2 Alabama men indicted in 7 murders as part of ‘7 Deadly Sins’ club, authorities say
Updated Mar 03, 2021;
By Jessica Barnett The News Courier, Athens, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Two men accused of murdering seven people, including an Athens man, in Valhermoso Springs were indicted last week, according to reports.
Morgan County Sheriff’s Office shared a release Friday in which the county’s district attorney, Scott Anderson, announced 23-year-old Frederic Allen Rogers of Woodville and 20-year-old John Michael Legg of Hartselle had each been indicted by a Morgan County grand jury on six counts of capital murder.
The septuple homicide occurred in June 2020 in the 500 block of Talucah Road in Valhermoso Springs, about 18 miles east of Decatur. Jeramy Wade Roberts, 31, of Athens was among the first of the seven victims to be publicly identified by authorities. A dog was also shot and killed in the attack.
2 men indicted in connection with 7 Morgan County homicides
Updated Feb 26, 2021;
Posted Feb 26, 2021
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Two Alabama man have been indicted on six counts of capital murder in connection with the killing of seven people in June 2020.
Morgan County District Attorney Scott Anderson today announced that Frederic Allen Rogers, 23, of Woodville, and John Michael Legg, 20, of Hartselle, were indicted by a Morgan County grand jury this week. They are currently being held without bond at the Morgan County Jail.
Anderson also announced that he intends to seek the death penalty against both men.
Rogers and Legg have been in custody since the June 5, 2020 killing of seven people at a home in Valhermoso Springs. Morgan County deputies that day responded to a shots fired call at a home in and found the bodies of seven people, dead of gunshot wounds. Some of the victims had been partial burned in a fire ignited by the two, investigators said.
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