the rogers women were all buried on june 13, 1989 after a funeral service at the zion lutheral church in their hometown of willshire, ohio. about 300 people among them family and friends of the victims attended the service. numerous police officers were also present to keep all news media and crews out of the church during the funeral service, this because of the huge media interest for the case by media at the time. chandler was tried and found guilty of the murders, and sentenced to death on november 4, 1994. after sentencing, the jury forewoman commented regarding the death sentence that "they need to do this swiftly. the man is a mutation of a human being and he needs to be destroyed." in july 2008, it was revealed that chandler was on florida's short-list of executions.