On Halloween morning in 1984, a masked gunman lay in wait inside a garage in the tiny Stephens County community of Caddo, Texas. When oilman and civic leader Sammy Martin Rogers went to investigate a report of a prowler, he was confronted at gunpoint and fatally shot in front of his family.<br /><br />Rogers was widely known and deeply respected, a self-made oilman, school board trustee, hospital board member, and lifelong resident of Caddo. His killing stunned a quiet rural community and launched a massive manhunt involving local law enforcement, Texas Rangers, roadblocks, and aerial searches. Despite the scale of the response, the gunman vanished without a trace.<br /><br />In the months and years that followed, investigators chased hundreds of leads, offered substantial rewards, released composite sketches, and examined every possible motive: robbery, personal conflict, business disputes, even a professional hit. None led to an arrest.<br /><br />More than forty years later, the murder of Sammy Rogers remains unsolved. The case left behind a town suspended in unanswered questions, a family who witnessed the violence firsthand, and an investigation that went cold almost as quickly as the killer disappeared.<br /><br />If you have any information about the murder of Sammy Martin Rogers, please call the Stephens County Sheriff’s Office at (254) 559-2481.<br /><br />Sources: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Abilene Reporter-News<br /><br />You can support gone cold and listen to the show ad-free at https://patreon.com/gonecoldpodcast<br /><br />Find us at https://www.gonecold.com<br /><br />For Gone Cold merch, visit https://gonecold.dashery.com<br /><br />Follow gone cold on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, and X. Search @gonecoldpodcast at all or just click https://linknbio.com/gonecoldpodcast<br /><br />#JusticeForSammyRogers #Caddo #StephensCounty #TX #Texas #TrueCrime #TexasTrueCrime #ColdCase #TrueCrimePodcast #Podcast #ColdCase #Unsolved #MissingPerson #Missing #Murder #UnsolvedMurder #UnsolvedMysteries #Homicide #CrimeStories #PodcastRecommendations #CrimeJunkie #MysteryPodcast<br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/gone-cold-texas-true-crime--3203003/support</a>.