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After 10 weeks of testimony from witnesses, both the prosecution and defense have rested in the murder case of George Wagner IV.

The defense in the George Wagner IV trial has begun its case. Here are seven themes that have emerged in the Pike County murder trial.

In week six of the murder trial of George Wagner IV, the State continues to make its case. Wagner and three family members, his brother Jake, mother Angela and father

Testimony continues in the seventh week of the trial of George Wagner IV in Pike County.

Monday opened the sixth week of the State of Ohio’s case against George Wagner IV. Wagner and his family are charged with killing seven members of the Rhoden family and

Monday marked the start of week seven in the trial against George Wagner IV in the Pike County killings.Prosecutors played covertly recorded conversations collected by agents with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

Friday marked the end of the fifth week of the murder trial of George W. Wagner IV in Pike County Common Pleas Court.

In one message, co-defendant Billy Wagner wrote, "I got a plan" two months before multiple homicides.

BCI special agent Todd Fortner identified what the state hoped would be damning evidence, such as what is known in the gun trade as a brass catcher.

As the third week of testimony wraps up in the murder trial of George Wagner IV a much anticipated witness took the stand Tuesday and Wednesday.