Roger Self
Roger Self
Photo of Self's SUV inside the Surf and Turf Lodge restaurant after the crash
Roger Self is a resident of Dallas, North Carolina and the owner of Southeastern Loss Management Inc. On May 20, 2018 he rammed his Jeep SUV into a restaurant after seating his family killing his daughter, Katelyn Self and his daughter-in-law Amanda Self. He was taken into police custody and charged with two counts of murder after the attack.
Biography
Early Life & Education
Roger Self grew up in Dallas, North Carolina and attended North Gaston High School graduating in 1973.
Personal Life
Photo of Roger Self and his daughter Katelyn Self at a sporting event
Roger Self is the husband of Dianne Self.
He is also the father of Katelyn Self and Josh Self. Katelyn Self was a Sheriff's Deputy with the Gaston County Sheriff's Office. Her brother is also a Sheriff's Deputy with the Gaston County Sheriff's Office. The family were practicing Christians and regularly attended Venture Church.
Roger Self's close friend, Austin Rammell was a pastor at Venture Church.
Rammell said that Self had been dealing with mental illness, including anxiety, depression, mental breakdowns in recent months, and had sought medical help.
“Family has been loving him through this,” Rammell said.
“He's been taking precautions.
He had all the gun removed from his house, so he was making steps that were rational steps."
Career
Roger Self in his office at Southeastern Loss Management Inc
Mugshot of Roger Self
After graduating from high school in 1973, Roger Self became a police officer with the Gaston County Sheriff's Office working there for two years. He then worked in the loss prevention department of Belk, a regional department store.
Years later, Self was inspired to start his own company, Southeastern Loss Management Inc, after a chance meeting with a multimillionaire business owner, Mark Fulenwider during a rotary club meeting.
“He said you need to be in business for yourself, young man,” Self said.
“I don’t have no money.
I lived paycheck to paycheck.
I had never run a business in my life.
He said, ‘But I have.’ Those were his words.”
Mark Fulenwider, gave Self an opportunity to take care of loss prevention for the restaurant franchises he owned.
He recommended another person who could give him contract work, and Self figured he could make more money than he had at Belk.
With the help of a business partner, Robert Stacy, Roger Self opened his private investigation and loss prevention firm, Southeastern Loss Management Inc in 1989.
Self bought Stacy’s share of the company back in 2003 becoming the sole owner and president of the business.
He also moved the business after purchasing office space closer to his home in Dallas, North Carolina.
Self is a licensed private investigator and specializes in the interrogation of employees and identifying individuals responsible for theft or fraud.
Domestic Violence
On Sunday, May 20, 2018 Roger Self crashed his white Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV into a restaurant intentionally after seating his family killing his daughter, Katelyn Self and and his daughter-in-law Amanda Self. Several other family members were also injured. The attack occurred at 12:04 pm at the Surf and Turf Lodge in Bessemer City, North Carolina.
Roger Self was taken into police custody after the attack and charged with two counts of murder.
Wait staff said that Roger Self took his family into the restaurant and had them seated.
He then went back out to his vehicle and drove at a high rate of speed into the area where they were sitting.
The family were known as regulars at the restaurant but had not been there recently.