Donald Trump loves publicity and getting his name out there. He has made that clear by attending multiple massive sporting events in the four short months he has been in office. However, he may not be too appreciative of one serial killer praising him moments before his execution.
Serial Killer Linked To OJ Simpson Praises Donald Trump Moments Before Execution
An alleged serial killer once associated with the OJ Simpson case was executed in Florida on Thursday:
Glen Rogers, 62, was convicted of murdering a woman in a Tampa motel room and was slated to receive a lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, which is just over 46 miles southwest of Jacksonville. It was reported that Rogers was pronounced dead at 6:16 pm.
The U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeals on Wednesday without comment, and then Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave the go-ahead for Rogers to be put to death just before his execution, which was scheduled for 6 p.m. EDT on Thursday.
Rogers murdered Tina Marie Cribbs, a 34-year-old mother of two he met at a bar back in 1995. He was convicted of murdering Sandra Gallagher that same year in California and handed another death sentence.
Gallagher, whom he strangled, was a mother of three whom he met at a bar in Van Nuys. That killing came just weeks before he murdered Cribbs.
Rogers was ultimately apprehended after he was stopped on a highway chase in Kentucky while driving Cribbs’ car shortly after her death.
He was named as a suspect but never convicted in several other slayings around the country, too, once telling the police that he had killed about 70 people. He later recanted that statement, but it’s been the subject of documentaries, including a 2012 one called “My Brother the Serial Killer,” which featured his brother, Clay, and a criminal profiler who corresponded extensively with Rogers.
The documentary reportedly raised questions about whether Rogers could have been responsible for the 1994 stabbing deaths of O.J. Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman.
A 1995 murder trial cleared the former NFL star of all charges. Los Angeles police and prosecutors subsequently said after the documentary’s release that they didn’t think Rogers had any involvement in the killings.
“We know who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Rogers was involved,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement at the time.
Simpson always professed his innocence but was later found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case, then served nine years in prison on unrelated charges. He died in April 2024 at the age of 76 after battling cancer.
Rogers was the fifth inmate put to death in Florida this year. As of May 1, 15 people total have been executed in the U.S. across eight states, the Death Penalty Information Center’s website states. There were only 25 people in all of 2024 by comparison, the site states.
“We know who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Rogers was involved,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement at the time.
Simpson always professed his innocence but was later found liable for the deaths in a separate civil case, then served nine years in prison on unrelated charges. He died in April 2024 at the age of 76 after battling cancer.
Rogers was the fifth inmate put to death in Florida this year. As of May 1, 15 people total have been executed in the U.S. across eight states, the Death Penalty Information Center’s website states. There were only 25 people in all of 2024 by comparison, the site states.
Originally from the town of Hamilton, Ohio, Rogers was given the name the “Casanova Killer” or “Cross Country Killer” in various media reports. According to several outlets, each of Roger’s victims had similar characteristics such as being in their 30s, as well as having a petite frame and red hair
In the run-up to his death, it was reported that Rogers’ lawyers filed several appeals with state and federal courts, none of which were successful. One argument used by his lawyers to avoid the death sentence was a newly enacted state legislation, which authorized the death penalty for trafficking in young children, making clear the abuse he suffered as a child is now taken seriously and should result in a life prison sentence for Rogers.
According to reports, the argument was swiftly rejected. To execute its inmates, the state of Florida uses a three-drug cocktail for its lethal injection: a sedative, a paralytic and a drug that stops the heart, according to the Corrections Department.
It was reported by the Associated Press that Anthony Wainwright is the next Florida inmate scheduled for execution on June 10 under a death warrant signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. Wainwright, 54, was convicted of kidnapping a woman from a supermarket parking lot in Lake City in 1994 and raping and killing her.
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