A notorious serial killer known as the “Casanova Killer” used his final moments before execution on Thursday to praise President Donald Trump as he delivered a MAGA-inspired political message that stunned witnesses.
“President Trump, keep making America great. I'm ready to go,” Glen Rogers, 62, said while strapped to a gurney at the Florida State Prison just before the lethal injection drugs were administered, according to media reports. His final statement, which also included remarks for his family and the loved ones of his victims, was witnessed and reported by journalists from the Tampa Bay Times and the Associated Press.
Rogers, who was convicted of killing five people across the country in the 1990s, was executed Thursday for the murder of Tina Marie Cribbs. He became known as the “Casanova Killer” because of his “his good looks and ability to charm his future victims, and as the 'Cross Country Killer' because the victims all lived in different states: California, Mississippi, Louisiana and Florida,” USA Today reported.
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“I know there’s a lot of questions that you need answers to," he reportedly told the families of his victims Thursday. "I promise you in the near future the questions will be answered and I hope in someway will bring you closure."
But it was his unusual mention of Trump that confused many in the room.
"I was like, 'Where did that even come from?'" Randy Robertson, whose mother, Andy Lou Jiles Sutton, was one of Roger’s victims, USA Today reported. His wife, Amy, also present in the execution chamber, added: “What the hell?”
Aside from his support for Trump, Rogers once claimed to be responsible for the brutal 1994 stabbing murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, though authorities at the time dismissed the claim as baseless.
“We know who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Rogers was involved,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement at the time, according to the AP.
