Glen Edward Rogers
Glen Edward Rogers, notoriously known as "The Cross Country Killer" or "The Casanova Killer," left a chilling trail of violence across the United States in the mid-1990s. Convicted of two murders and a suspect in many more, his spree captured national attention and landed him on the FBI's Most Wanted list. His story culminates in a complex web of victims, legal battles, and a controversial alleged connection to one of America's most infamous criminal cases. Glen Edward Rogers was convicted of two murders but is suspected of many more across multiple U.S. states, showcasing a horrific cross-country crime spree. His capture involved a dramatic police chase, and he spent nearly 30 years on death row before his execution in Florida. A controversial documentary and alleged confessions linked Rogers to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, though law enforcement firmly denies any connection.
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Glen Edward Rogers, notoriously known as "The Cross Country Killer" or "The Casanova Killer," left a chilling trail of violence across the United States in the mid-1990s. Convicted of two murders and a suspect in many more, his spree captured national attention and landed him on the FBI's Most Wanted list. His story culminates in a complex web of victims, legal battles, and a controversial alleged connection to one of America's most infamous criminal cases.
- Glen Edward Rogers was convicted of two murders but is suspected of many more across multiple U.S. states, showcasing a horrific cross-country crime spree.
- His capture involved a dramatic police chase, and he spent nearly 30 years on death row before his execution in Florida.
- A controversial documentary and alleged confessions linked Rogers to the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, though law enforcement firmly denies any connection.
The Casanova Killer
Glen Edward Rogers—or as he was infamously known, 'The Cross Country Killer' or 'The Casanova Killer'—was an American serial killer whose brutal spree terrorized multiple states in the mid-1990s. He was eventually convicted of two first-degree murders, one in Florida and one in California, but authorities believe his victim count was much higher.
After his first authoritatively established murder in September 1995, Rogers became a prominent figure on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. His crimes also included a range of related offenses like armed robbery, grand theft auto, and arson, painting a picture of a relentless and dangerous criminal.
Early Life in Ohio
Born on July 15, 1962, Glen Edward Rogers grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, one of seven children. His father, Claude, worked as a hydro pulp operator for a local paper company. However, Rogers's early life was marked by trouble, as he was expelled from junior high school before his 16th birthday.
The expulsion was followed by further complications. He impregnated his 14-year-old girlfriend, Deborah Ann Nix, and they soon married, having a second child in 1981. This early marriage, however, was not destined to last; Nix filed for divorce in 1983, citing physical abuse at Rogers's hands.
The Trail of Crime Begins
Rogers's criminal history began to escalate in 1993, when authorities in Hamilton, Ohio, suspected him of the fatal stabbing or strangling of an elderly man. Soon after, Rogers left Ohio, resurfacing in California, where his chilling pattern of violence would truly begin to unfold.
By 1995, Rogers was a prime suspect in the murders of four women across four different states: California, Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana. This marked the beginning of the cross-country rampage that would earn him his chilling monikers.
The Victims and the Murders
Mark Peters (Hamilton, Ohio)
On January 10, 1994, the remains of 71-year-old Mark Peters, a retired electrician, were discovered in a cabin belonging to Rogers's family in Beattyville, Kentucky. Peters had generously taken Rogers into his home in Hamilton, Ohio, just months before, but then he, his car, and valuables suddenly vanished.
Rogers's brother, Clay, reportedly led police to the family cabin, where Peters's body was found. He had been bound to a chair and concealed beneath a pile of furniture, a grim testament to Rogers's capacity for violence.
Sandra Gallagher (Los Angeles, California)
On September 28, 1995, 33-year-old Sandra Gallagher, a mother of three, was last seen with Rogers at a bar in Van Nuys, California. The very next day, her severely burned corpse was found in her truck near Rogers's apartment—she had been strangled to death.
Authorities believe that immediately after murdering Gallagher, Rogers fled the state, heading southeast and leaving a trail of death in Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana. Years later, in June 1999, Rogers was convicted in California for Gallagher's murder, receiving a death sentence on July 16, 1999.
Linda Price (Jackson, Mississippi)
In the fall of 1995, Linda Price, a 34-year-old single mother of two, met Rogers at the Mississippi State Fair. Her sister, Kathy Carroll, recalled Price saying, 'Ain't he good-looking?' The two briefly shared an apartment in Jackson, Mississippi.
The night before Halloween 1995 was the last time Carroll saw her sister. Price didn't answer her door on Halloween, and Rogers had seemingly vanished. Linda Price, like several other suspected victims, was in her 30s with red hair. She was found dead in a bathtub in her apartment—a hauntingly familiar scene.
Tina Marie Cribbs (Tampa, Florida)
On November 5, 1995, Tina Marie Cribbs was seen leaving a bar in Gibsonton, Florida, with Rogers, who had bought drinks for her and her friends. Just two days later, her body was discovered in a bathtub at the Tampa 8 Inn, stabbed in the chest and buttocks. A motel clerk recalled Rogers checking in days earlier.
The clerk also noted Rogers paying for an extra night and then driving away in a white Ford Festiva, the same car Cribbs drove. Her wallet was later found in North Florida, yielding fingerprints that matched Rogers. He was apprehended on November 13, 1995, in Kentucky, driving Cribbs's stolen car, though he initially claimed she lent it to him.
On July 11, 1997, Rogers was convicted in Florida for the murder of Tina Marie Cribbs and sentenced to death. He began his nearly three-decade stay on death row at Union Correctional Institution.
Andy Jiles Sutton (Bossier City, Louisiana)
On November 9, 1995, the slashed body of Andy Jiles Sutton, an acquaintance of Rogers, was found on a punctured waterbed in her apartment in Bossier City, Louisiana. This murder further solidified the gruesome pattern of Rogers's cross-country rampage.
The Capture
Rogers's reign of terror ended on November 13, 1995, in Waco, Kentucky. Kentucky State Police Detective Bob Stephens spotted Rogers driving Cribbs's stolen car, initiating a dramatic 13-mile chase. Trooper Ed Robinson fired a shotgun blast at the tires, but it took Sgt. Joey Barnes ramming his patrol car into Cribbs's vehicle to finally spin Rogers into a ditch.
Surrounded by multiple officers, Rogers was finally arrested, his capture even filmed by a local TV news crew. Initially, he boasted of nearly 70 murders but quickly recanted, claiming it was all a joke and he had committed no crimes.
Death Row and Execution
After his convictions and death sentences in both Florida and California, Rogers spent almost 30 years on death row. His execution, initially scheduled for Valentine's Day 1999 in Florida, was delayed by numerous appeals.
On April 15, 2025, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Rogers's death warrant, scheduling his execution for May 15, 2025. Rogers made a final plea to the Florida Supreme Court on May 5, citing childhood sexual abuse and concerns over the lethal injection drugs, but his appeal was denied on May 9.
As a last resort, Rogers's attorneys appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, but this too was rejected on May 14, 2025, just hours before his scheduled execution. There were no further legal avenues left to explore.
On May 15, 2025, at the age of 62, Glen Edward Rogers was executed by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison, with the official time of death recorded as 6:16 p.m. His last meal consisted of pizza, chocolate cake, and soda.
In a controversial final statement, Rogers addressed his victims' families, promising answers 'in the near future,' a promise that left many questioning his true intent. He then surprisingly turned his attention to then-incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump, saying, 'President Trump, keep making America great. I'm ready to go.'
Victim Families' Responses
For the families of Rogers's victims, his execution brought a long-awaited, if complicated, sense of closure. Jerri Vallicella, Sandra Gallagher's sister, expressed relief, stating she could finally rest peacefully after nearly 30 years of waiting.
Debbie Spikes, Linda Price's sister, found closure but admitted it was 'hard to see.' She, along with her husband, sister, and mother, attended the execution, expressing anger at Rogers's lack of remorse. Randy Roberson, Andy Jiles Sutton's son, also felt closure but found Rogers's death 'too peaceful' for the heinous crimes he committed, comparing it to 'going to sleep.'
The O.J. Simpson Connection
In 2012, a documentary titled 'My Brother the Serial Killer' ignited a firestorm of controversy by alleging Rogers was involved in the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Rogers's brother, Clay, claimed Glen had boasted of meeting Nicole Brown Simpson and vowing to 'take her down' before the murders.
During years of correspondence with criminal profiler Anthony Meoli, Rogers penned letters and created paintings hinting at his involvement. In a prison meeting, Rogers allegedly claimed O.J. Simpson hired him to steal jewelry from Nicole's house and even told him, 'You may have to kill the bitch.'
However, law enforcement and the Goldman family vehemently denied these claims. The LAPD stated, 'We know who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Rogers was involved.' Fred Goldman, Ron's father, asserted that 'one, and only one, person murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. That person is O.J. Simpson and not Glen Rogers.'
Rogers in Media
Glen Edward Rogers's chilling story has been featured in several television productions, including 'Deadly Stranger' on 'The FBI Files,' 'Smooth Talking Devil' on 'Southern Fried Homicide,' and 'The Casanova Killer' on Oxygen's 'It Takes a Killer,' each exploring aspects of his crimes and the intense manhunt.
His alleged connection to the O.J. Simpson case even inspired the 2019 film 'The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson,' with Nick Stahl portraying Rogers and Mena Suvari as Nicole Brown Simpson, bringing a highly controversial narrative to the screen.
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Glen Edward Rogers
Glen Edward Rogers (July 15, 1962 – May 15, 2025) was an American convicted serial killer. He was also convicted of related crimes in Florida and California, such as armed robbery, grand theft auto, and arson.
Also known as "The Cross Country Killer" or "The Casanova Killer", he was convicted of first degree murder at two separate trials in the deaths of two women (the first in Florida in 1997 and the second in California in June 1999). He is a suspect in numerous other murders throughout the United States. After a crime spree that began on September 28, 1995, with Rogers's first authoritatively established murder, he was featured on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
He was sentenced to death in both Florida and California for his crimes. He was incarcerated for almost 30 years on death row at Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida, and he was executed on May 15, 2025, at the Florida State Prison.
Early life
Glen Edward Rogers
Rogers was born and raised in Hamilton, Ohio. He was one of seven children born to Edna (née Sears) and Claude Rogers. Among his siblings is a brother Clay. Their father Claude was a hydro pulp operator at the local Champion paper company. Rogers was expelled from his junior high school before he was 16.
Sometime after his expulsion, he got his 14-year-old girlfriend Deborah Ann Nix pregnant. The young couple married. They had another child together in 1981. In 1983, Nix filed for divorce, alleging physical abuse by Rogers.
Murders
Glen Edward Rogers
Authorities in Hamilton, Ohio suspected Rogers of fatally stabbing or strangling an elderly man in that city in 1993. Later Rogers moved away from Ohio, surfacing in California. Subsequently, in 1995, he was named as a suspect in the murders of four women that year: in California, Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana, respectively.
After being arrested in Kentucky on November 13, 1995, Rogers originally told police that he had committed nearly 70 murders. He recanted his statement, claiming he was only joking and had not actually committed any murders.
Mark Peters (Hamilton, Ohio)
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. Before October 1993 Peters had taken Glen Rogers in and allowed him to share his home in Hamilton. That month Peters was reported missing, along with his car and several valuable personal items, including antiques, guns, and a collection of coins. Rogers had disappeared.
His brother Clay reportedly led police to search the family cabin for clues. Peters's remains were found there, bound to a chair and hidden by a pile of furniture.
Sandra Gallagher (Los Angeles, California)
On September 28, 1995, Sandra Gallagher, a 33-year-old mother of three, was observed encountering Rogers at McRed's bar in Van Nuys, California. The next day, Gallagher's badly burned corpse was found in her truck parked near Rogers's Van Nuys apartment. She was found to have been strangled. Authorities allege that after murdering Gallagher, Rogers fled to the Southeast, living for a time in Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana. In each state, he was suspected of the murder of another woman.
On June 22, 1999, Rogers was convicted in California of murdering Gallagher. He was already serving time in Florida for the murder of a woman there. On July 16, California sentenced him to death.
Linda Price (Jackson, Mississippi)
According to Kathy Carroll, her sister Linda Price met Rogers at a beer tent at the Mississippi State Fair in fall 1995. Linda repeatedly said: "Ain't he good-looking?" Rogers and Price briefly shared an apartment in Jackson, Mississippi. Price was a single mother age 34 with two children, then 15 and 18.
The last time Carroll saw her sister was the night before Halloween 1995. The two planned to have Carroll's grandchildren go trick-or-treating at Price's apartment, but Price did not answer her door on Halloween, and Rogers appeared to have left. Similar to his other suspected female victims, Price was in her 30s and had red hair. She was found dead in a bathtub in her apartment.
Tina Marie Cribbs (Tampa, Florida)
On November 5, 1995, Cribbs was seen leaving the Showtown Bar in Gibsonton, Florida with Rogers. A bartender told police that Rogers had bought drinks for Cribbs and her friends. Later he asked Cribbs for a ride. Two days later, a member of the cleaning staff at the Tampa 8 Inn discovered Cribbs's body in a bathtub (like that of Price in Mississippi). 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 had paid for an extra night and asked that his room not be cleaned. The clerk saw Rogers putting his belongings into a white Ford Festiva. The next day, Cribbs's wallet was discovered at a rest area in North Florida. Police found that fingerprints lifted from her wallet and the motel room matched those of Rogers. On November 13, Rogers was arrested in Kentucky while driving Cribbs's car. He claimed that Cribbs had lent it to him and that she was alive when he left Tampa.
On July 11, 1997, Rogers was convicted in Florida and sentenced to death for the murder of Tina Marie Cribbs. He was incarcerated in Union Correctional Institution on death row.
Andy Jiles Sutton (Bossier City, Louisiana)
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, Louisiana.
Arrest, sentence, and appeals
Glen Edward Rogers
Rogers drove north from Louisiana and was arrested in Waco, Kentucky, after a 13-mile (20 km) chase on November 13, 1995. Kentucky State Police Detective Bob Stephens noticed a man driving Cribbs's stolen car. He chased him, followed by rookie Irvine, Kentucky police officer Charles Cox. Trooper Ed Robinson and other officers set up a roadblock to stop Rogers. Robinson fired a shotgun blast that hit the rear tires but it didn't stop Rogers. Robinson joined the pursuit. Sgt. Joey Barnes (who formerly served with Florida Highway Patrol) rammed his patrol car into Cribbs's stolen car and spun Rogers off the highway into a ditch. Stephens, Cox, Robinson, Barnes, and other officers surrounded Rogers and arrested him. A local TV news crew filmed Rogers's chase and arrest on the scene.
After being convicted and sentenced to death for Cribbs's murder, Rogers was scheduled to be executed on Valentine's Day 1999 in Florida. He filed various appeals, but these were denied.
Appeal
After his trial, he appealed his conviction 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. He claimed the prosecution was allowed to present an improper argument during closing arguments. His appeal was delayed until March 2001 and was ultimately denied.
Execution
Death warrant
On April 15, 2025, Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Rogers, scheduling his execution for May 15, 2025. Rogers was the fifth inmate from Florida to have his execution scheduled in 2025, after James Dennis Ford (February 13, 2025), Edward Thomas James (March 20, 2025), Michael Anthony Tanzi (April 8, 2025), and Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson (May 1, 2025).
Last ditch appeals
On May 5, Rogers appealed to the Florida Supreme Court to stop his execution, arguing that sexual abuse suffered as a child should have been taken into account during the sentencing phase of his trial, as well as concerns over the lethal injection drugs. The court denied Rogers's appeal on May 9.
As a last resort, Rogers's attorneys appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States to stop the impending execution. The Supreme Court rejected the appeal on May 14, 2025, the eve of Rogers' execution.
Lethal injection
On May 15, 2025, 62-year-old Rogers was put to death by lethal injection at the Florida State Prison. The official time of death was 6:16 p.m. His last meal consisted of pizza, chocolate cake, and soda. Rogers was the 16th person in the United States to be executed in 2025, and the fifth offender on Florida's death row to be executed in the state that year.
In a final statement, Rogers addressed the family members of his victims and also incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump, "I know there's a lot of questions that you need answers to. I promise you in the near future the questions will be answered and I hope in some way will bring you closure. President Trump, keep making America great. I'm ready to go."
Responses
Jerri Vallicella, the sister of Sandra Gallagher, stated that she would finally be able to rest peacefully after the execution of Rogers. She stated that she and her family had waited for nearly 30 years for his death sentence to be carried out, and that his execution was provide a sense of safety for her, knowing that Rogers could not harm anyone else.
Debbie Spikes, the older sister of Linda Price, stated that her family found closure after the execution of Rogers, although stating that it was hard to see. She expressed her anger at Rogers for not showing any remorse for his crimes. Spikes, her husband Ronnie, her sister, and her mother all attended the execution of Rogers.
Randy Roberson, the son of Andy Jiles Sutton, stated the execution also provided him closure, but stated that his death was too peaceful for his crime. He stated that his death was too "easy" and it looked like he was "going to sleep"
O. J. Simpson connection
Glen Edward Rogers
A 2012 documentary entitled My Brother the Serial Killer examined Rogers's crimes and included claims that Rogers had killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in California in 1994. According to Rogers' brother Clay, Rogers claimed that, before the murders, he had met Brown and was "going to take her down." During a lengthy correspondence that began in 2009 between Rogers and criminal profiler Anthony Meoli, Rogers wrote and created paintings about his involvement with the murders. During a prison meeting between the two, Rogers claimed O.J. Simpson hired him to break into Nicole Brown Simpson's house and steal some expensive jewelry. He said that Simpson had told him, "You may have to kill the bitch". In a filmed interview, Glen's brother Clay asserts that his brother confessed his involvement.
Rogers' family stated that he had informed them that he had been working for Nicole in 1994 and that he had made verbal threats about her to them. Rogers is purported to have given detailed video statements addressing his actions in connection with the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and other cases to his attorney. Publication is forthcoming.
LAPD responded to the documentary as follows: "We know who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Rogers was involved." Fred Goldman, father of Ron Goldman stated: "The overwhelming evidence at the criminal trial proved that one, and only one, person murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. That person is O.J. Simpson and not Glen Rogers."
Television and film
Glen Edward Rogers
Rogers was the subject of an episode of The FBI Files, titled "Deadly Stranger" (Season 3, Episode 12). He was also the subject of an episode of Southern Fried Homicide, titled "Smooth Talking Devil" (Season 3, Episode 2) on Investigation Discovery.
The Oxygen channel's series It Takes a Killer episode, "The Casanova Killer", (run time: 22 minutes, air date: September 2, 2016) focuses on four of the murders linked to Rogers and the manhunt leading to his capture.
The film The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson (2019) purports to tell the story as asserted by Rogers and his family about his involvement with Nicole Brown Simpson. Rogers is portrayed by Nick Stahl, and Mena Suvari portrays Nicole Brown Simpson.