Jordana Rogers, 31, remains in a Nacogdoches County Jail without bond as investigators continue working a murder case in Mansfield.
Rogers was arrested on Monday, December 23, after Nacogdoches deputies were notified about a bloodied man in the 3600 block of FM 225. That man led authorities to Rogers. The report stated that “Deputies became very suspicious of Rogers due to how she was acting and other pertinent facts and evidence discovered on scene.”
After further investigation, Nacogdoches deputies contacted the Mansfield Police Department and asked them to perform a welfare check on Melinda Rogers, Jordana’s mother. Upon entering the home at 1009 Broadway Street in Mansfield, authorities discovered Melinda Kaye Rogers, 57, dead.
Arkansas State Police, who is leading the investigation, found evidence in the home which led investigators to believe Rogers was murdered.
Rogers’ body was sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory to determine the manner and cause of death, which has not yet been released. ASP Public Information Officer Bill Sadler said, “consistent with long-standing policies and practices of the Arkansas State Police and the state’s rules of criminal procedure, we will not make any further statements relating to the case unless an arrest is made and only then with the authorization of the prosecuting attorney of jurisdiction.”
Rogers has been charged in Texas with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
-Full statement released from the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office:
An arrest by the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office has led to the discovery of a Homicide that occurred in Arkansas and has landed the primary suspect in the Nacogdoches County Jail on unrelated charges.
Yesterday afternoon the Sheriff’s Office was advised of a male subject walking in the 3600 block of FM 225 with blood on his face. Deputies arrived on scene and found that the subject had been a victim of an assault. After gathering information deputies would locate the suspect of the assault in the 4200 block of FM 225 on the side of the roadway.
The suspect was identified as Jordana Rogers 31 years of age from Mansfield, Arkansas. Deputies became very suspicious of Rogers due to how she was acting and other pertinent facts and evidence discovered on scene. Rogers was arrested at the scene by deputies for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a 2nd degree felony, and transported to the Nacogdoches County Jail. The assault victim was transported to a local hospital to be treated for injuries that occurred during the assault.
During the assault investigation, the Sergeant over the patrol shift requested dispatch to contact the local law enforcement agency in Mansfield, Arkansas and conduct a welfare check on the suspect’s mother. Deputies did not feel right about the situation and felt that something else had possibly happened.
A short time later the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office was notified by Mansfield Police Department. The Sheriff’s Office was advised that a female had been located at the residence where NCSO had requested a welfare check be conducted at.
The female was found deceased and it appears that the manner of death is a homicide.
Since that time, Investigators with NCSO have been working with the Arkansas State Police who has taken over the homicide investigation in Mansfield, Arkansas.
Jordana Rogers remains in the Nacogdoches County Jail at this time on assault charges. This case remains under investigation at this time. Further updates will be given when they are available to be released.
