A mom testified that she and her husband helped plan the murders of 8 relations as a part of a custody dispute.
Angela Wagner admitted that she and her husband, George ‘Billy’ Wagner III, deliberate the murders of the whole Rhoden household in a bloodbath in rural Pike County, Ohio.
The matriarch of the Wagner household testified towards her son, George Wagner IV, in his homicide trial for the bloodbath. If George is convicted, he may face the dying penalty.
Angela testified that the plot started when her son, Edward ‘Jake’ Wagner, wished to kill Hanna Rhoden, the mom of his youngster. Her husband Billy stopped him.
‘They’ll know, after which they arrive for Jake. They’d shoot him, if not all of us,’ Angela mentioned her husband advised her. As an alternative, Billy proposed they homicide the remainder of the household.
Angela additionally testified that the dispute started once they suspected Jake and Hanna’s daughter, Sophia, was being sexually abused by a member of the Rhoden household.
She testified that they seen redness and swelling round her 2-year-old granddaughter’s genitals – however by no means reported it to the police or youngster protecting companies.
Angela mentioned that her household determined to take issues into their very own fingers. ‘I wasn’t raised to consider within the justice system — and neither was Billy — so George and Jake weren’t, both.’
In 2016, authorities have been shocked once they found the eight Rhoden relations lifeless with gunshot wounds in 4 separate properties throughout 60 miles of Pike County.
The victims have been recognized as Christopher Rhoden Sr, 40, Dana Rhoden, 37, their kids Clarence Rhoden, 20, Hanna Rhoden, 19, Christopher Rhoden Jr, 16, Clarence’s fiancée Hannah Gilley, 20, brother Kenneth Rhoden, 44, and cousin Gary Rhoden, 38.
In court docket, Angela asserted that she had nothing to do with finishing up the precise murders – her position within the plot was to remain dwelling and babysit the household’s kids.
Once they returned dwelling, she was glad they have been protected however horrified at what number of have been killed. When she requested her husband why so many individuals needed to die, he allegedly advised her ‘as a result of they have been there.’
‘I simply may inform you that is simply probably the most weird story I’ve ever seen in being concerned in legislation enforcement,’ then-Ohio Lawyer Common and present Ohio Governor Mike DeWine mentioned.
Regulation enforcement mentioned the perpetrators acted ‘shortly, coldly, calmly, and really rigorously’ to kill Rhoden household. DeWine mentioned the Wagners studied the Rhodens’ habits, routines, and residential layouts for months earlier than they enacted the plan.
After two years of investigations, Angela, Billy, Jake, and George have been indicted for the killings.
In September, Angela pleaded responsible to 14 expenses for her position within the plot.
Jake additionally confessed to capturing 5 of the victims. He additionally implicated his brother George in his confession.
Billy, the daddy of the Wagner household, is about to go on trial in 2023. He has pleaded not responsible to his expenses.
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