Credit: Memphis Police Department Memphis police officer Patric Ferguson is accused of kidnapping and murdering a man. Joshua Rogers is accused of helping Ferguson in the crime. 1/10/2021 - A Memphis police officer is now in jail for kidnapping and murdering a man, while on duty. The Memphis Police Department released a statement about the officer’s arrest on Twitter at 1:48 a.m. on Sunday. On January 6, the Memphis police received a call about a missing man around 8:30 p.m. Once investigators had a chance to talk with the missing man’s girlfriend, officers learned that 30-year-old Robert Howard was last seen on January 5 in the 3500 block of Mark Twain Street around 5:00 p.m.