Episode 326: Lonene "Lonnie" Rogers

The First Degree

Alexis Linkletter and Jac Vanek

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.5 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In the early hours of January 7, 1981, a 29-year-old vibrant young mother of two vanishes from her home in Hayfield Township, Pennsylvania, during a blizzard. All of her belongings—including her wallet, car, glasses, and hearing aids—are left behind in a home that is disturbingly spotless. When questioned, the woman’s husband claims she left in the middle of the night after an argument. Yet despite these claims, the mother is never found, leaving her children with haunting questions about what truly happened that fateful night. In episode 326, Jac and Alexis dive into the tragic disappearance of Lonene “Lonnie” Rogers and her daughter Alison's decades-long quest for the truth.

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0:00.0	The first degree.
0:02.0	First degree.
0:03.0	First degree.
0:04.0	First degree.
0:05.0	First degree.
0:06.0	The first degree.
0:08.0	You see it on the news.
0:10.0	You see it on the paper.
0:11.0	You see it on Facebook.
0:13.0	These things are supposed to happen in movies, not in real life.
0:16.0	There's not one ounce of me that doesn't believe he did it and did something to her.
0:27.4	I don't know what, but I experienced his wrath and his anger.
0:32.2	And so did my brother, and my brother shared stories of him choking him to the point of feeling like he was going to pass out.
0:40.6	And I will tell you that they said the apartment was pristine and there was no blood or anything.
0:47.0	Well, if you choke someone, you don't get those things.
0:51.6	So my hunch is he and a fit of rage choked her. I don't think he
0:58.9	honestly wanted to kill her, but I do believe he was so angry that that's what happened because of
1:06.8	his anger. And then somehow he covered it up.
1:15.8	Welcome to the first degree, the true crime podcast that you might end up on. My name is Jack Vanek. I'm sitting here with Alexis Linkletter. Happy Wednesday, everybody. Happy Wednesday.
1:21.1	Happy hump day. We're so glad that we're here to get you through the week, yet again, another week.
1:29.1	How many years have we been doing first degree at this point? Are we at five?
1:33.3	Five? I think so. Many, many episodes, friends.
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