Derek Rogers †
General Information
Gender:	Male
Age:	16
Hair Color:	Brown
Eye Color:	Blue
Marital Status:	Single (At time of death)
Relationships
Family:	Nancy Rogers (Mother)
Romances:	Charlotte Chamberlin (Ex-Girlfriend)
Employer:	Alec Rybak
Series Information
Education:	Arroyo High School
Series Information
Secret(s):	Stole Sutton's laptop, Accidentally caused Sutton to drive her car into the lake (Exposed) Blackmailing Ted Mercer with the secret that he was Sutton's birthfather (Exposed)
Status:	Deceased
First appearance:	Being Sutton
Last appearance:	Dead Man Talking

Derek Rogers was Char's ex-boyfriend and was Alec's spy on Sutton and her friends. In the episode Dead Man Talking, Derek is murdered.

HistoryEdit

Derek appears in a lot of episodes as a minor character he and Charlotte have started dating but In "Sex, Lies, and Hard Knocks High" he breaks up with her because Alec makes him.

His mother doesn't think that enough is being done to find Derek's murderer, and apparently had been trying to contact Alec for days without a response.

DeathEdit

MurderEdit

In Dead Man Talking Derek's body is found beaten to death outside the body shop he worked at.

InvestigationEdit

Initially, the only suspect is Ethan Whitehorse, but the case against him is dismissed due to lack of evidence.

Thayer, Emma, and Ethan believe Alec is the murderer, and work with Dan and Theresa to bring him to justice. Meanwhile, Rebecca receives a photo from an unknown person showing Alec with Derek on the night of his death, holding up a tire iron. Rebecca and Alec marry for spousal privilege- so in the event Alec is investigated, Rebecca would not have to testify against him. Sure enough, the police get a warrant to search the Rybak House, the murder weapon is found in Alec's golf equipment and he is arrested and tried for Derek's murder. However, further evidence is uncovered- a fingerprint on Alec's golf bag as well as a cell phone are discovered that can be traced to a woman named Jessica Whitman, an employee at the Chelsea Creek Country Club who confessed she was paid a great deal of money by a man she never met to frame Alec by placing the murder weapon in his stuff.

Derek knew about the Ted and being Sutton's birth father, may have know about Rebecca being the birth mother and thus knowing about the affair, but may or may not have known about Emma and the fact she is Sutton's twin sister.  Derek was blackmailing Ted for a total sum of 20 thousand dollars. Thayer is likely the person who murdered Derek but the reasons for the murder are unclear.

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