November 13, 2018

4 arrested in mass murder of Pike County family

Source: NBC

Four people have been arrested in connection to the mass murder of a Pike County family, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said Tuesday.

The following four members of the Wagner family, of South Webster, were taken into custody Tuesday afternoon and are charged with planning and carrying out the murders:

George "Billy" Wagner III, 47
Angela Wagner, 48
George Wagner IV, 27
Edward "Jake" Wagner, 26

Seven adults and a teenage boy were shot "execution-style" in rural Ohio on the night of April 21-22, 2016.

Eight members of the Rhoden family were shot and killed at four homes near Piketon, about 90 miles north of Cincinnati.

Read more: https://www.wlwt.com/article/4-arrested-in-mass-murder-of-pike-county-family/25055118

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This is local for me but it was national news at the time. They originally said it was a cartel hit.