Richard W. Rogers

Richard Rogers in court

Closing arguments from both sides were brief on November 11, as reported by the Metrowest Daily News.� Prosecutor William Heisler reiterated the circumstantial and physical evidence that linked Rogers to the crimes from all four cases.

• Mulcahy had disappeared after attending a business meeting in Manhattan, and he'd been seen in a gay bar that Rogers frequented.� There were sixteen fingerprints on bags that wrapped his remains.�
• Marrero, a known gay hustler from Manhattan, was found killed, cut up, and also wrapped in plastic before being dumped in NJ.� A palm print and two fingerprints linked him to Rogers.
• Peter Anderson, whose parts were found in Pennsylvania, was a gay man who had attended a meeting in Manhattan.� A palm print and eighteen fingerprints on the bags that wrapped his parts were matched to Rogers.
• Michael Sakara was seen with Rogers at a gay bar the evening before his body parts were found wrapped in several bags.
• Rogers's employment records from Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan indicated that he'd taken a few days off during the time of each of the four murders.

Defense attorney Ruhnke argued that with no crime scene, New Jersey had no jurisdiction; he also challenged that his client's fingerprints on bags were proof enough that he'd committed murder.� They had the wrong man.

By the middle of the afternoon on November 11, the jury retired to consider the arguments on both sides.

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