A man nicknamed the ‘Casanova Killer,’ who was linked to OJ Simpson‘s murder trial, used his last seconds on Earth to send a message to President Donald Trump.
Glen Rogers, 62, was executed in Florida Thursday for the violent murder of 34-year-old Tina Marie Cribbs, who was found dead in a Tampa hotel bathtub after the two met at a local bar.
In his final statement, Rogers thanked his wife and addressed Trump:
‘President Trump, keep making America great. I’m ready to go.’
Moments after his praise for Trump, authorities issued the lethal injection, a deadly combination of a sedative, paralytic, and a drug that stops the heart.
Rogers was pronounced dead at 6:16 pm at Florida State Prison. His execution lasted 16 minutes and the killer hardly moved as he died, the Associated Press reported.
After his death, a staff member shook him by the shoulders and screamed his name as he lay lifeless.
Rogers was executed for Cribbs’ death, but was believed to have killed numerous other victims and was even linked to the death of OJ Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson.
Brown Simpson was sensationally stabbed to death a year before Rogers killed Cribbs and Gallagher.
Glen Rogers, 62, was executed on Thursday evening in Florida for the murder of a woman named Tina Marie Cribbs in 1995
Rogers’ brother and a criminal profiler explored the possibility that he was paid to kill OJ Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, in 1994
Rogers’ last words were to Trump, telling him, ‘President Trump, keep making America great. I’m ready to go’
She died alongside her friend, Ron Goldman, and OJ Simpson became the prime suspect in a dramatic trial and sensational car chase that captivated the nation.
Simpson maintained his innocence in their deaths and was acquitted on all charges in what eventually went down as one of the most talked-about criminal cases in history.
Simpson connection
A 2012 documentary titled, My Brother the Serial Killer, explored the possibility of a connection between Rogers and the dramatic deaths of Goldman and Simpson.
The documentary featured Rogers’ brother, Clay, and a criminal profiler named Anthony Meoli, who peddled the theory that Simpson hired Rogers to kill Brown.
Meoli had visited Rogers on death row and wrote numerous letters to him, revealing in the film, ‘Glen told me that OJ’s instructions were that “You may have to kill the b**ch,” referring to his ex-wife.
Clay also backed up the theory, revealing in the documentary that his brother called him in 1994 and said he had partied with Brown.
The two theorized that Simpson had paid Rogers to murder Brown after Rogers was hired to paint his home.
Clay claimed in the documentary that his brother told him he even took a gold angel pin off of Brown’s body and gave it to their mother.
Authorities have continued to dispute the claims that arose in My Brother the Serial Killer, and Goldman’s family has denounced the documentary.
Goldman’s sister told CNN in a statement after the film’s release that she was ‘appalled at the level of irresponsibility’ from the documentary.
‘Now every guilty person prays to the altar of O.J. Simpson for deliverance from their crimes,’ Goldman’s father said in a separate statement.
‘A [hundred thousand] screaming Glen Rogers, packed in the Los Angeles Coliseum, all confessing in unison, would not absolve OJ Simpson of the murders he committed.’
Rogers was arrested and charged with murder in 1995. He was later convicted and sentenced in two separate cases
A documentary titled, My Brother the Serial Killer, claimed that Rogers murdered Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Authorities have disputed the theory and claimed that Simpson was responsible for their deaths
Rogers once confessed to killing over 70 people, but later rescinded that claim. He’s pictured here at his trial in 1996
The Los Angeles Police Department also disputed the claims made in the documentary, writing in a statement at the time that they knew who killed Brown and Goldman.
‘We have no reason to believe that Mr. Rogers was involved,’ the statement concluded.
Simpson was later found liable in Brown and Goldman’s deaths during a civil suit and served prison time for armed robbery and kidnapping in a separate case.
Police believe that Rogers initiated a cross-country killing spree in 1994 and 1995, connecting him to at least five murders.
He was often referred to as the Casanova Killer or the Cross Country Killer for the extent of his murders and the way he lured women to trust him before violently slaying them. Rogers once confessed to killing over 70 people, but later recanted that statement.
Rogers’ brother claimed that he told him he killed Nicole Brown Simpson. Rogers was later convicted for two murders and is pictured here at a county courthouse with sheriff’s deputies
Rogers was arrested after a car chase in Kentucky in 1995. Pictured here is a bartender watching the shocking arrest live on television
Rogers was convicted and sentenced to death in two trials for the murders of Tina Marie Cribbs and Sandra Gallagher
Murder of Tina Marie Cribbs
Rogers was convicted of killing Tina Marie Cribbs during a trial in 1997. He was sentenced to death for her murder.
He had embarked on a violent murder tour across the country and killed Cribbs the day he arrived in Florida.
The two met at the Showtown USA bar, and she agreed to give him a ride. She told her friends she’d come back to the bar but was never seen again.
Rogers had been renting a room at the Tampa 8 Inn, and Cribbs’ body was found in the bathtub two days later by a maid. He had paid for an extra day and put a ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign on the door.
Detectives found Cribbs’ wallet at a Florida rest stop with Rogers’ fingerprints. State troopers chased him down and found him driving in her car with her blood on his shorts.
Rogers was convicted of the murders of Cribbs and Gallagher. He is also suspected of killing two women named Linda Price and Andy Lou Jiles Sutton, as well as a man named Mark Peters
Murder of Sandra Gallagher
Just a few months before Cribbs was found dead in an inn, a woman named Sandra Gallagher lost her life at the hands of the Casanova Killer.
Gallagher also met Rogers at a bar in Los Angeles, and he asked her for a ride. After she conferred with a friend who knew and vouched for him, she decided to give him a ride home.
She was married and had two sons. Gallagher had spoken to her husband to tell him she was staying later to sing with the band.
She then agreed to give Rogers a ride and was found strangled in her burning truck the next morning.
Gallagher had two sons. Her sister, Jerri Vallicella, spoke to USA Today about her kind-hearted nature.
Vallicella said her sister loved buying flowers and giving them to random strangers to brighten their days.
In 2013, Rogers was convicted and sentenced to death in a criminal trial in California for Gallagher’s murder.
Sandra Gallagher’s sister said she was a kindhearted mom who loved buying flowers for strangers. Rogers was convicted of her murder
Violent killing spree
Although Rogers was only convicted of two murders, investigators believe that he was responsible for killing multiple other people.
Rogers was connected to the death of another woman in Mississippi named Linda Price.
Price was found stabbed to death in her bathtub on November 3, 1995, just after Gallagher was killed.
The Casanova Killer was also linked to the death of a woman named Andy Lou Jiles Sutton, who was found stabbed to death in her bed on November 9.
Lastly, Rogers was believed to have killed a 72-year-old retired veteran named Mark Peters, who was found dead in a Kentucky shack owned by Rogers’ family in January 1994.
Excluding Peters, Rogers’ victims were often young, petite women with red hair. Most of them were also mothers and were found dead with stab wounds.
Linda Price (pictured) is also suspected to be one of Rogers’ victims, although he wasn’t convicted of her murder
After years on death row, Governor Ron DeSantis signed the killer’s death warrant on Tuesday.
Rogers’ lawyer filed multiple appeals, including one in 2021 that detailed evidence of sexual abuse he endured at a juvenile detention facility as a child, which were rejected by the court.
His brother, Claude, told the Tampa Bay Times that he visited him on Wednesday to say goodbye.
‘I said my goodbyes to him. He’s my brother and I love him. I asked God to guide him on this next journey,’ he told the outlet.
