On the evening of May 15, 2025, Glen Rogers—infamously known as the “Casanova Killer” and the “Cross-Country Killer”—was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison. At 62 years old, Rogers faced the ultimate penalty for the brutal 1995 murder of Tina Marie Cribbs, a mother of two whose life was violently cut short nearly three decades ago in a Tampa motel room.
In his final statement, Rogers spoke directly to those closest to him—his wife, sons, grandchildren, brothers, and his legal team—before addressing the families of his victims. “I know there’s a lot of questions that you need answers to,” he said solemnly. “I promise you, in the near future, those questions will be answered. I hope it brings you some measure of closure.”
He closed with a brief but pointed message to former President Donald Trump: “Keep making America great. I’m ready to go.”
The chilling story behind Rogers’ conviction began in Gibsonton, Florida, where Tina Marie Cribbs, originally from New York and recently relocated from Oklahoma, had spent an evening at Showtown USA—a bar and restaurant popular in the area. After a night of dancing and conversation, she gave Rogers a ride to a nearby carnival lot. She promised to return to the bar but never did.
Two days later, her lifeless body was discovered in Room 119 of the Tampa 8 Inn, stabbed twice and left in the bathtub. The trail of evidence quickly pointed to Rogers: fingerprints, Tina’s blood on his clothing, and the stolen Ford Festiva he was spotted driving during a frantic cross-state police chase.
Despite Rogers’ jailhouse denials of guilt, the overwhelming evidence led a Florida jury to convict him and unanimously recommend the death penalty. He was also sentenced to death in California for the murder of Sandra Gallagher, a woman strangled and left in a burning truck just weeks before Tina’s death. Authorities suspect Rogers of additional murders spanning several states, but no further charges were brought.
His execution came under a death warrant signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, marking the state’s fifth execution in 2025 and aligning with the federal government’s renewed push for capital punishment under President Trump’s second term. Since his re-election, Trump has aggressively reinstated federal executions, championing capital punishment as a critical deterrent and fitting retribution for the gravest crimes.
Inside the sterile execution chamber, Rogers lay restrained on a gurney beneath harsh fluorescent lights, his once long hair shaved to a short cut with gray stubble framing his face. Witnesses, including Hillsborough State Attorney Suzy Lopez, observed in somber silence as the lethal cocktail was administered at 6:02 p.m. His eyelids fluttered closed; at 6:16 p.m., the official announcement declared his death.
Rogers’ last day was marked by quiet routine—a 3:45 a.m. wake-up call, a last meal of pizza, chocolate cake, and soda, and visits from family members. His brother Claude, who traveled from Kentucky, said goodbye but left early, unsettled by the clinical atmosphere of the prison. “He’s my brother, and I love him,” Claude told reporters. “I asked God to guide him on this next journey.”
Whether Tina’s family was present for the execution remains unknown, but the relatives of other suspected victims have spoken out. Randy Sutton, son of Andy Jiles Sutton—another woman Rogers is believed to have killed—expressed a bittersweet sense of closure: “Finally, after 28 years, my family and the other victims’ families can begin to heal from the nightmare this monster created.”
