Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charles Rogers (murder suspect)


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The result was   keep. Cirt (talk) 04:58, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

Charles Rogers (murder suspect)

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Basically unsourced biographical article about a (possibly) living person. Everything seems based on one semi-fictional book (see the article about the book). Does not appear to pass WP:BIO and there is no article on the murders themselves to redirect this to. His only notability is as a suspect in a murder. Peripitus (Talk) 12:44, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Crime-related deletion discussions.  -- • Gene93k (talk) 15:22, 4 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep. Subject of a book, and of substantial contemporaneous press coverage in Texas.  While that book was creative non-fiction, the murders and Charles Rogers are referenced in at least three other books.  Also the subject of a published (if wildly implausible) JFK conspiracy theory. THF (talk) 16:39, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete Neutral WP:BLP1E Charles is only know for one event. In general we don't have articles about crime suspects who are still alive, and there is no source to say that he is not alive. Martin 4 5 1  (talk) 18:39, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, he's known for two events; his disappearance after the Ice Box murders of his parents, and for the allegation that he was one of the three tramps on the grassy knoll. And we have lots of articles about crime suspects who are still alive. THF (talk) 20:40, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I still think this is one event, as the allegation of being linked to JFK is as a result of the murders. Also there are almost as many people connected to the JFK assassination as there are ripper suspects. However given his seeming notability I will change to neutral. Martin 4 5 1  (talk) 23:06, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Timotheus Canens (talk) 01:37, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep. His parents' murder ("one of the most macabre double murders in American history") and his disappearance got press coverage years later, and he's been connected to the assassination of JFK (which bizarrely isn't mentioned in the article). Fences  &amp;  Windows  00:06, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * Keep- Its an odd one, yes, but the fact that he's been covered extensively in sources not directly pertaining to the murder help push it over the edge. Alternately, I wonder if a rename might be in order? Cover the event, not the man, after all. Umbralcorax (talk) 04:35, 11 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.