Two men accused of murdering seven people, including an Athens man, in Valhermoso Springs were indicted last week, according to reports.

Morgan County Sheriff’s Office shared a release Friday in which the county’s district attorney, Scott Anderson, announced 23-year-old Frederic Allen Rogers of Woodville and 20-year-old John Michael Legg of Hartselle had each been indicted by a Morgan County grand jury on six counts of capital murder.

The septuple homicide occurred in June 2020 in the 500 block of Talucah Road in Valhermoso Springs, about 18 miles east of Decatur. Jeramy Wade Roberts, 31, of Athens was among the first of the seven victims to be publicly identified by authorities. A dog was also shot and killed in the attack.

According to court documents, a witness told authorities that Legg, Rogers, Roberts and three others were part of a club called “7 Deadly Sins.” On June 4, 2020, Legg and Rogers were upset “over the perceived disobedience towards the club and the theft of several of (Legg’s) personal firearms a few hours before the homicides,” records state.

The witness told investigators that Rogers and Legg were planning to “wipe the slate clean” by entering the clubhouse on Talucah Road “by force” and dismantling the club. Hours later, MCSO deputies responded to a call about gunshots and arrived to find a house on fire. Authorities later discovered six adults and a juvenile dead.

In Friday’s release, officials said the victims each had gunshot wounds and some had been partially burned in a fire started by Legg and Rogers. The two were arrested during a traffic stop in Oregon two weeks after the murders. They were brought back to Morgan County, where they remain in jail without bond.

Alabama law defines capital murder as murder committed during certain other acts or involving certain people. In this case, Morgan County officials said the first count of the six-count indictment stems from murder being committed during a robbery, the second count from two or more victims murdered as part of the same scheme or act, the sixth count from murder while committing arson and the remaining counts from murder during a burglary.

Anderson said he plans to seek the death penalty for Legg and Rogers.