Brother the Serial Killer, raised questions about his possible involvement in the 1994 stabbing deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
The film featured his brother Clay and a profiler who had corresponded with Rogers.
President Trump, keep making America great. I'm ready to go.
Despite the speculation, LAPD shut down any suggestion that Rogers was tied to the infamous murders.
'We know who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Rogers was involved,' police said in a statement at that time.
OJ Simpson, who was acquitted in a highly publicized trial, was later found liable in a civil suit.
He served prison time on unrelated charges and died in April 2024 at age 76 after a cancer battle.
ROGERS THE KILLER
Rogers, originally from Hamilton, Ohio, 45 minutes from Cincinnati, targeted women with similar traits.
The US Supreme Court denied his final appeal Wednesday with no comment.
His attorneys had pushed for life in prison, arguing that new child trafficking laws show past abuse should be weighed more heavily. That was rejected.
Who were Glen Roger's Victims
Mark Peters, 72 Retired electrician from Hamilton, Ohio
Lived with Rogers briefly
Found dead in January 1994 in a shack owned by Rogers' family in Kentucky
Sandra Gallagher, 33 Mother of three from Santa Monica, California
Met Rogers at a bar
Found burned in her car in Van Nuys on September 28, 1995
Linda Price, 34 Mother of two from Jackson, Mississippi
Had briefly lived with Rogers
Found stabbed in her home's bathtub on November 3, 1995
Had called Rogers 'my dream man'
Tina Marie Cribbs, 34 Florida mother of two
Met Rogers at a Tampa bar
Found dead in a motel bathtub, stabbed on November 7, 1995
Rogers was caught driving her car after a chase in Kentucky
Andy Lou Jiles Sutton, 37 Mother of four from Bossier City, Louisiana
Killed in her bed on November 9, 1995
Believed to have slept with Rogers before she was stabbed to death
Possible Others Rogers once claimed he killed up to 70 people, but later walked it back
Dubbed the 'Casanova Killer' for charming his victims
Many of the women he was linked to were in their 30s, red-haired and petite
Never charged in other cases, including the infamous O.J. Simpson double murder, though featured in a documentary raising the theory
Rogers became the fifth inmate executed in Florida this year.
The next execution, of Anthony Wainwright, is set for June 10 under a warrant signed by Governor Ron DeSantis.
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