CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. — A U.S. Military soldier has been introduced again to South Carolina from Germany to face costs he killed his grandfather and great-grandmother 16 months in the past in Chester County.
Gene Alexzander “Alex” Scott, 24, was indicted final week on two counts of homicide in Chester County, Sheriff Max Dorsey stated in a press release.
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On June 21, 2020 — Father’s Day — deputies responded to the house on Doe Avenue close to the Richburg space the place they discovered two our bodies. Gene Rogers, 61, and his 78-year-old mom Billie Rogers had been discovered lifeless inside the house.
Deputies stated the victims had been shot to loss of life.
On Monday, the sheriff’s workplace stated a grand jury had just lately returned True Invoice indictments charging Scott with two counts of homicide and one depend of possession of a weapon in the course of the fee of a violent crime.
Scott, who was serving within the U.S. Military in Germany, was taken into custody by Navy Police and was flown again to South Carolina on Saturday.
“He simply gave the impression to be so regular, however there was a lot darkness underlining that,” neighbor Amber Moore stated. “So scary.”
Deputies stated Scott began his army profession as an ammo tech within the Marines. He joined the service in January 2020 and was stationed at Camp Lejeune.
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Investigators stated cash was the motive behind the murders.
“This was against the law motivated by greed and it led to the unlucky loss of life of his grandparents,” Dorsey stated.
Scott is at present being held on the Chester County Detention Heart awaiting a bond listening to. No different particulars surrounding the crime have been launched.
Detectives stated they needed to depend on circumstantial, forensic and technical proof to resolve the crime.
The South Carolina Regulation Enforcement Division, the Fort Mill Police Division, the Copley (Ohio) Police Division, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Naval Prison Investigative Service (NCIS) and the US Military Prison Investigation Division helped with the investigation.
That is an ongoing investigation. Examine again with wsoctv.com for extra data.
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