He Served Time for a Machete Attack. Now, He’s Been Arrested in the Fatal Stabbing of a Woman Who Hired Him as a Handyman

Alexander Lee Rogers, 51, was apprehended Tuesday, Aug. 12, in Los Angeles after a week-long manhunt

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  • Alexander Lee Rogers was wanted for murder and attempted murder in Washington state
  • Rogers is accused of fatally stabbing a woman and her brother-in-law who had hired him as a handyman
  • He was on the run for a week before he was apprehended in Los Angeles

A suspect who was wanted for allegedly stabbing a Washington state woman to death and seriously wounding her brother-in-law was captured in Los Angeles after a week-long manhunt, authorities said.

Alexander Lee Rogers, 51, of Longview, Wash., was taken into custody on Tuesday, Aug. 12, in the Koreatown area, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said at a press conference, CBS News reports.

Officers said they had positively identified the wanted suspect and that he was taken into custody without incident, McDonnell said…

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