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Judge refused to dismiss aggravated murder charges against eldest Wagner son in Pike County massacre
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 11:45 AM EST
|By Kim Schupp, Jennifer Edwards Baker and Mike Schell
He is accused of taking part in the 2016 Pike County murders.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 at 12:09 PM EST
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
The Wagners were indicted and arrested three years ago this week
Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 3:50 AM EDT
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker and Mike Schell
The recent confessions of his mother and younger brother determine he is not eligible for the death penalty, court records state
Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 10:02 AM EDT
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
The slayings are considered the state’s biggest and most complex homicide investigation to date
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Updated: Sep. 16, 2021 at 8:18 AM EDT
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
This was the Wagner family patriarch’s first court appearance since his wife and youngest son pleaded guilty
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 3:31 PM EDT
|By FOX19 Digital Staff
The eldest Wagner son will be returning to court in Oct. for another hearing in the Pike County Massacre case.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2021 at 10:25 AM EDT
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker and Mike Schell
This hearing was delayed last month at the request of George Wagner’s lawyers in light of his younger brother changing his plea of not guilty to guilty of eight counts of aggravated murder
Updated: Apr. 28, 2021 at 12:13 PM EDT
|By Jared Goffinet and Mike Schell
A pretrial date was set during Wednesday's court appearance.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2021 at 8:16 PM EDT
|By Chris Riva and Brian Planalp
A guilty plea on Thursday came exactly 5 years after the execution-style murders in Pike County.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2021 at 11:18 PM EDT
|By Courtney King
FOX19’s legal analyst says he’s never seen anything like it.
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Updated: Apr. 22, 2021 at 10:34 PM EDT
|By Kim Schupp
Edward “Jake” Wagner is now pleading guilty to eight counts of aggravated murder and other charges.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2021 at 10:34 PM EDT
|By Brian Planalp
The governor spoke after a man pleaded guilty in the execution-style murders that killed eight Rhodens in 2016.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2021 at 4:18 PM EDT
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
The four murder suspects have yet to be tried, and the county sheriff is now serving prison time after pleading guilty to stealing money seized during arrests and then covering it up
Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 12:31 PM EDT
|By FOX19 Digital Staff
Edward “Jake” Wagner’s defense attorneys are now questioning if some of the evidence in his case regarding the Pike County massacre are admissible in court.
Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 at 1:38 PM EDT
|By Jared Goffinet and Mike Schell
All of the Wagners have pleaded not guilty.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2021 at 1:45 PM EDT
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker and Mike Schell
Reader was appointed sheriff in 2015 but suspended in 2019
Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 at 10:07 AM EST
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
If convicted, Jake Wagner faces the possibility of the death penalty
Updated: Jan. 4, 2021 at 7:32 AM EST
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
Sheriff Charlie Reader has been suspended since 2019, when he was accused of borrowing money from subordinates and stealing drug money.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2020 at 9:01 AM EST
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
If convicted, Jake Wagner faces the possibility of the death penalty
Updated: Nov. 10, 2020 at 8:26 PM EST
|By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Attorneys for Tony Rhoden filed a lawsuit Tuesday in a Pike County court seeking damages.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2020 at 7:59 PM EDT
|By FOX19 Digital Staff
Sheriff Charlie Reader has been suspended since 2019, when he was accused of borrowing money from subordinates and stealing drug money.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2020 at 1:21 PM EDT
|By Jared Goffinet
George Wagner along with his father Billy, mother Angela, and younger brother Jake are accused of the execution-style murders of eight members of the Rhoden family.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2020 at 1:24 PM EDT
Angela Wagner, her husband, and two sons are accused of killing eight members of the Rhoden family in 2016.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2020 at 12:21 PM EDT
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
'The old saying about too many cooks spoiling the soup is never more true than here. These cases require a single vision and coherent strategy,' the AG office wrote in a court record
Updated: Jun. 11, 2020 at 4:19 PM EDT
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
Angela Canepa leaving is the latest in a series of changes among authorities in the state’s most complex homicide investigation to date
Updated: Feb. 25, 2020 at 12:52 PM EST
|By Mike Schell
One of the suspects in the Pike County Massacre is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon for another pre-trial hearing.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2020 at 8:57 PM EST
Both George Wagner, the patriarch, and his attorneys have issues with the case.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2020 at 6:18 PM EST
Jake Wagner's attorney says his client isn't talking. That apparently isn't stopping some "jailhouse snitches" from trying.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2019 at 1:04 PM EST
Angela Wagner, her husband, and two sons are accused of killing eight members of the Rhoden family in 2016.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2019 at 9:46 AM EST
Jake Wagner, together with his mother, father, and brother. are all charged with aggravated murder in planning and killing the Rhoden family on April 22, 2016.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2019 at 2:39 PM EST
|George “Billy” Wagner III had not appeared in a Pike County courtroom since Sept. 17 when he shared a court date with his youngest son.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2019 at 3:18 PM EST
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker and Kody Fisher
Rita Newcomb has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors
Updated: Nov. 18, 2019 at 9:15 AM EST
|Her trial was already delayed twice, most recently on Oct. 7, to ensure the availability of one of the investigators.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2019 at 11:01 AM EST
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
Rita Newcomb is accused of helping cover up the execution-style killings of eight family members in Pike County
Updated: Nov. 8, 2019 at 1:57 PM EST
|She told the Scioto Valley Guardian’s Derek Myers she barely notices a team of agents on her 2,000 acre property.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2019 at 11:08 PM EST
According to the BCI, the search warrant involves the Rhoden family murder case.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2019 at 12:14 PM EDT
|Rita Newcomb is scheduled to stand trial for obstruction of justice, perjury, and three counts of forgery Nov. 18.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2019 at 1:53 PM EDT
|By Brian Planalp
Tuesday's appearance was a pretrial motions hearing.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2019 at 3:33 PM EDT
|Rita Newcomb is charged with obstruction of justice, perjury, and three counts of forgery.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2019 at 11:03 AM EDT
|The murder trial for George Wagner IV was originally slated to begin Sept. 4, but it was pushed back during his last pretrial hearing July 24 to an undetermined date.
Updated: Sep. 17, 2019 at 3:00 PM EDT
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
Both appeared for motion hearings.
Updated: Aug. 28, 2019 at 5:10 PM EDT
Rita Newcomb is charged with obstruction of justice, perjury, and three counts of forgery.
Updated: Jul. 25, 2019 at 3:16 PM EDT
|Rita Newcomb is charged with obstruction of justice, perjury, and three counts of forgery.
Updated: Jul. 24, 2019 at 3:11 PM EDT
|By Mike Schell
The special state prosecutor gave the defense team two terabytes of information.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2019 at 2:47 PM EDT
|The last time she appeared in a Pike County courtroom was March 20.
Updated: Jun. 26, 2019 at 7:20 PM EDT
|Fredericka Wagner is professing her innocence.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2019 at 3:03 PM EDT
|By Jennifer Edwards Baker
All four attorneys have agreed to turn over files associated with the case Friday
Updated: Jun. 10, 2019 at 3:14 PM EDT
|The two brothers charged in what’s considered to be the state’s biggest and most complex homicide investigation to date appeared in court for pre-trial hearings Monday.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2019 at 2:38 PM EDT
|Wagner’s older brother George IV appeared in Pike County court Monday morning where a trial date of Sept. 4 was set.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2019 at 2:11 PM EDT
|Fredericka Wagner is accused of perjury and obstructing justice by misleading investigators.