FL - Ryan Rogers, 14, fatally stabbed, Palm Beach Gardens, 16 Nov 2021 *Arrest*

[Unalienable Rights]

Live link for press conference

WATCH: Police give update on Ryan Rogers death investigation

 

[montana1]

I'm still at a loss over this news. 100% not what I was thinking. I was leaning more to him being messaging with someone who he was going to meet... This kind of thing just doesn't happen. I certainly hope the police provide answers on why they were so quiet and reassure the community about their safety.

How is everyone going to watch the news conference?

 

[realanastasia]

Suspect has an extensive criminal record going back to 2004 and involving assault, domestic violence, etc.
No motive, this was "completely random." Chief of Police says this was a case of an "Innocent child victim having a chance encounter with a very violent criminal."

 

[realanastasia]

I'm still at a loss over this news. 100% not what I was thinking. I was leaning more to him being messaging with someone who he was going to meet... This kind of thing just doesn't happen. I certainly hope the police provide answers on why they were so quiet and reassure the community about their safety.

How is everyone going to watch the news conference?

Chief of police addressed public concerns about lack of info disseminated by the PD during the investigation. I'm paraphrasing here, but he more or less said that the case evolved quickly and they prioritized following their leads and solving the case above keeping the public apprised of their every step.

 

[realanastasia]

"Perp has no ties to Palm Beach County or PB Gardens. It's a mystery to us why this man was in our community. Evidence places him on the scene and makes him responsible for this crime."

 

[MoeInVA]

Chief: "Ryan Rogers was stabbed to death"
-- Wow. Why did the police spokesman say they were close to ruling out foul play early in the investigation??

Edited to add that it was a quote from the chief during press conference
WATCH: Police give update on Ryan Rogers death investigation

Edited again to add link to article I referenced above and had posted up thread where the day after Ryan's body was found, the police spokesman said "they are close to ruling out foul play or a hit-and-run..." and then a few days later of course it was deemed to be a homicide and not traffic collision related.

 

[realanastasia]

Chief criticizes public speculation that parents were involved: "The parents have been nothing other than forthright and cooperative with us."

 

[everybodhi]

Miami drifter charged with murder of 14-year-old Ryan Rogers in Palm Beach Gardens

The Herald has learned that Williams’ DNA was found at the murder scene. Investigators were able to track Williams to Miami-Dade County thanks to his YouTube page, a little-viewed collection of bizarre videos. The videos also placed him in the area of Palm Beach Gardens around the time of the murder.
The videos on his page show a man who appears to be severely mentally ill…
“They have chips planted all over my body right and they reading my mind through my ears and they be tearing up my shoes,” the voice says in one video. “For the past 10 years, every city I go to, the police they hit me with electric weapons to give me cancer.”

Miami-Dade police detectives, working with counterparts from Palm Beach Gardens, tracked him down last Friday in Miami. He was questioned, but not initially arrested as he was committed to a hospital under Florida’s Baker Act, which allows for the involuntary commitment of someone who is a danger to himself or others.

https://youtube.com/channel/UClEpMFjC8UfWpyuIb-mq8QQ

 

[Curiousnh]

I'm at a loss for words... unbelievable. I am extremely disappointed in the police.. Wow, just wow. This poor family. Press conference at 10 am. I cannot believe this. Definitely not what anyone was expecting. How horribly sad for everyone impacted by this..

Disappointed in police!?? They worked 24/7 on this case! What are you even talking about? They solved this case with DNA from crime scene and tracked this guy down.

 

[wildebeest]

Lots of questions...how would a homeless man from Miami end up on that sidewalk in PB Gardens?

God Bless the Rogers family.

 

[oviedo]

Shocking news - but very glad LE have their guy and Ryan's family will have justice. just so sad...
JMO
I updated his media thread

 

[Curiousnh]

Well, the guy you copy and pasted above shows his offense date as 11/15

No. That is incorrect. It shows his intake after midnight last night.

 

[Jon KIng]

Another issue is our system has no way to deal with an obviously very mentally ill person with a long history of violence.

 

[Gardens]

Chief criticizes public speculation that parents were involved: "The parents have been nothing other than forthright and cooperative with us."

Yet they did nothing to stem those rumors. The fact that police said they were close to ruling out foul play and the mom describing a bike accident, followed by the announcement that it was homicide fueled those rumors. They said so little during the investigation that they shouldn’t have mentioned ruling out foul play (especially given the murder weapon).

 

[Moxiegrl]

This is one of the videos the suspect posted the day after Ryan was found.

 

[WebUser1000]

I sifted though his videos and he seems to have taken a train on the 15th and somehow made his way up North. One video shows he's in Boynton and one of the last posted that day was on 45th Street. Assuming he really is the guilty party, he seemed to know enough not to post anything from when he was in the Gardens.

 

[Moxiegrl]

I sifted though his videos and he seems to have taken a train on the 15th and somehow made his way up North. One video shows he's in Boynton and one of the last posted that day was on 45th Street. Assuming he really is the guilty party, he seemed to know enough not to post anything from when he was in the Gardens.

I noticed. He posts a TON of videos on the 17th, and not much from the afternoon of the 15th til the 16th. I am not a psychiatrist or a doctor, but he seems to think a lot of people are following him trying to hurt him. It sounds like Ryan was in the very wrong place at the wrong time. Awful.

 

[Gardens]

Another issue is our system has no way to deal with an obviously very mentally ill person with a long history of violence.

This unfortunately is a major issue that limited progress has been made on. So much money is dedicated to repeat incarceration but that doesn’t fix the cause of many cases.

 

[MoeInVA]

I sifted though his videos and he seems to have taken a train on the 15th and somehow made his way up North. One video shows he's in Boynton and one of the last posted that day was on 45th Street. Assuming he really is the guilty party, he seemed to know enough not to post anything from when he was in the Gardens.

Thanks for this analysis! And if he didn't post anything from his time in PBG to avoid self-incrimination, that would seem like compelling evidence of knowledge of guilt. Especially given how many videos he posted in the surrounding days.

Just to add - it also *may* be possible that law enforcement could have had youtube take some videos off line. Just a possibility. Not sure if that's been done on other cases. Usually you just see platforms remove entire accounts in my experience. But it seems like a possibility. MOO

 

[Curiousnh]

I noticed. He posts a TON of videos on the 17th, and not much from the afternoon of the 15th til the 16th. I am not a psychiatrist or a doctor, but he seems to think a lot of people are following him trying to hurt him. It sounds like Ryan was in the very wrong place at the wrong time. Awful.

I am worried Ryan had met him and was bringing him food or something to help him. Just a gut feeling nothing hs been said.

 

[kinder]

Lots of questions...how would a homeless man from Miami end up on that sidewalk in PB Gardens?

God Bless the Rogers family.

There is the Brightline train that runs from Miami to West Palm area. I have no knowledge of how he traveled though. There's also the Tri-Rail train I believe.