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.
Morgan County Sheriff s Office conducting active death investigation
The Morgan County Sheriff s Office is conducting an active death investigation after responding to a call about a shooting in a vehicle at Hwy. 36 and Curry Chapel Road in the Valhermoso Springs area.
The office said this is an isolated incident
Posted: Feb 1, 2021 12:28 PM
Posted By: Josh Rayburn
The Morgan County Sheriff s Office is conducting an active death investigation after responding to a call about a shooting in a vehicle at Hwy. 36 and Curry Chapel Road in the Valhermoso Springs area.
The office said this isolated incident happened early Sunday morning, and that it is a possible suicide.