On Father’s Day, June 21, 2020, 78-year-old Billie Ruth Rogers and her 61-year-old son Gene Rogers were found shot to death inside a mobile home on Doe Street in Richburg, South Carolina. The deaths were investigated by local, state, federal and military authorities as a double homicide.

Investigators later identified and arrested Gene Alexzander Alex Scott, 24, a great-grandson of Billie Ruth Rogers and grandson of Gene Rogers, while he was serving in the U.S. Army in Germany. He was extradited to South Carolina and charged with two counts of murder and one count of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. Prosecutors say the motive was financial greed, alleging Scott planned the killings to obtain an inheritance, including a life insurance policy and a retirement account for which he was a beneficiary; they noted Gene Rogers had given his grandson a substantial amount of money earlier in 2020.

At the May 2024 trial, prosecutors showed body camera footage from the discovery scene and a deputy testified that Scott’s on-scene reactions appeared staged and that he repeatedly asked to leave. The family continues to seek justice for Billie Ruth Rogers and her son.

Did anyone in Richburg know the victims’ routines or relationships with family members that might shed light on what happened that day?