Video allegedly shows missing Alabama mother fatally struck by car before her body was hauled off and burned
The alleged murder of an Alabama mother who had been missing for days was captured on video, footage that helped to an arrest and the discovery of the victim’s remains.
Autumn Paige Strickland, 38, was last seen Friday near the Stricklin Hotel on North Court Street in Florence.
Police now say she was killed on Saturday, and detailed in court records how the killing took place.
Logan Rogers, 28, is charged with murder in Strickland’s slaying. He was already awaiting trial for threatening to kill his parents, court records show.
Charging documents against Rogers made public Wednesday say Strickland was hit twice by a Kia Soul driven by the suspect.
“Video evidence supports that Logan Rogers struck the victim twice and that is act was intentional due to the location and manner in which it was carried out,” Det. Justin Adams wrote in his criminal complaint.
The killing happened in the 1600 block of North Wood Avenue.
The detective wrote that Rogers struck Strickland with the car once, circled around and then hit her a second time.
Thirty minutes later, video shows, Rogers returned to the scene with a pickup truck and put what investigators believe was Strickland’s body into the vehicle.
Strickland’s cell phone was later found in the exact location that she was hit by the car, Adams wrote.
Police arrested Rogers at his home in the 2200 block of North Wood Street and then carried out a search warrant at his home.
The remains of a missing Alabama woman were recovered Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at the Florence home of Logan Rogers who is charged with murder.(Ashley Remkus)
WAFF reported that, according to investigators, Strickland’s body was found in a burn barrel on Rogers’ property. It’s believed that he tried to burn her body, the television station reported.
Capt. Jason Fort previously said the found remains were being sent to a forensics lab for proper identification.
The relationship between the suspect and the victim has not been disclosed.
Strickland left behind a young daughter.
Rogers underwent an Aniah’s Law hearing Wednesday and was denied bond.
“Due to the brutal nature of the alleged offense and the defendant’s history of domestic violence, the court finds that no conditions or set of conditions can adequately ensure the safety of the public,” Lauderdale County District Judge Will Motlow wrote in his order.
Autumn Paige Strickland(Contributed)
Court records show Rogers was arrested earlier this year in Marion County on charges of making a terrorist threat and domestic violence involving his parents.
Rogers reportedly was often violent toward his parents and threatened to kill them, records show.
His mother obtained a protection from abuse order earlier this year, chronicling the threats and fear.
“I never know from one minute til the next how he will be,” she wrote. “The least little thing set’s him off.”
“I’m physically and mentally traumatized,” she wrote.
A preliminary hearing for Rogers is set for July.