MINUTES. ZACH DAMON, APPRECIATE IT. AN AX MURDERER OVER THE WEEKEND LEAVES A FAMILY SHATTERED ON FRIDAY. 24 YEAR OLD CHARLIE ROGERS WAS MURDERED. INVESTIGATORS IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY SAY THAT HE WAS KILLED BY A MAN WHO LATER CALLED TO TURN HIMSELF IN. KOCO IS MEGHAN MOSLEY LEE SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY ABOUT HOW THEY ARE HONORING THEIR SON. TONIGHT. WELL, THE FAMILY OF CHARLIE ROGERS SAYS HE WAS SIMPLY AT THE WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME AT THE TIME OF THE HORRIFIC MURDER AND NOW THEY JUST WANT TO HONOR HIS LEGACY. HE DESERVED TO KNOW THE JOY OF GETTING MARRIED AND HAVING BABIES AND AND CHASING HIS DREAMS. HE NEVER GOT TO EXPERIENCE ANY OF THAT. 24 YEAR OLD CHARLIE ROGERS WAS CARING FOR A FAMILY FRIEND’S ANIMALS LATE FRIDAY EVENING WHEN HE WAS BRUTALLY ATTACKED NEAR EARLSBORO IN POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY. THIS HAPPENED TO HIM BECAUSE HE WAS HELPING SOMEONE BECAUSE HE WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME, HELPING SOMEONE AND HELPING ANIMALS. HE LOVED ANIMALS AND OTHER PEOPLE. COLE NEW COURT DOCUMENTS REVEAL THE SUSPECT, 27 YEAR OLD PHILIPPE WRIGHT, ATTACKED ROGERS FOR ALLEGEDLY LOOKING IN A WINDOW OF HIS HOUSE, ACCORDING TO FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WITNESSED THE ATTACK, ROGERS WAS NOT LOOKING THROUGH THE WINDOW. IT’S NOT EASY HAVING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE MOTIONS OF A DEATH, ESPECIALLY OF YOUR CHILD. MY BABY BE SMILING AT ME ARE THE ONLY THINGS HOLDING ME TOGETHER. PHILIPPE LATER CALLED 911 TO CONFESS WHAT HE DID, STATING HE NEEDED TO BE ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME HE COMMITTED. HE’S NOW IN THE POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY JAIL, FACING FIRST DEGREE MURDER. NOW CHARLIE’S FAMILY IS REMEMBERING HIM AS A KIND, LOVING, GENTLE MAN WHO DIED DOING WHAT HE LOVED. AND THEY’RE ASKING ANYONE WHO KNEW HIM TO HELP KEEP HIS LEGACY ALIVE. ANYBODY THAT KNEW HIM, THAT LOVED HIM OR THEY IMPACTED HE IMPACTED THEIR LIFE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THAT THEY JUST WRITE A LETTER OR A CARD OR SOMETHING THAT I CAN PUT IN HI
Family hopes to honor son, carry on legacy after ax murder in Pottawatomie County
On Friday, 24-year-old Charley Rogers was killed by a man who claimed Rogers was peeping through a window.
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Updated: 6:33 PM CDT Oct 23, 2023
An ax murder in Pottawatomie County left a family shattered after their son was killed.On Friday, 24-year-old Charley Rogers was killed by a man who claimed Rogers was peeping through a window. It happened near a home in Pottawatomie County.His family said he was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. Now, they want to carry on his legacy.| ORIGINAL STORY | Man dead, suspect in custody after ax attack in Pottawatomie County"He deserved to know the joy of getting married and having babies and chasing his dreams. And he never got to experience any of that," said Raven Hardy, Rogers's sister.Rogers was caring for a family friend's animals late Friday evening when he was brutally attacked."This happened to him because he was helping someone. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time, helping someone, and helping animals he loved animals and other people," Hardy said.New court documents revealed the suspect, 27-year-old Felipe Wright, attacked Rogers for allegedly looking into a window of his house. According to family members who witnessed the attack, Rogers was not looking through the window."It's not easy having to go through the emotions of a death, especially of your child," said Tricia Stanich, Rogers's mother.Wright later called 911 to confess to what he did, stating he needed to be arrested for the crime he committed.| MORE | Pottawatomie County officials investigate ax attack that left a man dead"My babies smiling at me is the only thing keeping me together," Hardey said.Now, Rogers's family is remembering him as a kind, loving and gentle man who died doing what he loved. they're asking anyone who knew him to keep his legacy alive."Anybody that knew him, that loved him or they he impacted their life, that they just write a letter or card so I can put it in his services," Hardy said. Top HeadlinesStepfather remembers legacy of 14-year-old Moore student fatally struck by Amtrak train'Killers of the Flower Moon' brings in $23M on opening weekendPottawatomie County officials investigate ax attack that left a man dead
POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Okla. — An ax murder in Pottawatomie County left a family shattered after their son was killed.
On Friday, 24-year-old Charley Rogers was killed by a man who claimed Rogers was peeping through a window. It happened near a home in Pottawatomie County.
His family said he was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. Now, they want to carry on his legacy.
| ORIGINAL STORY | Man dead, suspect in custody after ax attack in Pottawatomie County
"He deserved to know the joy of getting married and having babies and chasing his dreams. And he never got to experience any of that," said Raven Hardy, Rogers's sister.
Rogers was caring for a family friend's animals late Friday evening when he was brutally attacked.
"This happened to him because he was helping someone. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time, helping someone, and helping animals he loved animals and other people," Hardy said.
New court documents revealed the suspect, 27-year-old Felipe Wright, attacked Rogers for allegedly looking into a window of his house. According to family members who witnessed the attack, Rogers was not looking through the window.
"It's not easy having to go through the emotions of a death, especially of your child," said Tricia Stanich, Rogers's mother.
Wright later called 911 to confess to what he did, stating he needed to be arrested for the crime he committed.
| MORE | Pottawatomie County officials investigate ax attack that left a man dead
"My babies smiling at me is the only thing keeping me together," Hardey said.
Now, Rogers's family is remembering him as a kind, loving and gentle man who died doing what he loved. they're asking anyone who knew him to keep his legacy alive.
"Anybody that knew him, that loved him or they he impacted their life, that they just write a letter or card so I can put it in his services," Hardy said.
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