On Father’s Day weekend in June 2020, 61-year-old Gene Rogers and his 78-year-old mother, Billie Ruth Rogers, were found shot to death inside their mobile home in Richburg, South Carolina. The bodies were discovered on Sunday, June 21, 2020, and the case opened as a double homicide investigation.

Investigators from the Chester County Sheriff’s Office, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the FBI, and military investigators focused on Gene Rogers’ grandson and Billie Rogers’ great-grandson, 24-year-old U.S. Army soldier Gene Alexzander Scott, also known as Alex Scott. Prosecutors said motive was greed and that Gene Rogers had given his grandson more than $80,000 earlier in 2020. Scott was arrested while stationed in Germany and extradited to South Carolina; an October 2021 grand jury indicted him on two counts of murder and one count of possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.

At trial prosecutors argued the killings were premeditated and disputed Scott’s claim that he discovered the bodies when he visited for Father’s Day; a deputy who was first on scene testified Scott appeared to be feigning emotion and repeatedly asked to leave. The jury found Gene Alexzander Scott guilty and imposed a 60-year prison sentence with no eligibility for parole.

Did anyone in Richburg know Gene or Billie Rogers and have details that could add context to this case?