CHESTER COUNTY, S.C. — A South Carolina man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted in the deaths of his grandparents in Chester County.
Gene Alexzander "Alex" Scott was arrested in 2020 after Gene and Billie Rogers, Scott's grandparents, were found dead in their Chester County home on Father's Day.
Chester County deputies were called to a home on Doe Street in Richburg on June 21, 2020. When deputies arrived, they found 61-year-old Gene Rogers and 78-year-old Billie Rogers dead after they'd been shot. Their deaths were immediately investigated as homicides.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), FBI and military investigators soon joined the case after Gene Alexzander "Alex" Scott was identified as a suspect and a Chester County grand jury indicted Scott on two counts of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime.
Scott was stationed at Camp Lejuene in North Carolina during his time in the Marine Corps. He got out of the Marines in January of 2020.
In January of 2021, six months after the deaths of Gene and Billie Rogers, Scott enlisted in the US Army. He was stationed with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment out of Vilseck, Germany.
Scott, 24, was serving in the U.S. Army in Germany when he was taken into custody. He was escorted by military police into the custody of Chester County deputies on Oct. 23 of 2021.
Almost three years later, after pleading not guilty, the jury found Scott guilty of two counts of murder and possession of a firearm during a violent crime on Thursday, May 23.
Scott was sentenced to 60 years in jail for each murder and five years in jail for a firearms charge.
All sentences will run concurrently. South Carolina law prevents those convicted of murder from being released from jail early. Scott will serve "day-for-day" without the possibility of parole.