Ex-pro skateboarder 'Gator' Rogowski up for parole again

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Former professional skateboarder Mark "Gator" Rogowski, who used to be convicted of raping and murdering a girl in Carlsbad 30 years in the past, will make his fourth plea for parole Thursday.

Rogowski used to be sentenced to 31 years to existence in the back of bars for the 1991 killing of 22-year-old Jessica Bergsten, who was struck over the top with a metal steerage wheel lock, raped and suffocated.

Her skeletal stays have been discovered buried in a shallow grave in a remote a part of the wasteland in Imperial County. Rogowski confessed to the killing weeks later.

Now 54, Rogowski was once denied parole in 2011 and 2016. In late 2019, he was granted parole, however the decision was reversed ultimate 12 months by way of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Thursday morning's listening to will likely be held behind closed doors at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, the place Rogowski is incarcerated.

The San Diego County District Attorney's Office plans to argue that Rogowski "remains an unreasonable risk of danger to society" and must stay at the back of bars. One of Bergsten's family members could also be anticipated to attend the hearing and supply a commentary to the parole board outlining the murder's impacts at the circle of relatives.

"The family and friends of Jessica Bergsten deserve the continued promise of justice in this case," San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan stated. "Our office has a responsibility to argue strongly against releasing this violent defendant. We handle hundreds of parole hearings each year, doing our best when it's appropriate to make sure dangerous criminals are not released and crime victims are given a voice."

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