[chris]

Oba Chandler 056979
Union Correctional Institution
7819 N.W. 228th St.
Raiford, FL 32083

Chandler, an aluminum building contractor, was convicted of killing 36-year-old Joan ("Jo") Rogers, and her daughters, Michelle (17) and Christe (14), on June 1, 1989. They were on a Florida vacation; it was the first time they had left the state of Ohio and their family farm. Authorities believe the women became lost and encountered Chandler, who gave them directions and offered to meet them again later to take them on a sunset cruise of Tampa Bay. The women were known to have left Orlando that morning around 9 a.m. and checked in at the Days Inn on State Route 60 at 12:30 p.m. Camera snapshots found in the car showed the last picture of Michelle while she was alive and even the sun setting on the same bay where their lives would later end. They were last seen alive at the hotel restaurant around 7:30 p.m. It is believed they boarded Chandler's boat at the dock on the Courtney Campbell Causeway between 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. and were dead by 3 a.m.

The women's bodies were found floating in Tampa Bay on June 4, 1989, bound hand and foot with cement blocks tied to their necks and duct tape over their mouths (to prevent screaming) but not their eyes (for them to see what was happening). Autopsies indicated the women had been thrown into the water while still alive. This was bolstered by the water found in the lungs and the fact that Michelle had freed one arm from her bonds before succumbing. The partially dressed bodies of all three women indicated that the underlying crime was sexual assault. The blocks were tied on their necks to make sure they died from either suffocation or drowning, and to make sure the bodies were never found. The bodies were found when they bloated due to decomposition and floated to the surface.

The women would not be positively identified until a week later by which time they were reported missing by the husband and father, Hal Rogers, in Ohio. A housekeeper noted on June 8 that nothing in the room had been disturbed, and that beds had not been slept in. She contacted the general manager who then contacted the police. Fingerprint matches were made to the bodies from those found in the room. Final confirmation came from dental records sent from the Rogers' dentist in Ohio. Marine researchers at Florida International University studied the currents and patterns from and confirmed that they were tossed from a boat and not from a bridge or dry land and that it had happened anywhere from two to five days before they were found. This was confirmed when the Rogers' car, a 1984 Oldsmobile Calais with Ohio license plates, was found at the boat dock on the causeway.

[Johnny Wadd]

I'm amazed that this useless cunt is still breathing,come on Florida DoC,kill this 'orrible cunt

[holierthanthou]

sick motherfucker
i say we let spiders eat his balls

[imbok]

The fact that this oxygen waster still lives and breathes is a testament to the failure of our judicial system. Time from conviction to completion of appeals to DEATH should be 60 days or less.