Did Glen Rogers Execute Nicole Simpson? And Is O.J. Really Innocent?

The murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman in 1994 remain among the most infamous crimes in American history. While O.J. Simpson stood trial and was acquitted in 1995, theories and speculation about the case have never fully faded. One of the more controversial claims ties convicted serial killer Glen Rogers to the murders—a theory that has fueled documentaries, films, and debate for decades.

Glen Rogers, known as “The Casanova Killer,” was a drifter and serial killer who confessed to multiple murders during the 1990s. He was convicted of killing Tina Marie Cribbs, a 34-year-old mother of two, in Tampa, Florida in 1995. Rogers also confessed to killing his girlfriend, Linda Schappe, and was suspected in several other brutal crimes across the U.S. In 2018, Florida executed Rogers by lethal injection for Cribbs’ murder. At the time of his death, he was 62 years old.

Rogers’ name entered the O.J. Simpson case years after the trial. His brother, Clay Rogers, claimed in the 2012 documentary My Brother the Serial Killer that Glen had confessed to being involved in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. This shocking allegation reignited debate about whether O.J. was truly guilty or if Rogers had a hand in the crime.

Adding fuel to speculation, a 2019 film titled The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson dramatized the idea that Rogers could have been responsible, presenting it as an alternative to Simpson’s presumed guilt.

Although Rogers admitted to multiple murders, no concrete evidence has ever linked him to Nicole Brown Simpson or Ron Goldman’s deaths. Law enforcement did not pursue him as a serious suspect, and his supposed confessions were inconsistent and often contradictory.

O.J. Simpson, meanwhile, was famously acquitted in criminal court but later found liable for wrongful death in a civil suit brought by the victims’ families.

Did Glen Rogers execute Nicole Brown Simpson? The official answer is no. Authorities have never tied him to the 1994 murders beyond his own unverified claims and the suspicions raised by his family. Still, the theory continues to linger in public imagination, partly because of Rogers’ violent history and partly because of the lingering doubt surrounding O.J. Simpson’s acquittal.

What remains clear is that Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were victims of a brutal crime that shocked the world. Nearly three decades later, the case still raises more questions than answers—and continues to fascinate and divide those seeking the truth.