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AIKEN, S.C. (AP/WACH) -- South Carolina police have charged a man with murder in the death of Aiken police Master Cpl. Sandra Rogers

The 26-year-old Joshua Tremaine Jones is charged with killing a South Carolina officer and is expected to appear before a magistrate judge on Monday in Aiken according to Magistrate Judge Tracey Carroll.

Police said Saturday evening that the 49-year-old Rogers had died at an area hospital.

This is the second time an Aiken police officer has been killed in the line of duty in just over a month. Officer Scotty Richardson was shot and killed on Dec. 20.

In neighboring Georgia, The Augusta Chronicle is reporting that Jones is also facing murder charges in the death of his girlfriend, 21-year-old Cayce Vice. Her body was found Saturday morning in her apartment; she had been shot in the head.

Jones' father told reporters his son had past run-ins with the law and "was going through some mental problems.

Twenty-eight candles were placed in the ground at the Aiken park on Sunday evening where Rogers was shot to represent her 28 years of servece to the Aiken Public Safety Department. About 200 people attended the memorial service.

Funeral arrangements have been scheduled for Master Cpl. Sandra "Sandy" Rogers for Wednesday at the University of South Carolina Aiken Convocation Center. Burial is taking place at Historic Bethany Cemetery in downtown Aiken.

(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)