Murder Suspect Sought in 2 More Killings

A man connected to slayings in Van Nuys and Ohio is being sought in the killings of two women he lived with in Mississippi and Florida--both of whom were found stabbed to death in bathtubs.

Glen Rogers, described as charming, handsome and volatile, was charged last month with the death of Sandra Gallagher, 33, whose corpse was found in her burning pickup truck in Van Nuys in September.

“He’s getting to be like one of your serial killers,” Detective Dan Pratt of the Hamilton, Ohio, Police Department said. Hamilton police want to question Rogers, 33, about the death of his former housemate, whose corpse was found in January, 1994, under a pile of furniture in an abandoned house owned by Rogers’ family in rural Kentucky.

Rogers disappeared after the Van Nuys killing. But on Friday, police in Jackson, Miss., got a grisly lead on his whereabouts when they found Rogers’ recent girlfriend, Linda Price, 34, dead in her bathtub.

Tuesday morning, Tampa, Fla., police found the body of yet another woman who had been stabbed and left in the bathtub of a motel room Rogers had rented, Tampa police said.

When Tampa officers ran Rogers’ name through their computer, they learned he was wanted in Van Nuys. Tampa police called the Los Angeles Police Department from the motel, reaching Van Nuys homicide detectives who were already on another line, speaking to Jackson police about their homicide.

“We’ve got two phones off the hook and they’re both talking about Glen Rogers and murders,” Detective Stephen Fisk said.

An all-points bulletin has been issued for Rogers in Florida, and the television show “America’s Most Wanted” plans to do a segment on him, police say.

“This guy is my No. 1 right now,” said LAPD Detective Mike Coblentz, the lead investigator on the Gallagher killing. “He’s certainly capable of doing more.”

Rogers grew up in Hamilton, where police say he has had a number of run-ins with the law, including poking a lit blowtorch through the peephole of his front door when officers responded to a domestic violence call.