Kimberly Clupper
Kendra Carnes
Man charged with two Massillon murders also accused of threatening to shoot another person
The man charged with murdering two women was arrested early this week after he threatened to shoot someone.
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The man charged Friday with the murders of two women in separate incidents also was arrested earlier this week after he threatened to shoot someone, police say.
Massillon police were called to a southeast side address on Wednesday for a domestic dispute involving Leeroy Wilbert Rogers Sr., 58, of 742 Sunset Place SE.
When police arrived, they found a loaded .380 handgun in the residence.
Rogers was arrested and charged with domestic violence, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, and having weapons under disability, a third-degree felony.
He was arraigned the same day and entered a not guilty plea to the domestic violence charge.
On Friday, Massillon police charged Rogers will two counts of felony aggravated murder in the deaths this year of Kimberly S. Clupper and Kendra Carnes.
Detective David McConnell said Rogers had an extensive criminal history. Rogers, who is originally from the area, had lived in Texas for some time before returning to Massillon in 2013.
Clupper, 47, of Massillon, was found dead from gunshot wounds April 11 in South Sippo Park.
Carnes’ body was found Aug. 5 in Newman Creek by teenagers fishing in the creek. The 23-year-old was from Waynesburg. Police had not released the cause of her death.
Investigators from the police department and Bureau of Criminal Investigation, who assisted in both cases, had acknowledged the similarities in the murder but would not say at the time if they were related.
Both woman had tattoos and both were found in or near water.
Police released no further details on Friday. Officials thanked the BCI for their help in the investigations.
According to Stark County court records, Rogers also was charged Thursday with second-degree misdemeanor criminal damaging in a separate incident.
Bond was set at $10,000 and he was released to the Massillon Police Department.
He was to be booked into the Stark County Jail.
A hearing on the murder charges and other charges is scheduled for 10 a.m. Oct. 14.
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