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Mar 28, 2019 · Here is a look at some of the evidence and motives law enforcement have explored during the course of their investigation. 1. A Drug Hit. Despite widespread speculation in news reports and the surrounding community, investigators insist it wasn’t a drug hit. At some of the scenes where the Rhoden family was killed, investigators did find ...
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Eight members of the Rhoden family were found shot to death in their homes. The crime scene spanned multiple family homes throughout the area; Seven family members were found dead in three different homes on Union Hill Road in Piketon. The eighth victim was found within a 10-minute drive of the others. Officials said they believe the shootings took...
While searching the Rhoden family properties,officials discovered three marijuana "grow operations"that DeWine called "sophisticated." The sites were spread across three of the four locations where the Rhoden family members were found shot to death, leading investigators to initially wonder whether the execution-style killings were drug motivated o...
Three trailers and one camper — in which members of the Rhoden family were found dead — were boarded up and towedfrom Union Hill Road and Left Fork Road weeks after the murders happened. The mobile homes were packed up and moved to storage in the now-defunct Hadsell Chemical Processing LLC warehouse on State Route 220 in Waverly. Then-Pike County S...
During a court hearing, Reader theorized that more than one shooterwas involved in the massacre. He warned remaining members of the Rhoden family could still be in danger while police still worked to learn who was responsible for the massacre.
Reader revealed that he believes it's likely the killers were local and not a cartel-style execution related to drugs found on the property, as previously suspected. DeWine said he believed the killers had to be familiar with the land around the properties, as well as the properties themselves. This was the first time law enforcement indicated they...
SWAT members and other law enforcement officials searched an Adams County property around 10 miles from where the Rhodens' bodies were found. During the search, authorities took away trailers belonging to the family of a man who had been in a custody dispute with one of the victims. Bernie Brown, who owned one of the sites visited by investigators,...
DeWine and Reader asked the public for help in providing specific information on four members of the Wagner family: George "Billy" Wagner III, Angela Wagner, George Wagner IV, Edward "Jake" Wagner. Investigators asked the public for information about "any interactions, conversations, dealings, or transactions that the public may have had with these...
The trailers from the crime scene are moved a second timeto preserve evidence, this time to a pole barn built inside the fenced Pike County Sheriff’s impound lot about 3 miles away from the first relocation site. The first relocation site, a Hadsell Chemical Processing LLC warehouse, was facing foreclosure after the company declared bankruptcy.
Journalists were allowed to review full preliminary autopsy reportsafter lawsuits were filed by the Cincinnati Enquirer and Columbus Dispatch. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that Ohio law allows reporters to view preliminary autopsy and investigative notes and findings, along with photographs. Initially, only heavily redacted forms of the reports wer...
Authorities announced they arrested six members of the Wagner family for their alleged involvement in the Pike County massacre. Indictments showed that four members of the Wagner family — George "Billy" Wagner III, Angela Wagner, George Wagner IV and Edward "Jake" Wagner — were charged with multiple counts of aggravated murder. Rita Newcomb, who is...
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Mar 29, 2019 · Fredericka Wagner told a grand jury in July 2018 that she had purchased two bullet proof vests found in a bedroom used by her son Billy after the murders because she was concerned the assailants were “going to kill him too,” according to excerpts of the testimony obtained by the news channel. Prosecutors believe the two vests were used in ...
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Apr 16, 2024 · What happened in 2016 and why? ... Christopher Rhoden Jr., 16, the younger son of Chris and Dana Rhoden, a freshman at Piketon High School who had recently gotten his driver's license.
Apr 23, 2021 · George Billy Wagner III, Angela Wagner and their son George Billy Wagner IV have pleaded not guilty. The victims were 40-year-old Christopher Rhoden Sr.; his ex-wife, 37-year-old Dana Rhoden ...
Sep 13, 2022 · WAVERLY, Ohio — As a murder trial for a man accused of killing eight people in Pike County in 2016 continues, several witnesses were called to testify on the stand, including family of the ...
Oct 4, 2022 · The former wife of George Wagner IV — one of the four family members accused of killing eight people in what became known as the Pike County family massacre — took the stand against her ex-husband at trial this week. Tabitha Claytor, 29, testified against Wagner on Monday and Tuesday, according to CBS Cincinnati affiliate WKRC-TV.
