Florida executed convicted killer Glen Rogers on Thursday evening, ending the life of a man who once claimed to have murdered dozens- and who, in his final moments, reportedly praised President Donald Trump. Rogers, 62, faced lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, just southwest of Jacksonville, for the 1995 murder of Tina Marie Cribbs in Tampa.

Known by nicknames like “Casanova Killer” and “Cross Country Killer,” Rogers left a trail of violence that stretched across several states. His case gained national attention not only for the brutal murders but also for his alleged link to the infamous O.J. Simpson case, a connection police later dismissed.

Twisted Trail Ends In Florida

Rogers grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and started his spree in 1995 with the murder of Sandra Gallagher, a mother of three he met at a bar in Van Nuys, California. Just weeks later, he killed Cribbs, a 34-year-old mother of two, after meeting her at a bar in Tampa. Police caught him after a highway chase in Kentucky while he was driving Cribbs’ car.

Authorities also named Rogers as a suspect in several other killings. At one point, he claimed responsibility for as many as 70 murders, though he later walked back that confession. His story made headlines again in 2012 with the release of the documentary My Brother the Serial Killer, which featured his brother Clay Rogers and raised questions about his possible involvement in the 1994 deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.

Despite the speculation, the Los Angeles Police Department publicly shut down that theory. “We know who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. We have no reason to believe that Mr. Rogers was involved,” LAPD said in a past statement. A jury cleared O.J. Simpson of the murders in 1995, though a civil court later found him liable. Simpson died in April 2024 after battling cancer.

In his final days, Glen Rogers’ legal team filed several appeals, including one tied to a new Florida law, but courts rejected them all. The U.S. Supreme Court denied his last appeal, and Governor Ron DeSantis signed the death warrant hours before the execution.

Rogers was executed with a three-drug injection and pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m., becoming Florida’s fifth execution this year. Anthony Wainwright is next, scheduled to die on June 10 for a 1994 rape and murder.