[4] Jennifer Lisa Smith was in Rogers' truck parked in a lot located off of SE McLoughlin Blvd in Oak Grove in unincorporated Clackamas County when he stabbed her 11 times in the breasts, abdomen, and back.

He was connected to the bodies [clarification needed]through his habit of pouring a mini-bottle of vodka into an orange juice bottle to make himself a screwdriver.

Rogers was convicted in May 1989 for the murders of 23-year-old Lisa Marie Mock, 26-year-old Maureen Ann Hodges, 35-year-old Christine Lotus Adams, 20-year-old Cynthia De Vore, 26-year-old Nondace "Noni" Cervantes, and 16-year-old Riatha Gyles.

According to his defense attorney, Rogers would have waived all future appeals and allocuted to his crimes in exchange for a true life sentence instead of the death penalty.

This was due in part to a new law signed by Governor Kate Brown, which limited the amount of aggravating factors required for seeking the death penalty.