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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Barbara Rogers &#8216;who fatally shot her doomsday prepper boyfriend in the head blames </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>at their home in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania in July 2017 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rogers has rejected a plea deal for third degree murder, blaming an alien cult for the killing, but prosecutors said Rogers shot Stephen Mineo during a domestic dispute</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rogers, 44, and Stephen Mineo, 32, both survivalists, are said to have belonged to an online cult called &#8216;Sherry Shriner&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rogers is blaming the cult for the tragedy &#8211; that the online </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>alien cult at a point turned against the couple, &#8216;leaving him wanting suicidal&#8217;, and he asked</strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong> her to kill him</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>She claims Mineo told her to pull the trigger after putting the gun to his head himself &#8211; </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rogers then called 911, according to investigators, telling them: &#8216;My boyfriend had a gun. He told me to hold it here and press the trigger&#8217; </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>In 2017 the alleged cult leader, Sherry Shriner, defended herself from allegations. </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The focus of the cult she said is on aliens, the end of the world and &#8216;fake news&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Rogers has already rejected a guilty plea deal of third-degree murder which carries a 15-year maximum at sentencing</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone wp-image-312622" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Barbara-Rogers-1-261x300.jpg" alt="" width="614" height="706" /><strong>No deal: Murder suspect</strong> <strong>Barbara Rogers, [photo], admits shooting her boyfriend Stephen Mineo dead in 2017. She rejected a plea deal and blames an online alien cult for turning against them</strong></h6>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A Pennsylvania woman accused of <a href="https://konniemoments.com/2017/07/17/he-asked-to-be-killed-florida-woman-charged-in-penn-sylvania-with-criminal-homicide-in-the-death-of-her-boyfriend-barbara-rogers-claims-steven-mineo-told-her-he-wanted-to-die-because-of-cult/">shooting her boyfriend in the head</a> has blamed an online alien cult for turning against them and leaving him wanting to die. <br /><a href="http://ronmat96.fxexperts.hop.clickbank.net"><img src="https://www.wallstreet-forex.com/images/banners/wsfr_2_evolution_768x90_1.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto"></a>Barbara Rogers, 44, killed Stephen Mineo, 32, during a dispute at their home in Tobyhanna in July of 2017, prosecutors say.<br />The couple are said to have belonged to the online &#8220;Sherry Shriner&#8221; cult, which focuses on aliens and the end of the world, <a class="class" href="https://wnep.com/2019/03/25/homicide-trial-woman-claims-online-alien-cult-led-to-deadly-shooting/?utm_source=fark&;utm_medium=website&;utm_content=link&;ICID=ref_fark" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WNEP</a> reports.<br />Rogers says that after the cult turned against them both, doomsday prepper Mineo wanted her to kill him, Monroe County Courthouse heard. <br />They had both been drinking until the early hours on the night of the shooting, according to prosecutors.<br /><iframe style="border: none;" src="//rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?o=1&;p=12&;l=ur1&;category=primeent&;banner=167KTXY4JXQWA6K8A502&;f=ifr&;lc=pf4&;linkID=951baa4a157e269a6f3fb50a9fb8f31b&;t=konniemomen0a-20&;tracking_id=konniemomen0a-20" width="300" height="250" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <iframe style="border: none;" src="//rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?o=1&;p=12&;l=ur1&;category=amzn_firetv_decembertpr&;banner=1RGY50AZXV9P03PBXYR2&;f=ifr&;lc=pf4&;linkID=d2ce3432e3c9d5af3e2cb332142dd0cd&;t=konniemomen0a-20&;tracking_id=konniemomen0a-20" width="300" height="250" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe> <br />When they got home Mineo is said have suggested shooting his gun in the woods behind his home. <br />Rogers claims it was when they went back into the home Mineo told her to pull the trigger after putting the gun to his own head and placing her hands on the weapon. <br />She then called 911, according to investigators, telling them: &#8216;My boyfriend had a gun. He told me to hold it here and press the trigger. Oh my God, he&#8217;s dead.&#8217;</p>
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<p><strong>Related article:<br /></strong><a href="https://konniemoments.com/2017/07/17/he-asked-to-be-killed-florida-woman-charged-in-penn-sylvania-with-criminal-homicide-in-the-death-of-her-boyfriend-barbara-rogers-claims-steven-mineo-told-her-he-wanted-to-die-because-of-cult/"><img class="attachment-loop wp-post-image jetpack-lazy-image jetpack-lazy-image--handled alignleft" src="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/barbara-rogers-3.png?resize=174%2C131&;ssl=1" alt="" width="106" height="80" data-attachment-id="215430" data-permalink="https://konniemoments.com/2017/07/17/he-asked-to-be-killed-florida-woman-charged-in-penn-sylvania-with-criminal-homicide-in-the-death-of-her-boyfriend-barbara-rogers-claims-steven-mineo-told-her-he-wanted-to-die-because-of-cult/barbara-rogers-3/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/barbara-rogers-3.png?fit=445%2C210&;ssl=1" data-orig-size="445,210" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{";aperture";:";0";,";credit";:";";,";camera";:";";,";caption";:";";,";created_timestamp";:";0";,";copyright";:";";,";focal_length";:";0";,";iso";:";0";,";shutter_speed";:";0";,";title";:";";,";orientation";:";0";}" data-image-title="Barbara Rogers 3" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/barbara-rogers-3.png?fit=300%2C142&;ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/barbara-rogers-3.png?fit=445%2C210&;ssl=1" data-lazy-loaded="1" /></a><a href="https://konniemoments.com/2017/07/17/he-asked-to-be-killed-florida-woman-charged-in-penn-sylvania-with-criminal-homicide-in-the-death-of-her-boyfriend-barbara-rogers-claims-steven-mineo-told-her-he-wanted-to-die-because-of-cult/">Tangling with religious cult, nay have led woman to fatal shooting boyfriend who told her he wanted to die because of cult Barbara Rogers, 42 is charged with criminal</a> <a title="“He asked to be killed!” Florida woman charged in Penn sylvania with criminal homicide in the death of her boyfriend – Barbara Rogers claims Steven Mineo told her he wanted to die because of cult" href="https://konniemoments.com/2017/07/17/he-asked-to-be-killed-florida-woman-charged-in-penn-sylvania-with-criminal-homicide-in-the-death-of-her-boyfriend-barbara-rogers-claims-steven-mineo-told-her-he-wanted-to-die-because-of-cult/">[&#8230;]</a></p>
<p>Rogers’ defense <a href="https://wgno.com/2019/03/25/woman-claims-online-alien-cult-led-to-her-shooting-killing-boyfriend/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">claimed in opening statements Tuesday that “the shooting was an accident” </a>and happened after Mineo “put the gun to his own head and told her to pull the trigger”. <br />She believed it was unloaded.<br /><iframe style="border: none;" src="//rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?o=1&;p=48&;l=ur1&;category=musicandentertainmentrot&;f=ifr&;linkID=1acfa59eda7772fee98513328d756e41&;t=konniemomen0a-20&;tracking_id=konniemomen0a-20" width="728" height="90" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><br />The Pocono Record reported Rogers, then 42, <a href="https://www.poconorecord.com/news/20170715/tobyhanna-woman-charged-in-fatal-shooting" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">called 911 about 20 minutes after the shooting</a>, and police found 32-year-old Mineo “had been shot at close range in the forehead with a .45-caliber handgun.”<br />Rogers has said the shooting was an accident as she did not know the gun was loaded. But prosecutors argue she <a href="https://fox8.com/2019/03/26/woman-claims-online-alien-cult-led-to-her-shooting-boyfriend-in-the-head/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> “could have prevented it</a><a href="https://fox8.com/2019/03/26/woman-claims-online-alien-cult-led-to-her-shooting-boyfriend-in-the-head/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">”</a>.<br />Rogers has already rejected a guilty plea deal of third-degree murder.<br />Rogers turned down a plea deal to a lesser charge of third-degree murder, which carried a maximum of 15 years in prison, the station reports.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Police lieutenant Steven Williams told <a class="class" href="https://www.pahomepage.com/news/cult-connection-could-be-to-blame-for-deadly-shooting/766775629" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WBRE</a> in 2017: &#8220;[Rogers] identified that the deceased was having online issues with a cult and he wanted to be killed and requested she do it.&#8221;<br />The network reported how cult members were convinced Rogers was a witch or a reptile who wanted to kill Mineo. <br />And the alleged cult leader, Sherry Shriner, defended herself from allegations in a series of posts.<a href="http://ronmat96.gaming777.hop.clickbank.net"><img src="http://www.gamingjobsonline.com/images/banner/banner728x90.jpg" rel="prettyPhoto"></a><br />https://wordpress.com/posts/drafts/konniemoments.com<br />Shriner, who frequently rails against &#8216;fake news&#8217;, &#8216;libtards&#8217;, and the Democratic Party, wrote in 2017: &#8220;I warned [Stephen] she was a Super Soldier who would kill him and move on&#8230; but I&#8217;m the &#8220;false prophet&#8221;.<br />&#8216;Perhaps he finally figured her out..but it was too late for him. It wasn&#8217;t the &#8220;online cult&#8221; that killed him&#8230; they always try and paint me as a cult&#8230;nice try libtards.&#8221;<br />In another post on Sunday night, Shriner railed at her detractors: &#8220;They&#8217;re trying to spin it that I&#8217;m responsible for Steve&#8217;s death? No, Barb is. <br /><iframe style="border: none;" src="//rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?o=1&;p=12&;l=ur1&;category=kuft&;banner=07V9YHKS4HY556H67002&;f=ifr&;lc=pf4&;linkID=b201c7d221c36bec871177c26785085d&;t=konniemomen0a-20&;tracking_id=konniemomen0a-20" width="300" height="250" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><iframe style="border: none;" src="//rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?o=1&;p=12&;l=ur1&;category=amzn_music_bounty&;banner=01ZTJ18Y6PDZG4QH4NG2&;f=ifr&;lc=pf4&;linkID=3801ded11355f2bdbdc35e6f531285b6&;t=konniemomen0a-20&;tracking_id=konniemomen0a-20" width="300" height="250" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">I tried to protect Steve. I tried to warn him about Barbara Rogers and he wouldn&#8217;t listen to me.<br /> &#8220;He thought I was insulting his &#8216;wife&#8217;&#8230;when I was just trying to protect him from her!&#8221;<br />&#8220;I knew what she was!&#8221;<br />&#8220;They want to call me a cult leader? No. I&#8217;m just a humble servant and Messenger of the Most High. I&#8217;ve spent my life serving HIM and for that, I get beat up by Cain&#8217;s kids, libtards, witches, Satanists, and haters everywhere.&#8221;</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone wp-image-312624" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Barbara-Rogers-2-300x216.png" alt="" width="838" height="603" /><strong>Barbara Rogers, [center], appeared at the Monroe County Courthouse this week where she rejected a guilty plea deal of third-degree murder, insisting the Shriner Cult was responsible for the death </strong></h6>
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<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">Rogers claims Mineo told her to pull the trigger after putting the gun to his own head. She then called 911, according to investigators, telling them: &#8216;My boyfriend had a gun. He told me to hold it here and press the trigger. Oh my God, he&#8217;s dead&#8217;.<br />Prosecutors have disputed Rogers’ claim that the killing was an accident and say <a href="https://fox8.com/2019/03/26/woman-claims-online-alien-cult-led-to-her-shooting-boyfriend-in-the-head/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">she “could have prevented it,” reported Fox8</a>.<br />Rogers turned down a plea deal to a lesser charge of third-degree murder, which carried a maximum of 15 years in prison, the station reports.</div>
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‘Alien cult made made me do it’ – Pennsylvania woman, Barbara Rogers, 42, claims online cult pushed her to murder her doomsday prepper boyfriend, Stephen Mineo, 32, after turning against them and leaving him suicidal
