MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. (TCN) — A 23-year-old man will spend the remainder of his life in jail after he pleaded responsible to a number of counts of capital homicide for killing seven individuals in what grew to become referred to as the “Seven Lethal Sins” murders.
WAFF-TV experiences a choose handed John Michael Legg the sentence on Wednesday, Dec. 18, following his plea listening to. Simply days prior, a choose declared him competent to face trial. Legg is not going to be eligible for parole.
On June 4, 2020, Morgan County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies responded to a capturing name on the five hundred block of Talacuh Street in Valhermoso Springs and located the seven deceased victims on the scene. The sheriff’s workplace mentioned a few of the victims had been additionally burned in a fireplace began by Legg and his co-conspirator, Frederic Allen Rogers. The sheriff’s workplace recognized the victims as Tammy England Muzzey, James Benford, Jeramy Roberts, Roger Jones, William Hodgin, Emily Payne, and a juvenile feminine they didn’t identify.
The sheriff’s workplace obtained arrest warrants for Legg and Rogers, however the two males fled to Oregon following the shootings. On June 21, 2020, Marion County Sheriff’s Workplace deputies in Oregon carried out a visitors cease and detained the them at gunpoint. They returned to Alabama on June 28, 2020.
The Morgan County District Legal professional introduced in February 2021 {that a} grand jury returned an indictment charging Rogers and Legg with one rely of capital homicide throughout the course of a theft, one rely of capital homicide pursuant to 1 scheme or course of conduct, three counts of capital homicide throughout a housebreaking, and one rely of capital homicide throughout the fee of arson. The district lawyer mentioned he supposed to hunt the dying penalty in opposition to the suspects.
Based on WAFF, Legg, Rogers, and a few of the victims had been a part of a gang referred to as the “Seven Lethal Sins.” Investigators reportedly concluded the victims died due to a drug disagreement and social media posts. A jury convicted Rogers in August, however the jury opted to not sentence him to dying. Reasonably, he received life in jail with out parole.
Morgan County Sheriff’s Workplace public info officer Mike Swafford advised WAFF, “That’s probably the most horrific crime this county has seen on file. Simply to have that come to a conclusion, hopefully the households of those that have misplaced somebody are capable of put that behind them.”
District Legal professional Scott Anderson mentioned, “We will’t carry their family members again. We want we might, however we will’t. All people is a loser in these circumstances, and so all we’ve to supply to them is justice, and we’ve achieved that.”
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