Rhoden family faces Wagner in court. Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk said the families of the victims agreed to the plea agreement. “This has been a long time coming," Junk said.

One suspect, Edward "Jake" Wagner, 26, was once the boyfriend of one of the eight victims, 19-year-old Hanna Rhoden. Also arrested were his parents, George "Billy" Wagner III, 47, and Angela ...

Two members of the Wagner family and the mother of one of them were sentenced in the 2016 killings of another family of eight in Pike County. Angela Wagner, her son Edward “Jake” and her ...

George Wagner IV, 31, was found guilty of eight counts of aggravated murder in the 2016 shootings of seven adults and a teenager from the Rhoden family.

Through these witnesses, prosecutor Angela Canepa began laying the groundwork for a motive as she questioned them about Jake Wagner. He was Hanna Rhoden's ex-boyfriend and father of their daughter ...

Rhoden said he felt sorry for Wagner IV, saying he is a human being who lost his humanity the night of the murders. Of his own lost family members, he said: “They’re gone.

George Wagner IV sentenced to life without parole for Rhoden family murders Wagner declined to make a statement in court, and his lawyer said he maintains his innocence. To stream WKYC on your ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – George “Billy” Wagner III no longer faces the possibility of the death penalty in his trial for the Rhoden family massacre. Pike County court records show Judge ...

WAVERLY, Ohio (WCMH) — The Wagner family patriarch’s trial for the killing of the Rhoden family has been delayed until 2025. George “Billy” Wagner III, the last Wagner awaiting prosecution ...

The answer could be a teenage romance gone bad that left victim Hanna Rhoden, 19, and Edward "Jake" Wagner in a custody dispute over the couple's young daughter Sophia. Shortly after the arrests, ...

The Rhoden family speaks for the first time following George Wagner IV guilty verdict in the Pike County murder trial. Wagner was found guilty on all 22 charges, including 8 charges of aggravated ...

Wagner family members sentenced in 2016 killings of Rhoden family Angela Wagner, her son Edward “Jake” and her mother Rita Newcomb appeared in Pike County Court of Common Pleas on Friday.