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Roger Self will serve at least 38 years in prison after being convicted of killing his daughter, Katelyn Self, and daughter-in-law, Amanda George Self, in 2018 by driving his Jeep into a restaurant where his family was seated after attending Sunday morning worship services. While 38 years represents the minimum prison sentence for the 65-year-old Self, his maximum sentence handed down Friday by Superior Court Judge Athena Brooks was 48 years. "I wish I would have had an opportunity before I died to hold my family again," he said in addressing the judge after sentencing. "I'm going to die in ...

The facts are not up for debate. Roger Self, a prominent Gaston County businessman, used his Jeep Grand Cherokee as a weapon on May 20, 2018, and drove it into a Bessemer City restaurant where his family was seated to eat.  In the process, he killed his daughter, Gaston County Sheriff's Cpl. Katelyn Self, and his daughter-in-law Amanda Self, a CaroMont Health emergency room supervising nurse. Several others were also injured, including his wife, Dianne, son, Josh, who was the husband of Amanda Self, and their two children, ages 12 and 8 at the time. Self has already admitted guilt, plea...

The Gaston Gazette A former Dallas businessman pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder Monday for killing two family members and injuring others by driving his Jeep through a restaurant where he and his family had been seated. Roger Self cried out just as District Attorney Locke Bell described the deaths of Self's daughter, Gaston County Sheriff's Office Cpl. Katelyn Self, and his daughter-in-law, CaroMont Regional Medical Center nursing supervisor Amanda Self, to Superior Court Judge Athena Brooks. "I didn't mean to hurt them," Self said as he stood with his forehead lying prone...