- Glen E. Rogers, also known as the "Casanova Killer," is scheduled to be executed in Florida on May 15, 2025.
- Rogers was convicted of the 1995 murder of Tina Marie Cribbs in Tampa, Florida.
- He is also a suspect or convicted in murders in Ohio, California, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Thirty years ago, Tina Marie Cribbs, a 34-year-old mother of two, gave a handsome stranger she met in a bar in Gibsonton a ride back to the carnival lot where he was working,
At 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 15, pending any last-minute appeals, Glen E. Rogers will be put to death for her stabbing murder.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed a death warrant for Rogers' execution, according to court records.
If the execution goes as planned, Rogers will be the fifth execution in Florida this year. A fourth Florida execution, for convicted murdererJeffrey G. Hutchinson, is scheduled for May 1.
Rogers was sentenced to death for Cribbs' murder in 1997 after a unanimous jury recommendation. He was also sentenced to life for robbery with a weapon and five years for grand theft of a motor vehicle.
The Florida Supreme Court shot down a direct appeal in 2001. Since then, Rogers has filed multiple motions for postconviction relief and writs of habeas corpus. All of them were denied.
Here's what to know.
Who is Glen E. Rogers?
Glen Edward Rogers, 62, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in both Florida and California. Nicknamed "The Casanova Killer" or "The Cross Country Killer," he is also suspected of several other murders across the country and at one point claimed he'd killed nearly 70 people, although he later said he was kidding.
Rogers worked as a driver for the school district in his native city, Hamilton, Ohio and was a confidential informant for the local narcotics unit for about four years, according to court records. In an appeal, his attorney said he was also diagnosed with a chronic ambulatory psychotic disturbance with schizophrenia, paranoia and mania from previous brain injuries that he self-medicated with alcohol and drugs.
Rogers moved out of Ohio after he was suspected of killing a man in Hamilton in 1993. In 1995, he was named as a suspect in the killings of four women — all in their 30s with reddish hair — in California, Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana.
Rogers was placed on the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list and was finally arrested in Waco, Kentucky, after a 13-mile high-speed chase that caught national attention. He was sentenced to death in 1997 for the stabbing murder of Tina Marie Cribbs. He was also found guilty of armed robbery and auto theft.
In 1999, Rogers was tried in California for raping and strangling Sandra Gallagher and sentenced to death again.
Rogers also repeatedly claimed to have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in California in 1994. In a 2012 documentary, "My Brother the Serial Killer," Rogers' brother Clay and a criminal profiler who corresponded with Rogers said the convicted man claimed he'd been hired by O. J. Simpson. The Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement that they knew who killed Simpson and Goldman and it wasn't Rogers.
Roges has also been the subject of several other documentaries.
How did Tina Marie Cribbs die?
When Rogers fled Ohio, he spent time in four other states and was suspected or convicted of killing women in each one.
Tina Marie Cribbs, 34, was the third. On Nov. 5, 1995, according to court records, Rogers and Cribbs were seen leaving a bar in Gibsonton, Florida, after he asked her for a ride. Two days later, cleaning staff at the Tampa 8 Inn found her body in a bathtub in Rogers' room, stabbed in the chest and buttocks.
A medical examiner testified in the trial that the knife wounds were both more than 8 inches deep and the knife was twisted before it was pulled out, according to court records. The medical examiner said she may have lived from 20 to 30 minutes or more after the stabbing.
Rogers had paid for an extra night and asked not to be disturbed, witnesses said. After Cribbs' wallet was found in a rest area, investigators matched two of Rogers' fingerprints on a receipt inside with those found in Rogers' room. His watch was found under the body.
He was arrested on Nov. 13 in Kentucky after Rogers was spotted driving Cribbs' white Ford Festiva. Officials testified that they found the key to the locked hotel room in his luggage.
Who else did Glen Rogers kill?
Rogers is a suspect or has been convicted in the following cases:
- Mark Peters, Hamilton, Ohio: Found dead in the Rogers family's cabin in 1994, tied to a chair. Peters had previously given Rogers a place to stay, according to his brother Clay, who suggested police search the cabin.
- Sandra Gallagher, Los Angeles, California: Gallagher's body was discovered in her burning truck parked near Rogers' apartment in Van Nuys the day after she was seen with him at a nearby bar. Rogers was convicted of her murder in 1999 while already serving time for Cribbs' death.
- Linda Price, Jackson, Mississippi: Price's sister Carroll reported seeing Rogers with Linda, a single mother of two, at the Mississippi State Fair and the two briefly lived together. Price was later found dead in a bathtub in her apartment.
- Tina Marie Cribbs, Tampa:Found in a hotel bathroom, also in a bathtub, stabbed to death.
- Andy Jiles Sutton, Bossier City, Louisiana: Found dead on a punctured waterbed in her apartment.
When is Glen E. Rogers scheduled to be executed?
Rogers' execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Florida State Prison in Raiford.
How many death row inmates has Florida executed?
From 1924 until May 1964,the state of Florida has executed196 people. There were no executions from May 1964 until May 1976.
In 1972, the United States Supreme Court struck down the death penalty, but it was reinstated in 1976.Florida has carried out 107 executionssince then.
When is the next execution in Florida?
War veteran Jeffrey G. Hutchinson, convicted of murdering his girlfriend, Renee Flaherty, and her children, Geoffrey, Amanda and Logan Flaherty in Crestview in 1998, is scheduled to be put to death at 6 p.m. EDT on Thursday, May 1, 2025, according to a filing on theFlorida Supreme Court website.
(This story was updated to add new information.)
