Kern County Sheriff's Deputy David Keith Rogers on death row for multiple murders

The case is a bit old but it seems to set the tone for the present. Having serial killers around is old hat for the Kern County Sheriff's Office.

Murderpedia: David Keith ROGERS

Classification: Murderer​

Characteristics: Sheriff's deputy who shot prostitutes​

Number of victims: 2​

Date of murders: February 21, 1986 / February 8, 1987​

Date of arrest: February 13, 1987​

Date of birth: 1947​

Victims profile: Jeanine Benintende, 21 / Tracy Clark, 15 (pregnant) ​

Method of murder: Shooting​

Location: Kern County, California, USA​

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Status: Sentenced to death in 1987​

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Convicted on one count each of second-degree murder (Benintende) and first-degree (Clark), Rogers was sentenced to die on the latter charge.​

David Keith Rogers was also a suspect in the disappearance and possible murder of a third prostitute who was never found.

His death sentence was confirmed unanimously by the California Supreme Court in 2006. He is still awaiting execution. From California's Condemned Inmate List:

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