Jake Wagner pleads guilty to 8 counts of aggravated murder in Rhoden family slayings
Updated: 3:12 PM EDT Apr 22, 2021
Edward “Jake” Wagner will now plead guilty to eight counts of aggravated murder in the slayings of eight members of the Rhoden family five years ago. Five years to the day after eight members of the Rhoden family were found dead in 2016, 28-year-old Jake Wagner appeared in a Pike County courtroom Thursday, taking a plea deal. He will plead guilty to eight counts of aggravated murder. He also agreed to plead guilty to gun specifications, conspiracy, burglary, possession of dangerous ordnance and tampering with evidence.In exchange, prosecutors will drop the possibility of the death penalty. Eight members of the Rhoden family -- seven adults and a teenage boy -- were shot execution-style at four homes near Piketon, about 90 miles east of Cincinnati in rural Ohio, on April 21 and 22, 2016.Christopher Rhoden Sr., 40; Clarence "Frankie" Rhoden, 20; Dana Lynn Rhoden, 37; Gary Rhoden, 38; Hanna May Rhoden, 19; Hannah Gilley, 20; Kenneth Rhoden, 44; and Christopher Rhoden Jr., 16, were shot and killed.In addition to Jake Wagner, others charge include George “Billy” Wagner III; Angela Wagner; and George Wagner IV.This is a breaking news story. WLWT will update this story as details develop.
Edward “Jake” Wagner will now plead guilty to eight counts of aggravated murder in the slayings of eight members of the Rhoden family five years ago.
Five years to the day after eight members of the Rhoden family were found dead in 2016, 28-year-old Jake Wagner appeared in a Pike County courtroom Thursday, taking a plea deal.
He will plead guilty to eight counts of aggravated murder. He also agreed to plead guilty to gun specifications, conspiracy, burglary, possession of dangerous ordnance and tampering with evidence.
In exchange, prosecutors will drop the possibility of the death penalty.
Eight members of the Rhoden family -- seven adults and a teenage boy -- were shot execution-style at four homes near Piketon, about 90 miles east of Cincinnati in rural Ohio, on April 21 and 22, 2016.
Christopher Rhoden Sr., 40; Clarence "Frankie" Rhoden, 20; Dana Lynn Rhoden, 37; Gary Rhoden, 38; Hanna May Rhoden, 19; Hannah Gilley, 20; Kenneth Rhoden, 44; and Christopher Rhoden Jr., 16, were shot and killed.
In addition to Jake Wagner, others charge include George “Billy” Wagner III; Angela Wagner; and George Wagner IV.
This is a breaking news story. WLWT will update this story as details develop.
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