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Roger Mark
SCOTT
Classification: Murderer
Characteristics: To
collect insurance money
Number of victims: 1
Date of murder: December 2,
1989
Date of arrest:
Next day
Date of birth: June
4,
1948
Victim profile: Christopher Milke, 4 (his
roommates's son)
Method of murder:
Shooting
Location: Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
Status: Sentenced to death on April 22, 1991
United States Court of
Appeals For the Ninth Circuit
Date of Birth:
June 4, 1948
Defendant: CAUCASIAN
Victim: Caucasian
On December 2, 1989, James Lynn
Styers filed a missing child report, advising police that his
roommates's son, Christopher Milke (age 4), had disappeared during their
visit to Metrocenter mall. Roger Mark Scott was present with Styers.
On December 3, 1989, Scott
admitted during a police interview that he had accompanied Styers the
previous day to a desert wash in the area of 99th Avenue and Jomax Road
where Styers shot and killed Christopher Milke.
Styers agreed to provide Scott
with $250 to file a social security claim. Styers believed he would
receive some of Christopher's $5,000 life insurance policy. At the
conclusion of the interview, Mr. Scott led police to the desert area
where they found Christopher Milke's body.
During a police interview, Debra
Jean Milke, Christopher Milke's mother, conceded that she had conspired
with Styers to have her son killed. She indicated that it would be
better to have her son die than grow up like her husband.
PROCEEDINGS
Presiding Judge: David R. Cole
Prosecutor: Noel Levy
Start of Trial: January 15, 1991
Verdict: February 7, 1991
Sentencing: April 22, 1991
Aggravating Circumstances:
Pecuniary gain
Especially heinous/cruel/depraved
Age of victim (4)
Mitigating Circumstances:
Cooperation
Psychological history
Love relationship between defendant and mother
Good conduct while in jail
PUBLISHED OPINIONS
State v. Scott, 177 Ariz. 131, 865 P.2d 792 (1993).
