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A murder trial of a man allegedly involved in the mass murder of eight people of the same family is set to begin soon. George Wagner IV and his family allegedly killed Hanna Rhoden, 19, and seven of her relatives in April 2016. As per reports, the opening arguments of the case is expected to start on September 6, 2022.
The 30-year-old George Wagner IV, his mother, Angela Jo Wagner, his younger brother, Edward ‘Jake’ Wagner, and his father George “Billy” Wagner III are all accused in the gruesome massacre. In June, it was reported that Jake and Angela have agreed to testify against Wagner IV after pleading guilty to their parts in murders in 2021. But defense attorney John Parker objected to it by saying: “My client does have the right to confront any of the witnesses against him at trial and cross-examine those witnesses. But under the plea agreement they have struck with Jake, he has to follow the script.”
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However, Pike County Common Pleas Judge Randy Deering authorized the testimony and denied the defense’s request to stop it. According to reports, the trial for Wagner III will begin before the end of October.
Prosecutors have claimed that the Wagners killed Hanna; her parents, Christopher Rhoden Sr, 40, and his ex-wife, Dana Manley Rhoden, 37; along with her brothers, Christopher Rhoden Jr, 16, and Clarence Rhoden, 20, with silenced weapons as they slept. Other murder victims included Clarence’s fiancée, 20-year-old Hannah Gilley; Christopher’s brother, Kenneth Rhoden, 44; and his cousin Gary Rhoden, 38. Three children were also at the scene when the killings took place, but were not injured.
The Wagners allegedly took the cruel step because they wanted full custody of Hannah and Jake’s son. Jake is believed to have started a relationship with the teenage victim when she was just 13 years old. Hannah at the age of 15 got pregnant while Jake was 20 at the time.
However, when Hannah broke up with him and started dating another man, and also had another child, Jake allegedly started stalking her. He apparently continually pressured her to relinquish custody of her baby. But when she denied her claim to the child, they allegedly planned to kill Hannah and her relatives to keep the child. To carry out their supposed evil plan, they bought ammunition, parts for silencers, ‘brass pickups’ along with a truck and shoes specifically for mass murder.
Angela Canepa, special prosecutor in the case, referred to the Wagners as “insulars,” who “did everything together and kept to themselves for the most part.” The accused family has also been called a “criminal enterprise.” But his lawyers have denied representation. At a hearing, a lawyer for George Wagner IV said: “A lot of the state’s argument that we anticipate is, ‘He’s a Wagner, and that’s how the Wagners operate. The jury must understand that the basic premise of our criminal justice system is this: Our law punishes people for what they do, not what they are.”
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