Case 232: Jo, Michelle & Christe Rogers

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For Jo Rogers and her two teenage daughters, Michelle and Christe, a trip to Florida seemed like a dream come true. In May 1989, the trio left their dairy farm in Willshire, Ohio and set out on their first ever interstate holiday.
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Narration - Anonymous Host
Research & writing - Jessica Forsayeth
Creative direction - Milly Raso
Production and music - Mike Migas
Music - Andrew D.B. Joslyn
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[@britth5333]

The way that Hal found out his family was killed was just horrible. Police should have let him in when they suspected it was his family! Also his brother was awful and should have never got out in bond for a vacation to Florida! I do not agree that Hal should have bailed him out that’s for sure. The police really screwed up catching him a lot earlier if they had just followed up on the neighbors leads! This monsters defense team is gross. That poor momma and her teenagers were brutally raped and killed. It must have been nothing less than hell to endure. They had to watch each other die. It’s so sad. The fact he got to live even a year on death row is sad. He should have been killed right away.

[@elfersmary]

I live in FL and remember this case. Horrifying

[@amandasiddle6571]

Casefile thanku so much ♥️

[@Catssandra13]

Heard about this case on another true crime channel but Casefile adds so much more to the sad story. Thanks for this.

[@danrobinson572]

Awesome 👏 video just made my Saturday morning 😊

[@kimmccabe1422]

You don't see women doing these horrific crimes to men. Sick uncle and the worst father in the world! #StopKillingWomen

[@Levon2464]

Other men are bigger victims to men then women are.how about rather then you preaching your corrupt agenda by saying stop killing women. How about stop killing anyone?

[@naomiledger1374]

A truly evil monster. What makes someone want to commit such evil acts?

[@MR-pv7qg]

Awesome! Thank you the king of podcasts!

[@emma75]

Poor Hall, but I'm glad he recognized the sign from his family and decided to keep on :)

[@natalieh4354]

My favourite way to spend a Saturday night thank you

[@sidbobby3233]

Happy day's CASEFILE just dropped 😎🇬🇧👍👊

[@melmazing3993]

Good to see you've hit 60K Casefile 👏💯

[@sheryldalton8965]

This is such a sad story. Poor Michelle is sexually assaulted by her uncle for years & then when she gets away from the farm they meet a monster that is worse. She protected her little sister from the creep at home & then has to witness her sister & mother being brutalized while on vacation.

[@jasonvoigt6575]

C Ock

[@sheryldalton8965]

@@jasonvoigt6575 ????

[@sbear6798]

Not to mention, the betrayal of her own father posting bail for his own daughters abuser smh.. Rest in the sweetest Peace Michelle 🙏🏻

[@BDBee81]

Thanks for saving me the time and effort needed to listen for myself. Good one Sheryl...

[@sheryldalton8965]

@@BDBee81 sorry about that. I try to never read the comments first, especially on Casefiles.

[@texastea5686]

I felt reall bad for the father, Hal, until i hear that he paid to bail out his brother. Awful all the way around. Poor michelle, all happy and excited hoping to turn a new leaf on life, just for this to happen to her, her sister and mother. I CANNOT fathom the terror they felt! 😢

[@emi7916]

Yeah the whole "I don't go back on a promise" is not remotely honourable when you're bailing out your brother for raping your daughter. I'm sure he regrets it now but what a fucked up decision.

[@asha4736]

I can understand it. He bailed the brother and was able to cut all ties and kick him to the curb knowing he'd kept his one time promise. For all we know, he wanted to see the brother face to face one last time and break his nose. Hal has suffered so much that if you cannot feel empathy because of that one action, you have the problem, not he.

[@longdong69]

remember seeing this case on forensic files

[@realmanracing1152]

The adds just pop up and it cracks me up. I’m one moment listening to someone getting murdered and then suddenly ‘DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE SLEEPING?!l 😄

[@vashon100]

Starts 2:45

[@user-gt8uf3nd9i]

I read a story about the family it was so sad just a normal hard hard-working family who had the unfortunate bad luck to get help from a serial killer 😢

[@Boo-dawg.]

How many times is this case going to be covered?

[@stoneworx09]

Qu: why can't they just take him out to sea after the court case to drown.. 17yrs on death row? I never get that

[@stoneworx09]

@@lets-celebrviii yes i understand, but 17 yrs is way too long in my opinion ..i don't, however, believe in the death penalty.

[@Netflix999]

Don’t know why death row exists , prisoners die of old age first in most cases

[@Aryasvitkona]

​@@stoneworx09it's less than a life sentence. And yeah it's because they are mandated to receive a certain number of appeals and they are mandated to occur with a specific minimum time between each one. It's to ensure that all appeals have a chance at success and also stalls time to allow for potentially exculpatory evidence to be found or advancements in technology. I know of all too many cases where shortly after a death penalty, DNA advancements found that someone else was definitively the criminal and the death sentenced guy was innocent. So they stall as long as reasonably possible

[@veganandlovingit]

Is that possible? 100mph and no injuries? Bike OK?

[@jazztheglass6139]

Big, big fan of all your vids, have you ever thought about covering this event ? It was a massive scandal, that a lot of people have forgotten. Rumours of corruption circulated at the time. A 1981 outbreak in Spain which affected about 20,000 people, with over 300 dying within a few months and a few thousand remaining disabled, is thought to have been caused by contaminated colza (rapeseed) oil. It was unique because of its size, the novelty of the clinical condition, and the complexity of its aetiology.

[@rashone2879]

Heard this case years ago; sad and I think I won’t stay turned in. Once was enough for me, I guess.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

6:52 oh no! I know what's gonna happen. Sorry team but I can't listen to this one. But you get your well deserved 👍 Edit Check if I was wrong but I wasen't 😭 I think something in my heart broke.

[@timescale9326]

I swear you covered this story in your other video. I’ve heard this one many times before

[@ItsKrma00]

I appreciate your channel and all of your hard work. This story however, has been done many times over the past several years. I suppose many true crime tales that have been around forever are easier to be retold so I get it - but hearing more recent and novel stories is what draws subscribers.

[@jillgarlick2122]

Agree. Thousands of murders occur every year, so maybe put in more research into some more recent cases.

[@eleanorb797]

I've never heard of this one.

[@audibjornsson6107]

Sickos everywhere

[@annyonny1224]

Wow. 4 ads. In a one hour timespan. Outrageous. Disgusting. Pathetic. Abhorrent!

[@SH-to8sh]

...shameful, poorly, disappointing!

[@avarosegardener8942]

Too many ads

[@annyonny1224]

Fucking this

[@matchalatte5415]

You guys in the comment section complain about the killer being a monster, or you heard this story ad nausea to some other crime channel. I'm here shocked, realizing a girl can get r*ped twice in a short period of time. Slim probability doesn't mean it's not possible.

[@Charles-oo8bq]

Commercials every two minutes... GREED

[@jerrymarbury9365]

I like how everyone in a court of law has to tell the truth except for the defense,they falsely accuse others and lie their asses off all the time.

[@cathybassett6432]

It's the prosecutors job to present the facts in evidence. The defense's job is to create reasonable doubt so they get to speculate.

[@CowneloAlvaroid]

There was an old gas station clerk we used to call "OBI WON" in the same reference to star wars lol