Four arrested in Rhoden family slayings
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A family of four was arrested Tuesday in the gruesome slayings of eight people from another family in rural southern Ohio two years ago, the first break in a case that left a community reeling and surviving family members wondering if answers would ever come.
Arrested were four members of the Wagner family, who lived near the scenes of the killing about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of Columbus.
One of those arrested was Edward “Jake” Wagner, 26, who was once the boyfriend of one of the eight victims, 19-year-old Hanna Rhoden.
The others were Wagner’s father, George “Billy” Wagner III, 47; his wife, 48-year-old Angela Wagner; and George Wagner, 27. The Wagners had since moved to Alaska. No motive has been announced.
Follow this story in Wednesday’s Marietta Times.