Jurors have convicted a man in the killings of eight people from another Ohio family after weighing his denials and other testimony against the word of witnesses including his brother and mother, who previously pleaded guilty for their roles
FILE - Remnants and old vehicles can be seen through the barbed wire at 4077 Union Hill Road, Aug. 31, 2022, in Piketon, Ohio, at the site where Christopher Rhoden Sr. and Gary Rhoden were killed in 2016. A prosecutor said Monday, Nov. 28, that the first defendant to face trial in the slayings of eight people from an Ohio family should be convicted regardless of whether he was a triggerman.
Members of the Rhoden family, who filled the courtroom, hugged each other and wiped away tears moments after Wagner was led away in handcuffs. Prosecutors argued that he did know, participated in the plans and should therefore be convicted in the killings. Though he wasn't accused of shooting anyone, they alleged that Wagner was with his brother and father when they went to the homes, that he went inside with them and that he helped his brother move two bodies.
Their mother, Angela Wagner, pleaded guilty to helping to plan the slayings. Their father, George “Billy” Wagner III, pleaded not guilty in the killings and awaits trial.
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