Roger Nicholas Angleton
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- Gender
- male
- Country
- USA
- Location
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Date of birth
- 1942
- Age at first offence
- 55
- Characteristics
- —
- Victim profile
- Doris Angleton (his sister-in law)
- Method of murder
- Shooting
- Date(s) of murder
- April 16, 1997
- Years active
- 1997
- Date of arrest
- —
- Status
-
Died in custody
Committed suicide in a Houston prison cell on February 7, 1998
Case overview
Roger Nicholas Angleton (1942 – February 7, 1998) was the man who confessed to murdering his sister-in law Doris Angleton in her River Oaks home in Houston, Texas.
Roger Angleton was 55 years old at the time of the murder.
Background
On April 16, 1997, the very day Doris died, Roger missed a court date on drug-related charges.
Roger had a previous history of disobedience. He had been expelled from several schools and sent to a military academy. Roger was never as successful as his brother was, even while he was in Houston.
Roger’s comical nature included dressing up as a rabbit at a Halloween party.
Roger’s problems started when Robert deemed Roger unfit to help him with his bookmaking scheme, and fired him.
The offence
Roger shot up Robert’s condominium in 1991.
Roger sent numerous messages attempting extortion on different occasions prior to the murder of Robert’s wife Doris.
Investigation and charges
The Texas prosecutor charged that the murder fulfilled a contract between Roger and Robert, intended to prevent exposure of Robert’s illegal bookmaking.
That lesser crime was exposed anyway, but Robert was acquitted of killing Doris in the state trial.
Robert had been arrested for similar charges by the United States Department of Justice.
Suicide and confession
Roger Angleton committed suicide in a Houston prison cell on February 7, 1998 by cutting himself fifty times with several razor blades.
He admitted, in his suicide note, to killing Doris as part of an extortion plot.
He may or may not have lied about Robert’s role.
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