Ohio Man Pleads Guilty in 2016 Killings of 8 in Same Family
Edward Wagner, 28, who prosecutors said had been in a custody dispute over his daughter, apologized for the Rhoden family murders.
Edward Wagner after apologizing to the Rhoden family during a court hearing in Pike County, Ohio, on Thursday at which he pleaded guilty to killing eight of their family members.Credit.Robert McGraw/The Chillicothe Gazette, via Associated Press
April 22, 2021Updated 11:37 p.m. ET
An Ohio man pleaded guilty on Thursday to eight counts of aggravated murder in the fatal shootings of his child’s mother and seven of her family members in 2016, a crime that spurred rampant speculation that it was tied to drug trafficking but that prosecutors said had stemmed from a bitter custody dispute.
US: Ohio man pleads guilty in 2016 killings of 8 in same family
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Pike County murders: Jake Wagner pleads guilty in Ohio family massacre
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