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MARIA EDWARDS TOLD HER MATHEW HODGKINSON ASKED HER TO GO DOWNSTAIRS AND PRAY FOR
KIMMIE SCOTT-ROGERS AND THAT HE WAS GOING TO LAY DOWN WITH SCOTT ROGERS AND TAKE A NAP.
DARLA OCONNOR STATED THAT MARIA EDWARDS ADVISED HER THAT SHE THEN WENT DOWNSTAIRS
AND AS SHE WALKED ONTO THE SCREENED IN PORCH SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE. MARIA EDWARDS
ADVISED DARLA EDWARDS THAT SHE THEN CALLED 911 AND AS SHE WAS ON THE PHONE SHE HEARD
TWO MORE GUNSHOTS. DARLA OCONNOR STATED THAT SHE AND TAVIA THEN WENT TO SCOTT ROGERS 'f
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RESIDENCE ON DAISY AVENUE IN SAINT GABRIEL, LA. DARLA OCONNOR STATED THAT MARIA EDWARDS
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TOLD HER THAT MATHEW HODGKINSON REFUSED TO GO TO COURT AND NEVER LEFT THE HOUSE THAT
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DAY. DARLA OCONNOR STATED THAT SHE CONTACTED CAPT. SNELSON BECAUSE WHAT MARIA
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EDWARDS TOLD HER CONTRADICTED WHAT SHE SAW ON THE NEWS. DARLA OCONNOR STATED THAT
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SCOTT ROGERS ONCE TOLD HER THAT HE GOES TO THE CASINO ALL THE TIME AND THAT L'AUBERGE
GAVE HIM THE BLACK MERCEDES TO DRIVE BECAUSE HE WAS A TV PERSONALITY. THE INTERVIEW OF
DARLA OCONNOR WAS RECORDED TO DVD+R. A COPY OF THE INTERVIEW WAS PACKAGED AS
EVIDENCE. LATER THAT AFTERNOON CAPT. SNELSON RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM DARLA OCONNOR
WHICH CONTAINED TEXT MESSAGE INFORMATION BETWEEN DARLA OCONNOR AND MATHEW
HODGKINSON, DARLA OCONNOR AND SCOTT ROGERS, AND DARLA OCONNOR AND MARIA EDWARDS. A
COPY OF THE TEXT MESSAGES WAS RECORDED TO CDR-D, PACKAGED AS EVIDENCE, AND TURNED OVER
TO DET. PONSON.
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CAPT. SNELSON OBTAINED A SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM FOR THE PLAYER CARD INFORMATION FROM
L'AUBERGE CASINO FOR THE PLAYER'S CARD FOR SCOTT ROGERS AND MATHEW HODGKINSON. THE
SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM WAS EIVIAILED TO THE DIRECTOR OF COMPLIANCE AT L'AUBERGE CASINO.

ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2014 IVIARIA EDWARDS AND HER ATTORNEY, CHRIS ALEXANDER, CAME TO
THE IBERVILLE PARISH COURTHOUSE FOR AN INTERVIEW. MARIA EDWARDS WAS INTERVIEWED BY MAJ.
HEBERT AND CAPT. SNELSON. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT SHE WAS AT SCOTT ROGERS HOUSE ON
AUGUST 24, 2014. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT ON AUGUST 15, 2014 SCOTT ROGERS CHILDREN WERE
TAKEN AWAY AND THIS MADE HIM VERY SAD. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT SCOTT ROGERS CHANGED
FROM A VERY HAPPY MAN TO A SAD, DEPRESSED MAN. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT SHE WAS A COPASTOR AT THE CHURCH WITH SCOTT ROGERS. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT DURING A
CONFERENCE CALL WITH THE CHURCH BOARD HE EXPLAINED THAT HE FILLED OUT SOME !MIGRATION
FORMS WRONG. SCOTT ROGERS TOLD THE CHURCH BOARD ABOUT THE ENGLAND CASE 20 YEARS AGO
WHERE HE WAS AQUITTED SO HE CHECKED NO ON THE !MIGRATION FORMS ABOUT EVER BEING
ARRESTED. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT MATHEW HODGKINSON SPOKE WITH AN !MIGRATION
ATTORNEY WHO ADVISED HIM THAT WAS A MAJOR OFFENSE AGAINST THE U.S. AND WAS A LIE.
BECAUSE OF THAT LIE SCOTT ROGERS CITIZENSHIP WAS GOING TO BE NULLIFIED AND BECAUSE KIMMIE
SCOTT-ROGERS CITIZENSHIP DEPENDED ON SCOTT ROGERS CITIZENSHIP HERS WOULD BE NULLIFIED
ALSO WHICH WOULD CAUSE MATHEW HODGKINSON CITIZENSHIP TO BE NULLIFIED. MARIA EDWARDS
STAi-ED THAT SCOTT ROGERS, KIMMllE SCOTT-ROGERS, AND MATHEW HODGKINSON ALL BELIEVED
THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE PICKED UP, PUT IN JAIL, AND DEPORTED BACK TO ENGLAND. MARIA
EDWARDS STATED THAT SETH DORNIER HAD. TOLD THEM ONCE THEY WERE PICKED UP THEY COULD NO
LONGER CONDUCT ANY BUSINESS IN THE STATES SO SCOTT ROGERS WROTE A POWER OF ATTORNEY
AND LEFT INSTRUCTIONS SO SHE (MARIA) COULD HANDLE THEIR AFFAIRS ONCE THEY WERE PICKED UP.
MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT SETH DORNIER NOTORIZED THE POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SHE FOLDED
THAT ALONG WITH OTHER INFORMATION (INSTRUCTIONS, PASSWORDS, ECT.
HEM INTO A ZIP
LOCK BAG. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT THIS WOULD ALSO NU
DOPTION.
HE WAS TWO YEARS
MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT SCOTT ROGERS
WAS DESPERATE, CRYING, NOT EATING, AND DID
OLD. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT SCOTT ROGERS
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NOT WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT THE CHILDREN. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT WHEN SHE WOULD PRAY
WITH SCOTT ROGERS HE WOULD USUALLY CALM DOWN. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT ON SUDAY,
AUGUST 24, 2014 AFTER CHURCH SHE WENT TO VISIT SCOTT ROGERS AT HIS RESIDENCE AND LATER
THAT EVENING WHEN SHE WENT TO LEAVE SCOTT ROGERS ASKED HER TO STAY SO SHE DID. MARIA
EDWARDS STATED THAT SHE STAYED AT HIS HOUSE UP UNTIL THE SHOOTING ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
2Z, 2014. MARIA EDWARDS STATED THAT ON THE EVENING OF TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2014 MATHEW

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ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 THE LATENT PRINT PROCESSING (ON THE FOUR HANDWRITTEN
LETTERS LOCATED ON THE NIGHTSTAND AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING, THE PICTURE OF
THE GLOCK 9MM MODEL 19 PISTOL WITH SERIAL NUMBER
RTE509, ONE MAGAZINE, AND THE ELEVEN 9MM CARTRIDGES,) REPORT FROM THE LA STATE POLICE
CRIME LAB WAS RELEASED. THE REPORT STATED THAT LATENT PRINTS WERE DEVELOPED ON THE
LETTERS. DOCUMENTATION OF THESE PRINTS CONSISTS OF SIX DIGITAL IMAGES AND THESE PRINTS
WERE FORWARDED FOR LATENT PRINT COMPARISON. NO LATENT PRINTS WERE DEVELOPED ON THE
PISTOL, THE MAGAZINE, THE CARTRIDGES, OR THE PICTURE. (SEE LA ST ATE POLICE CRIME LAB
SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS REPORT)

ON OCTOBER 02, 2014 THE FIREARMS EXAMINATION REPORT ON THE TWO 9MM CARTRIDGE CASES, THE
ONE PROJECTILE (BULLET), THE ELEVEN 9MM ROUNDS, AND THE GLOCK MODEL 19 9MM PISTOL SERIAL
NUMBER RTE509 FROM THE LA STATE POLICE CRIME LAB WAS RELEASED. THE REPORT STATED THAT
THE TWO 9MM CARTRIDGE CASES WERE DETERMINED TO HAVE BEEN FIRED FROM THE GLOCK PISTOL
MODEL 19(SERIAL NUMBER RTE5019). THE PROJECTILE (BULLET) WAS DETERMINED TO HAVE ALSO
BEEN FIRED FROM THE GLOCK PISTOL MODEL 19 (SERIAL NUMBER RTE509). (SEE LA STATE POLICE
CRIME LAB SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS REPORT)

ON OCTOBER 07, 2014 THE DNA REPORT PERFORMED BY THE LA STATE POLICE CRIME LAB ON THE
FIREARM USED IN THE SHOOTING, THE ELEVEN 9MM CARTRIDGES (ROUNDS) LOCATED IN THE MAGAZINE
IN THE GUN, THE TWO CARTRIDGE CASES RECOVERED FROM THE SCENE, AND FINGERNAIL CLIPPINGS
COLLECTED FROM SCOTT ROGERS AT HIS AUTOPSY WAS RELEASED. THE CRIME LAB PERFORMED DNA
SWABS ON THE CARTRIDGE CASES, THE CARTRIDGES, THE GLOCK 9MM MODEL 19 (SERIAL NUMBER
RTE508), THE MAGAZINE, AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT HAND FINGERNAIL CLIPPINGS. THE REPORT STATED
THAT THE SWABS WERE PROCESSED FOR DNA. THE REPORT STATED THAT THE DNA PROFILE OBTAINED
FROM THE SWAB FROM THE ROUGH SURFACES OF THE PISTOL WAS CONSISTENT WITH BEING A
MIXTURE OF DNA FROM AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUALS, ONE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR AND AT LEAST ONE
MINOR CONTRIBUTOR. MATHEW HODGKINSON CANNOT BE EXCLUDED AS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR
AND SCOTT ROGERS CANNOT BE EXCLUDED AS THE MINOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS PROFILE. THE
REPORT ALSO STATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL ALLELE WAS PRESENT WHICH WAS INCONSISTENT WITH
THE DNA PROFILES OF SCOTT ROGERS AND MATHEW HODGKINSON. THE REPORT STATED THAT THE
DNA PROFILE OBTAINED FROM THE SWAB FROM THE SMOOTH SURFACES OF THE PISTOL WAS
CONSISTENT WITH BEING A MIXTURE OF DNA FROM AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUALS. SCOTT ROGERS AND
MATHEW HODGKINSON CANNOT BE EXCLUDED AS CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS PROFILE. THE REPORT ALSO
STATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL ALLELE WAS PRESENT WHICH WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE DNA
PROFILES OF SCOTT ROGERS AND MATHEW HODGKINSON. THE DNA PROFILE OBTAINED FROM THE
SWAB OF THE MAGAZINE WAS CONSISTENT WITH BEING A MIXTURE OF DNA FROM AT LEAST THREE
INDIVIDUALS, ONE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR AND AT LEAST TWO MINOR CONTRIBUTORS. MATHEW
HODGKINSON CANNOT BE EXCLUDED A THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS PROFILE AND DUE TO THE
NATURE OF THE MINOR PROFILE, NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE REGARDING THE INCLUSION OR
EXCLUSION OF ANY CONTRIBUTOR. THE REPORT STATED THAT MATHEW HODGKINSON CANNOT BE
EXCLUDED AS THE DONOR OF THE DNA PROFILE OBTAINED FROM THE SWAB FROM THE CARTRIDGE
CASES. THE REPORT STATED THAT THE PARTIAL DNA PROFILE OBTAINED FROM THE SWAB FROM THE
CARTRIDGES WAS CONSISTENT WITH BEING A MIXTURE OF DNA FROM AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUALS. DUE
TO THE NATURE OF THE PROFILE, NO CONCLUSIONS CAN BE MADE REGARDING THE INCLUSION OR
EXCLUSION OF ANY CONTRIBUTOR. THE REPORT STATED THAT THE DNA PROFILE OBTAINED FROM THE
SWAB FROM THE LEFT HAND FINGERNAIL CLIPPINGS WAS CONSISTENT WITH BEING A MIXTURE OF DNA
FROM TWO INDIVIDUALS, ONE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR AND ONE MINOR CONTRIBUTOR. SCOTT ROGERS
CANNOT BE EXCLUDED AS THE MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS PROFILE. THE MINOR CONTRIBUTOR WAS
PRESENT AT SUCH A LOW CONCENTRATION THAT A VALID DNA PROFILE COULD NOT BE OBTAINED. THE
REPORT STATED THAT SCOTT ROGERS CANNOT BE EXCLUDED AS THE DONOR OF THE DNA PROFILE
OBTAINED FROM THE SWAB FROM THE RIGHT HAND FINGERNAIL CLIPPINGS. AN ADDITIONAL ALLELE
WAS PRESENT WHICH WAS INCONSISTENT WITH THE DNA PROFILE OF SCOTT ROGERS. (SEE LA STATE
POLICE CRIME LAB SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS REPORT)

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