Ohio Family Killed Rival Family in Their Sleep

Throughway County Massacre

Part of mass shootings in the U.s.
Location of Pike Canton within the U.S. land of Ohio
Date	April 21–22, 2016[1]
Location	Pike County, Ohio, U.S.
Type	Spree shooting, mass murder, familicide
Deaths	8
Accused	George "Baton" Wagner IV George Wagner 3
Convicted	Rita Newcomb Edward "Jake" Wagner Angela Wagner
Convictions	Rita Newcomb: Obstructing official business Edward "Jake" Wagner: Eight counts of aggravated murder, felony conspiracy, aggravated break-in, unlawful possession of a dangerous ordinance, tampering with evidence, forgery, unauthorized use of property, interception of wire and oral communications, obstruction of justice, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, unlawful sexual carry with a small-scale
Sentence	Edward "Jake" Wagner: Life imprisonment (eight sequent terms) Angela Wagner: xxx years imprisonment

The Pike County shootings occurred on the night of Apr 21–22, 2016, when eight people – all belonging to the Rhoden family unit – were shot and killed in 4 homes in Throughway County, Ohio, well-nigh the hamlet of Peebles, 50 miles (80 km) from Columbus and sixty miles (97 km) from Cincinnati. Their bodies were found later April 22. Seven of the victims – six adults and a 16-year-old boy – were discovered to take been shot execution-fashion in iii adjacent houses, while the eighth victim, an adult, was found shot to death in his camper in nearby Piketon. Three young children, including two infants, were left live during the killings. At least two shooters were initially believed to be responsible.

Investigators believe the murders were premeditated, and that the perpetrators were known to the Rhoden family. On Apr 25, the Ohio Chaser General's part confirmed the presence of marijuana growth and cockfighting operations at some of the offense scenes, just did not confirm a direct connectedness to the killings. The ensuing investigation soon became the largest in Ohio's history.^[two]

In Nov 2018, four members of the Wagner family, known to the Rhodens, were arrested in Ohio and Kentucky, and charged with the eight murders. Edward "Jake" Wagner, an ex-swain of victim Hanna Rhoden and father of her three-year-one-time girl, pleaded guilty to all eight murders but admitted to shooting only five of the eight victims.

Details [edit]

The bodies were showtime discovered on April 22, 2016, subsequently Bobby Jo Manley,^[3] a sis of victim Dana Rhoden, came to feed pets at the homes.^{[four] [5]} Police were first alerted later receiving a nine-i-1 call virtually ii bodies inside a home on Union Hill Road, at 7:51 a.yard. EDT.^[six] Before the police arrived, Manley discovered two more than bodies in the second home on the property. Her brother, James Manley, went to bank check on their sister Dana, and discovered the third offense scene, where the police constitute iii more victims when they arrived. At ane:26 p.yard., a nine-1-1 telephone call reported an eighth body, an developed male, at a fourth residence in the nearby hamlet of Piketon.^{[4] [7] [eight] [9] [ten] [xi]}

Three immature children—ages three years, six months, and four days—were unharmed during the shootings,^[12] with the 4-day-old beingness constitute in bed with her mother'due south body. Seven adults and a 16-year-old were amidst those slain.^{[eight] [12] [13]} The 4-twenty-four hour period-old and the half dozen-month-old were placed under protective services, and the 3-year-old was put under the guardianship of his female parent, who was not involved in the shootings.^{[3] [14]}

Victims [edit]

The 8 victims were identified equally:^{[3] [4] [15]}

Name	Age	Relationship	Cause of death
Christopher Rhoden Jr.	16	Youngest son of Dana and Christopher Rhoden Sr.	Gunshot wounds to the head
Christopher Rhoden Sr.	40	Ex-hubby of Dana Rhoden	Gunshot wounds to the head, body, and limbs
Clarence "Frankie" Rhoden	20	Eldest son of Dana and Christopher Rhoden Sr. Male parent of the surviving half-dozen-month-former and 3-year-quondam	Gunshot wounds to the head
Dana Lynn Rhoden	37	Ex-married woman of Christopher Rhoden Sr.	Gunshot wounds to the head and neck
Gary Rhoden	38	Cousin of Christopher Sr. and Kenneth Rhoden	Gunshot wounds to the head
Hanna May Rhoden	19	Daughter of Dana and Christopher Rhoden Sr. Mother of the surviving 4-mean solar day-sometime child	Gunshot wounds to the head
Hannah Hazel Gilley	xx	Fiancée of Clarence Rhoden Mother of the surviving six-month-erstwhile child	Gunshot wounds to the caput
Kenneth Rhoden	44	Brother of Christopher Rhoden Sr.	Single gunshot wound to the head

Autopsies [edit]

The bodies of the victims were taken to the Hamilton Canton Coroner'south Office in Cincinnati, where autopsies found that all just one of the victims were shot multiple times.^[16] Four of the victims were shot once, twice, or three times; ane was shot four times; 2 were shot five times; and the eighth suffered a full of nine gunshot wounds. Death certificates released on May 28 clarified that vi of the eight victims were shot in the head only; Christopher suffered gunshot wounds to the head, torso and limbs, and Dana was shot in the caput and neck. Bruising was also found on some of the bodies, indicating the victims were browbeaten also.^{[ten] [17] [18] [xix]} Some of the victims were constitute shot in their beds.^{[viii] [12] [13]} From the number of gunshot wounds on the victims' bodies, an estimated total of 32 shots were fired during the killings.^[vi]

Autopsy report released [edit]

The offices of the county coroner and the Ohio Attorney General announced that the full final dissection reports will not be released to the public, citing security concerns.^[20] On July 22, 2016, The Cincinnati Enquirer filed a lawsuit against the Pike County Coroner's Office, request for the full autopsy records of the victims. On August 12, 2016 a similar lawsuit was filed by The Columbus Acceleration. In both cases, Ohio Chaser General Mike DeWine called for mediation, which attracted criticism and accusations that information technology was a mere delay tactic. A lawyer representing both newspapers said there was no legal footing for law enforcement'south withholding of information from the public.^[21]

In a filing on September half-dozen, 2016, DeWine responded to The Columbus Acceleration 's lawsuit against the coroner's office, saying:

Public release of data known simply to law enforcement and the killer(south) straight threatens the success of the investigation. Amongst other consequences, releasing this type of information impedes investigators' power to divide genuine leads from faux, which wastes resources; makes it difficult to analyze confessions, which are fact-checked against information known just past investigators; and devalues information provided past witnesses who come forward subsequently public release.^[21]

Amidst lawsuits past media outlets, the coroner's role released heavily redacted versions of the final reports on September 23, 2016.^[19] The Quaternary District Court of Appeals denied the Enquirer's request for an unredacted re-create of the autopsy report on March 17, 2017.^[22] On September xix, 2018, the Ohio Supreme Court overturned a lower court's refusal to release the autopsy reports and the full autopsy reports were and then publicly released.^{[22] [23]}

Services [edit]

On April 28, Gary Rhoden was the start of the victims to be buried, with his funeral proceedings existence held in Due south Shore, Kentucky. Hannah Hazel Gilley was the side by side to be buried, on May 1 at Otway, Ohio. Funerals for the remaining victims took place on May 3 at West Portsmouth,^{[24] [25] [26]} where in that location was a high level of security.^[26] Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine approved more than $20,000 to help pay for the funerals.^[27]

Reactions [edit]

Ohio Governor and 2016 U.South. presidential candidate John Kasich, who was briefed on the killings, described them as "tragic across comprehension".^{[9] [28]}

Cincinnati-area man of affairs Jeff Scarlet (namesake of Jeff Scarlet Steaks) offered a reward of $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone involved in the shootings.^[29] On April 28, 2016, Carmine withdrew his reward, citing "contempo complex criminal developments" in a postal service on Twitter.^[xxx] A advantage of $10,000 from the Southern Ohio Crime Stoppers fund was authorized on May 10, but non appear by authorities until ten weeks later July 21 due to a "miscommunication and a misunderstanding" about public notification.^[31]

Investigation [edit]

Early stages [edit]

Police believe that more than one shooter may exist responsible for the killings, since two of the crime scenes were within walking distance, a third located most a mile away, and the fourth about eight miles away. Investigators briefly considered the possibility of a murder–suicide, merely it was discredited equally none of the victims' deaths appeared to exist suicides.^{[five] [7] [8] [fourteen]} Ohio Chaser Full general Mike DeWine stated that the killings were planned, premeditated, and "a sophisticated functioning," citing the efforts taken by the shooter or shooters to encompass up their tracks and remove any incriminating forensic evidence.^[32]

All of the victims were members of the Rhoden family. Surviving family members were urged by police to take precautions, and all residents of Peebles were brash to stay inside their homes the following night.^[xiii] An investigative chore force of at least 100 members, led by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI), was assembled.^{[33] [34]} More than 251 constabulary enforcement officials were involved in the investigation overall,^{[six] [35]} and sheriffs from 25 offices beyond Ohio offered to provide resource to Expressway County.^[36] The Federal Agency of Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration provided technical expertise to DeWine's function.^[vi]

At least five search warrants were executed, and more than fifty people were interviewed in connexion with the killings.^{[14] [15]} 70-ix pieces of testify were examined, including a Facebook threat aimed at Christopher Rhoden Jr., which was posted earlier the shootings.^{[fourteen] [17] [37]}

Discovery of cannabis and cockfighting operations [edit]

On Apr 25, a spokesperson for DeWine's office also confirmed that cannabis was discovered at the three crime scenes on Union Hill Road, including an indoor abound house in which hundreds of cannabis plants were being grown, as well as chickens and equipment consequent with convenance chickens for cockfighting.^{[32] [38]} An estimated full of 200 cannabis plants were recovered from the crime scenes and are believed to have been grown for sale and non for personal use.^[17] Information technology is currently unknown if the cannabis was connected to the shootings,^[39] though investigators confirmed the possibility of the interest of a Mexican drug cartel.^{[17] [40]}

Cannabis issues are a common occurrence in Pike Canton: in 2010, 22,000 cannabis plants were seized by authorities in Latham, 15 miles (24 km) west of Piketon; and a major cannabis growth site was discovered past police in Baronial 2012, with about 1,200 cannabis plants being destroyed by investigators. In both cases, police suspected connections to Mexican drug cartels.^{[14] [41]}

On Apr 26, Dana Rhoden'southward father, Leonard Manley, stated that the victims knew their killer(south), citing the presence of Dana'southward ii protective dogs. There was no indication that the dogs tried to attack anyone during the shootings, and there were no signs of forced entry at any of the crime scenes.^{[3] [42]} Manley, who was not involved in the shootings, also said his girl had no involvement in the exposed cannabis operations, saying that "they are trying to drag my girl through the mud, and I don't appreciate that."^{[iii] [17]}

Some family members have acknowledged brothers Kenneth and Christopher Rhoden Sr. growing cannabis, but added that they were unaware of any loftier-book growth occurring.^[43]

Seizure of victims' properties [edit]

On May 3, following the funerals of the concluding six victims, authorities towed away at least three vehicles from property belonging to the Rhoden family; a spokeswoman for Mike DeWine said they were towed "as function of the investigation". Additional vehicles were towed the next twenty-four hour period also. They were all dropped off at the base of operations of operations fix by the investigative task force. As of May 12, more than 500 tips were submitted during the investigation and 128 interviews were conducted.^{[half dozen] [44] [45]}

On May 12, DeWine and Thruway County Sheriff Charles Reader announced the state's intention to relocate the mobile homes where the killings occurred to a secure location, in order to preserve bear witness and protect the mementos of the Rhoden family.^{[45] [46]} Three of the homes were taken to a belongings in Waverly, where the investigative task force set upward their command center, while the 4th would go far at a later fourth dimension due to complications in removing it.^[47]

As of October vi, the homes were being stored in a warehouse that was once office of a chemical processing company.^[48] On Nov 24, dozens of family unit vehicles and farming equipment, which were seized and investigated earlier in May, were returned to the victims' relatives.^[49]

August 2016–January 2017 developments [edit]

On August 4, during a court hearing relating to the custody of the 6-month-old and iv-day-old children left alive, Sheriff Charles Reader confirmed investigators' early suspicions that more than than one shooter was involved in the killings. He also said that the two children remained in "grave danger" because of the investigation, and that the investigation was perhaps the largest in the BCI's history.^{[50] [51]}

On August 13, KVIA-Television set incorrectly reported that ii men arrested in Hatch, New Mexico, for the shooting death of a constabulary officer were also suspected in the Rhoden familicide. The men, in reality, were suspected of another shooting expiry in Londonderry, Ross County, Ohio. DeWine and Throughway County Sheriff Charles South. Reader issued a statement maxim that they were unaware of a link betwixt the case and the New Mexico arrests, that there was no evidence confirming information technology, and that New Mexico authorities had not contacted them virtually a suspected connection. KVIA later on retracted the fault.^{[52] [53] [54]}

On August xx, DeWine announced new data regarding the investigation. He confirmed family unit and community members' suspicions that the perpetrators were familiar with the victims, their homes, and the surrounding expanse. He also appear that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies had go involved with the investigation. In addition, DeWine speculated that residents in the expanse take more knowledge than what they are sharing with investigators.^{[43] [55]}

On August 23, officials in Kenton County, Kentucky, located most 100 miles (160 km) from Expressway Canton, reported similarities between the Ohio shootings and a double homicide in Kenton County that occurred two weeks before. The victims, a well-known drug dealer and his girlfriend, were found fatally shot execution-way in their bed. The uncaught Kenton County killers, who were believed to be familiar with the victims' home, too left any children in the house unharmed.^{[56] [57]} A total of 770 tips had been submitted to investigators equally of September 23, according to court documents released on October 7.^[58]

On September 28, WXIX-Boob tube reported that the Rhoden family houses, all seized past the state every bit part of the investigation, were not beingness guarded properly. A news squad had spent six weeks, starting from August 14 and ending in tardily September, watching the warehouse. Their surveillance reportedly turned upwards an absence of uniformed officers guarding the building, equally well equally a lack of security cameras and an unlocked, open main gate.^[59] DeWine responded to the claims, calling them "ludicrous" and asserting that the evidence was preserved and is not compromised.^[60] Reacting to the report, a sometime prosecutor from Hamilton County criticized the inadequate security measures and said, "Any prove that they would pull out of that affair would be virtually useless."^[59]

On Oct one, DeWine said that investigators were getting leads in the instance and that the state had plenty physical evidence for prosecution. He also appealed to the public, explaining that in that location are people who know more about the shootings.^[61]

On November 14, Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader issued a statement urging people with cognition of the killings to come frontwards. He followed upward with a 2d statement threatening to abort anyone who may be obstructing the investigation, including relatives, family friends, and neighbors. Reacting to the 2nd argument, Dana Rhoden'southward begetter, Leonard Manley, said that he "held nix back" during the investigation.^{[62] [63]} Following his reelection to the position of sheriff, Reader reiterated this belief and added that people may be scared of providing information.^[64]

On January 20, 2017, DeWine, on behalf of the Ohio Victims of Criminal offence Bounty Plan, denied a request past family member David Weisel to recover lost compensation related to the massacre.^[65]

Wagner family unit [edit]

On May 12, 2017, a SWAT squad from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office raided a Pike County home approximately 10 miles from the site of the murders. Police originally stated they were searching for suspects in the murders; however, it was later clarified they were looking for testify in the example and not suspects. Police too searched an Adams County property in one case owned and recently sold by Edward "Jake" Wagner, an ex-boyfriend of victim Hanna Rhoden and father of her 3-yr-former girl, simply not the male parent of her 4-mean solar day-old daughter who was unharmed during the killings.^[66] Rhoden was only 13 years old when their sexual relationship began.^[67]

On June 20, 2017, Ohio police announced that they were seeking additional information on Jake Wagner, too as his parents Baton and Angela and blood brother George. The family unit was living in Alaska at that time and police wanted to learn of interactions that members of the public had with the family, specifically conversations pertaining to vehicles, firearms and ammunition.^[68]

Arrests [edit]

On Nov 13, 2018, Ohio Chaser General Mike DeWine announced that George "Billy" Wagner and Angela Wagner and their children, Edward "Jake" and George Wagner had been arrested and charged^[69] with planning and conveying out the murders.^{[70] [71]} The suspects were all members of the Wagner-Newcomb family unit from South Webster:^{[lxx] [71]}

• George "Billy" Wagner Iii, 47 (father of Edward "Jake" and George Wagner Four, hubby of Angela Wagner), was arrested in Lexington, Kentucky
• Angela Wagner, 48 (female parent of Edward "Jake" and George Wagner IV, wife of George "Baton" Wagner 3), was arrested at her home in Scioto County
• George Wagner IV, 27 (son of Angela and George "Billy" Wagner III, blood brother of Edward "Jake" Wagner), was arrested during a traffic stop in Ross County
• Edward "Jake" Wagner, 26 (son of Angela and George "Billy" Wagner III, brother of George Wagner Four), was arrested forth with his brother during a traffic end in Ross County

Likewise arrested were the mother of Angela Wagner, Rita Newcomb, 65, of S Webster, and the mother of Billy Wagner. They were charged with perjury and obstructing justice for allegedly misleading investigators; Newcomb besides was charged with forging custody documents to cover up the crimes. In December 2019, she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of obstructing official business in connexion with the investigation of the April 2016 homicides. In substitution, prosecutors dropped the forgery, obstruction of justice and perjury charges against her.^[72] The charges against Billy Wagner's mother were dropped in June 2019.^[73]

On Apr 21, 2021, five years to the day that the bodies of the Rhoden family unit were establish shot to death, Edward "Jake" Wagner pled guilty to eight counts of aggravated murder, felony conspiracy, four counts of aggravated burglary, unlawful possession of a dangerous ordnance, multiple counts of tampering with evidence, forgery, unauthorized use of holding, interception of wire, oral communications, obstacle of justice, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, and unlawful sexual bear with a minor. The State of Ohio agreed, every bit part of the guilty plea, not to seek the death sentence for him or his father, mother, or older brother.^[67] As part of the deal, Wagner, who admitted to shooting just five of the eight victims,^[74] agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and evidence against his family unit members.^[75] In September 2021, he was sentenced to 8 sequent life sentences without the possibility of parole.^[74]

On September 10, 2021, Angela Wagner pled guilty to conspiracy to commit aggravated murder, several counts of aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence, and other charges equally role of a plea deal. The remaining eight counts of aggravated murder were dismissed.^{[76] [77]}

See also [edit]

• Crime in Ohio

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