‘Casanova Killer’ found guilty of murder in Florida and California, facing execution
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed the death warrant for Glen Rogers, a man convicted of murder in Florida and California, including the murder of a woman in a Tampa hotel room 30 years ago.
In addition to his convictions, Rogers, also known as the Casanova Killer or Cross Country Killer, is suspected of several murders across the U.S.
Rogers claimed to be responsible for the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, according to a 2012 documentary. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department said the agency would look into the matter, but was confident that someone else had killed them.
FILE – In this July 8, 1996 file photo, convicted murderer Glen Rogers, right, stares at Public Defender Joan Corces during a hearing in Tampa, Fla. A documentary set to air Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, says Rogers, who is on Florida’s death row, could know something about the murder of OJ Simpson’s wife Nicole and her friend Ron Goldman (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File)
Courthouse workers peer from a second floor window as suspected serial killer Glen Rogers is led from the Madison County Courthouse by sheriff’s deputies after pleading innocent to felony charges Tuesday, Nov. 21, 1995, in Richmond, Ky. The charges stemmed from the high-speed chase which led to his capture. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
Glen Rogers, from Hamilton, Ohio, stands motionless Friday, July 11, 1997, as Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Diane Allen sentences him to death in Florida’s electric chair for the murder of Tampa resident Tina Marie Cribbs. Rogers is also suspected of murders in California, Louisiana, and Mississippi. He was arrested following a 1995 high speed chase in Kentucky. (AP Photo/Pool)
Rein Keener stands outside McReds Lounge in the Van Nuys section of Los Angeles, Nov. 13, 1995, after Glen Rogers, wanted in several states for murder investigations, was captured after a high-speed chase near Waco, Kentucky. Rogers reportedly tried to pickup Keener from the bar, but she declined, and another woman who allegedly was picked up by Rogers, was killed that night. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
Bartender Rein Keener watches television news reports of the arrest of suspected serial killer Glen Rogers in Kentucky, at McReds Cocktail Lounge in the Van Nuys section in Los Angeles, Nov. 13, 1995. Keener recalled seeing Rogers in the bar in September making advances toward alleged murder victim Sandra Gallagher, who was found dead inside her burning pickup on September 29. Rogers was wanted by police in several states for the suspected deaths of four women. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)
The death row inmate was convicted in 1997 after he was found guilty of robbing and murdering Tina Marie Cribbs. The two were seen leaving a Gibsonton bar, located just outside of Tampa, in November 1995.
The woman was found stabbed to death in a hotel bathroom two days later.
Rogers received another death sentence in California in 1999. He met Sandra Gallagher at a Van Nuys bar in September 1995. Her badly burned corpse was found in her truck a day later near Rogers’ apartment.
He is set to be executed at Florida State Prison in Raiford during the week of May 15.