Glen Rogers was a serial killer from Hamilton, Ohio, known as the “Casanova Killer” and the “Cross-Country Killer,” who was linked to five murders of women across four states during a 1994–1995 spree and executed by lethal injection in Florida on May 15, 2025. He targeted women he met in bars, used charm to gain their trust, and killed them within days. Florida and California both sentenced him to death. He spent nearly three decades on death row before his execution for the 1995 murder of Tina Marie Cribbs in Tampa.
The Victims
Authorities connected Rogers to killings committed between January 1994 and November 1995. Most of his victims were women in their thirties, often mothers, and frequently had reddish hair. He met them at bars and lounges, sometimes moving in with them briefly before killing them.
Mark Peters
The earliest killing tied to Rogers was that of Mark Peters, a retired electrician and veteran in his early seventies from Hamilton, Ohio. Peters had taken Rogers in as a roommate in 1993 as a favor to Rogers’ mother.1Los Angeles Times. Serial Killer Suspect Roommate Details Peters was reported missing in October 1993, along with his car, antiques, weapons, and a coin collection. In January 1994, his skeleton was found bound to a chair inside a cabin owned by the Rogers family near Beattyville, Kentucky.2Lex18. Convicted Serial Killer From Hamilton Executed The body was too decomposed to determine a cause of death. Rogers was never formally charged in Peters’ death.
Sandra Gallagher
On September 29, 1995, Rogers met Sandra Gallagher, a thirty-three-year-old mother of three, at a bar in Van Nuys, California. She had been celebrating a $1,200 state lottery win.3Los Angeles Times. Rogers Sentenced to Death for Gallagher Murder He strangled her and set her body on fire inside the passenger compartment of her Ford F-150 pickup in a convalescent hospital parking lot.
Linda Price
Rogers met Linda Price, a thirty-four-year-old mother of two, at the State Fair in Jackson, Mississippi, in mid-October 1995. The two lived together briefly. On November 3, 1995, Price was found stabbed to death in the bathtub of her home on Rainey Road, stabbed four times in the back and chest with her throat cut. The killer had washed her body and attempted to clean the scene. A message in lipstick on a mirror read, “Glen, we found you.”4The Clarion-Ledger. Mississippi Woman Was Casanova Killer Murder Victim Mississippi never pursued charges because Rogers was already facing the death penalty in Florida.
Tina Marie Cribbs
On the morning of November 5, 1995, Rogers met Tina Marie Cribbs, a thirty-four-year-old housekeeper and mother of two from Gibsonton, Florida, at the Showtown Restaurant and Lounge. He introduced himself as “Randy” and bought drinks for Cribbs and her friends. Cribbs agreed to give him a ride and told friends she would be back in fifteen or twenty minutes.5Caselaw – FindLaw. Rogers v. State She never returned.
Two days later, her body was found in the bathtub of a room Rogers had rented at the Tampa 8 Inn. She was fully clothed and had two stab wounds, one to the chest and one to the buttock, each more than eight inches deep. The knife had been twisted ninety degrees in both wounds.6Florida State University College of Law. Rogers v. State, Case No. 91,384 Rogers took her car, purse, keys, and jewelry. Fingerprints on her wallet at an Interstate 10 rest area and DNA from bloodstains in the motel bathroom and her car tied him to the crime.
Andy Lou Jiles Sutton
Two days after Cribbs was killed, Andy Lou Jiles Sutton, a thirty-seven-year-old mother of four, was found stabbed to death in her waterbed in Bossier City, Louisiana, on November 9, 1995. Investigators believed Rogers met her at a lounge called the “It’ll Do” and briefly dated her.7KTBS. Victim’s Family Speaks Out Before Serial Killer’s Execution Louisiana, like Mississippi, never prosecuted him because of the Florida death sentence.8Shreveport Times. Who Was Glen Rogers, Serial Killer Who Murdered Woman From Bossier City
How Rogers Was Caught
By mid-November 1995, Rogers was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list and had been profiled on America’s Most Wanted.9Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida Execution Glen Rogers Cross Country Casanova Killer On November 13, 1995, his cousin Edith Smallwood tipped off Kentucky State Police after he visited her home. A detective spotted Rogers driving Tina Marie Cribbs’ white Ford Festiva near Waco, Kentucky, about forty miles south of Lexington.10Los Angeles Times. Suspect in Serial Killings Captured in Kentucky
Rogers led officers on a fifteen-mile chase that reached one hundred miles per hour. He drove between two cruisers acting as a roadblock and threw an empty beer can at one of them. Police forced him off the road, and an officer fired a single shot, though no one was hurt. He was taken into custody appearing dazed and smelling of alcohol. Inside his luggage, investigators found the key to the Tampa motel room where Cribbs had been murdered.
The Florida Trial
A Hillsborough County grand jury indicted Rogers for first-degree murder, armed robbery, and auto theft in the Cribbs killing. The trial ran from April 28 to May 9, 1997, before Judge Diana M. Allen.11Tampa Bay Times. DeSantis Signs Death Warrant for Casanova Killer
The defense argued Rogers was a thief, not a killer, and that an unidentified third party had killed Cribbs. His lawyers challenged the DNA evidence by focusing on the limits of interpreting mixed samples found on his clothing.6Florida State University College of Law. Rogers v. State, Case No. 91,384 The jury rejected the theory and convicted him on all counts. In the penalty phase, the defense presented testimony about Rogers’ abusive, impoverished upbringing and a forensic psychologist’s diagnosis of a chronic psychotic disturbance worsened by brain injuries and substance abuse. The jury unanimously recommended death after about two hours. Judge Allen imposed the sentence on July 11, 1997.
The California Trial
Rogers was extradited to California in October 1998 for the Gallagher murder. His lawyers tried to blame an acquaintance and convicted murderer named Istvan Kele, who never testified.3Los Angeles Times. Rogers Sentenced to Death for Gallagher Murder Prosecutors introduced the Cribbs and Sutton murders during the guilt phase to show a pattern, and the Price murder during the penalty phase.12Stanford Law School. People v. Rogers On June 22, 1999, a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and arson and found true the special circumstance of a prior murder conviction, making him eligible for the death penalty. Judge Jacqueline Connor sentenced him to death on July 16, 1999. The California Supreme Court affirmed the conviction in 2013.
The O.J. Simpson Claims
After his arrest, Rogers claimed he had killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in June 1994, and said he had murdered roughly seventy people in total. These claims drew wide attention in 2012 through an Investigation Discovery documentary titled My Brother The Serial Killer, which featured Rogers’ brother Clay and criminal profiler Anthony Meoli, who had corresponded with Rogers on death row.13CNN. Film Claims Serial Killer Involved in O.J. Simpson Case
According to Meoli, Rogers said O.J. Simpson had hired him to break into Nicole Brown Simpson’s condominium to retrieve diamond earrings and told him, “you may have to kill the bitch.” Clay Rogers said his brother had called him days before the murders and said, “Guess who I’m partying with? Nicole Simpson.” The documentary noted Rogers had been working in Los Angeles on a repair crew after the 1994 Northridge earthquake and had painted at Simpson’s home.
Los Angeles police and prosecutors investigated and found no credible link. The LAPD said it was “quite confident” about the identity of the killer. An assistant district attorney who had prosecuted Rogers in the 1990s suggested the confession was a ploy to secure a California transfer and delay the Florida execution, and noted the Simpson and Goldman murders did not match Rogers’ pattern.14CBS News. Florida Glen Rogers Casanova Killer Execution OJ Simpson Case Ron Goldman’s father, Fred Goldman, dismissed the claims and said the “overwhelming evidence” at the criminal trial proved O.J. Simpson was the sole perpetrator.13CNN. Film Claims Serial Killer Involved in O.J. Simpson Case
The Execution
Rogers spent nearly three decades on death row as his appeals moved through Florida state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, the Eleventh Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court, all of which rejected his claims. On April 15, 2025, Governor Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant and set the execution for May 15, 2025.15WUSF. Florida Executes Glen Rogers for 1995 Murder of Woman at an East Tampa Hotel A last-minute challenge argued that his diagnosed blood disorder, porphyria, would cause a dangerous reaction to the sedative etomidate used in Florida’s lethal injection protocol, amounting to cruel and unusual punishment.16Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida Execution Glen Rogers Lethal Injection Attorneys Unconstitutional The Florida Supreme Court unanimously rejected the claim on May 8, 2025, finding it both untimely and unsupported on the merits.17U.S. Supreme Court. Rogers v. State, No. 24-7169, Brief in Opposition The U.S. Supreme Court denied his final appeals without comment on May 14, 2025.
Rogers was executed at Florida State Prison near Starke on the evening of May 15, 2025. He was sixty-two. The procedure lasted about sixteen minutes. Witnesses said he barely moved and lay still with his mouth slightly open. He was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m.18NBC Miami. Florida Executes Suspected Serial Killer for Murder of Tampa Mom of Two His last meal was pizza, chocolate, and soda.19NBC News. Suspected Serial Killer’s Execution
In his final statement, Rogers thanked his wife and told the victims’ families, “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.” He closed by saying, “President Trump, keep making America great. I’m ready to go.”20The Hill. Florida Serial Killer Glen Rogers Trump Casanova Killer Randy Roberson, the son of Louisiana victim Andy Lou Jiles Sutton, attended the execution and said of the political remark, “I was like, ‘Where did that even come from?'” No family members of Tina Marie Cribbs spoke publicly after the execution.