The Ice Box Murder Case

An elderly couple was found murdered in their home. Their son, who was suspected of being involved, disappeared and was never found.

Mr. K
4 min readMar 26, 2021
News about the murder.

Charles Frederick Rogers, born on December 30, 1921, was a seismologist, pilot, CIA agent, and concurrently a murder suspect. He disappeared in June 1965 after police found the mutilated bodies of his parents in the refrigerator at their home in Houston. The media named this case the Ice Box Murder case.

Charles Frederick Rogers.

Charles Frederick Rogers (December 30, 1921 — disappeared June 23, 1965) was Fred and Edwina Rogers's son. When he was 21 years old, he enrolled at Texas A&M University, but he dropped out of the campus. Charles then enrolled at the University of Houston, where he eventually graduated and earned a bachelor’s degree in nuclear physics.

During World War II, Charles was a US Navy pilot and joined the Office of Naval Intelligence. Charles seems to have intelligence above…

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