Ohio man found guilty in trial over family massacre of 8

An Ohio man accused of helping his family plan, carry out and cover up the killing of eight members of another family was found guilty of murder Wednesday.

Prosecutors said Wagner and his family plotted to kill the Rhodens over a custody dispute involving Wagner’s brotherIn addition to Hanna Rhoden, 19, the victims were her parents, Christopher Rhoden Sr., 40, and Dana Rhoden, 37; her brothers: 20-year-old Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden and 16-year-old Christopher Jr.; Clarence Rhoden’s fiancée, Hannah Gilley, 20; Christopher Rhoden Sr.’s brother, Kenneth Rhoden, 44; and a cousin, Gary Rhoden, 38.

Angela Wagner pleaded guilty to a role in helping to plan the killings in exchange for a 30-year sentence. Jake Wagner last year confessed to shooting five of the Rhoden family victims and has been spared the death penalty as a result of his plea. During closing arguments, Wagner's defense attorney told jurors that Wagner had no reason to participate in the killing of Hanna Rhoden and her family. Instead, he said, the blame lay with Wagner’s brother Jake and their mother, Angela."Why would he agree to kill Hanna and her family? You heard him testify, Hanna was like a little sister to him," he said.

“I never would have believed my family would be capable of doing something of this magnitude,” he testified. “Theft is one thing. Murder is an entirely different thing.”Both Jake Wagner and Angela Wagner testified against George Wagner IV at trial as part of plea agreements.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

been a Long time coming!

This is what the death penalty was made for.

That was a tidy 5 yrs

As with many other heinous cases, it all comes down to domestic violence

I get the feeling that this is probably like the 3rd or 4th most import headline from this story

is better penalty dead

What about those he help plan the killing, they should be behind for life

How can anyone have that much hate in their hearts? I will never understand.

I remember this...it was really sad. It involved children.

Anything to take your mind off of what's going on with Biden and all the crooked things he is doing

Life In Prison

Death penalty!

Dafuq

Did y'all ever complete the story on this guy? Like, no one ever heard of this guy after one news story.

My God..

Sounds like every night in Chicago. But those are 'gang related' so it's OK.

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