The “Cassanova Killer,” a man claiming to murder over 70 victims, was executed on Thursday after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant last month.
Glen Edward Rogers, 62, was executed by lethal injection at 6:16 p.m., according to the Florida Department of Corrections.
A self-proclaimed serial killer, Rogers’ nickname spurred from a habit of meeting women at local bars, charming them, and getting them alone before ruthlessly murdering them. He is believed to be behind the deaths of 70 women across multiple states, including at least one in Mississippi.
Linda Price, a 34-year-old mother of two, was stabbed to death in the bathtub of her home in Jackson on Nov. 30, 1995. Authorities connected Rogers to her death after finding out the two had met at the Mississippi State Fair before living together for a brief time before the gruesome crime.
Rogers was never tried for Price’s murder as prosecutors prioritized his death penalty cases in Florida and California. He landed behind bars in 1997 after being convicted of first-degree murder, armed robbery, and grand theft of a motor vehicle and sentenced to death following the November 1995 death of Tina Marie Cribbs, a 34-year-old mother of two living in Tampa.
According to a motion filed by the prosecution in the case, Rogers met Cribbs at a bar and convinced her to drive him home. Days later, she was found stabbed to death inside a motel room rented by Rogers. He was later found driving Cribbs’ car in Kentucky and was arrested.
Rogers received another death sentence in California in 1999 for the murder of 33-year-old Sandra Gallagher. Like Cribbs, Rogers met Gallagher at a bar in September 1995 and a day later, her burned corpse was found in her truck near Rogers’ apartment.
He attempted to overturn his guilty verdicts on multiple occasions but was unsuccessful. Rogers’ attorneys, according to Fox 13, argued he was abused as a child and those memories played a role in the crimes.
While behind bars, Rogers claimed to be responsible for the murder of 70 women and at least one man. He is suspected of killing people across Florida, California, Ohio, Mississippi, and Louisiana.
Rogers’ death marks the fifth execution in Florida this year.
