A suspect accused of fatally stabbing a Palm Beach Gardens teenager more than four years ago is set to go to trial this Friday. The case centers on the brutal killing of 14-year-old Ryan Rogers, whose life was cut short in November 2021.
Rogers was riding his bike near his home when police said he was randomly attacked and stabbed to death by Semmie Williams Jr., a “homeless drifter” who had no ties to the community or the teen.
Suspect indicted by grand jury in fatal stabbing of Ryan Rogers
On the day of the attack, Nov. 15, 2021, Rogers told his mother he was going for a bike ride around 6:40 p.m. It was the last time she would see him alive.
Less than an hour later, investigators said the boy crossed paths with Williams along Central Boulevard…