'Good won today': Prosecutors speak after George Wagner IV found guilty in Pike County killings
Updated: 7:15 PM EST Nov 30, 2022
AN EFFORT TO STOP SWATTING CALLS. OHIO LAWMAKERS바카라 게임 웹사이트 LATEST PUSH, TO KEEP SCHOOLS SAFER. ASHLEY: THAT BREAKING NEWS, VERDICT REACHED IN OHIO바카라 게임 웹사이트S MOST COMPLEX MURDER CASE EVER GEORGE WAGNER THE FOURTH FOUND GUILTY ON ALL 22 CHARGES HE FACED IN THE 2016 DEATHS OF THE RHODEN FAMILY IN PIKE COUNTY. GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US AT 7:00. I바카라 게임 웹사이트M ASHLEY KIRKLEN. NOW HERE바카라 게임 웹사이트S A LIST OF THOSE , CHARGES THEY INCLUDE 8 COUNTS OF AGGRAVATED MURDER FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE RHODEN FAMILY KILLED AT DIFFERENT CRIME SCENES, THE 14 OTHER CHARGES INCLUDED CONSPIRACY TAMPERING , -- CONSPIRACY, TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE, AND BURGLARY. IT TOOK THE JURY TO REACH THIS 7.5 HOURS VERDICT AFTER THE TRIAL WENT ON FOR 2 AND A HALF MONTHS. THE PROSECUTOR바카라 게임 웹사이트S REACTION CAME IN A FEW MOMENTS AGO. >> WHAT ELSE CAN YOU SAY? A REALLY DRAMATIC DAY HERE IN WAVERLEY, THE RODEN FAMILY AND THOSE WHO DIED IN APRIL OF 2016 ARE REACTING WITH A SENSE OF RELIEF. THEY BELIEVE JUSTICE WAS SERVED. YOU HEARD ONE MORE, THAT IS CODY , THE BROTHER OF CHRIS, ONE OF THE EIGHT VICTIMS, ONE MORE TO GO, THAT IS BILLY, THE DAD OF JAKE AND GEORGE AND THEIR MOTHER ANGELA ARE ACCUSED OF THIS CRIME. LET US TALK ABOUT THE JURY DELIBERATIONS AND THEN WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS A VERDICT, I WAS IN THE COURTROOM WHEN IT WAS READ ALOUD, LOVED ONES OF THE FAMILIES HELD HANDS, AND EXPRESSED RELIEF, YOU COULD TELL IT WAS PALPABLE. AS YOU MENTION, THIS IS A CASE THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE MID-SEPTEMBER, A PAINSTAKING AMOUNT OF DETAIL, EIGHT VICTIMS, A LOT TO CONSIDER, THEY MANAGED TO GET IN THE JURY ROOM AND THE CAME TO THE VERDICT. THEY CAME TO THE DECISION THAT GEORGE WAGNER IV WAS GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS. THEY DID NOT BUY THAT HE WAS ASLEEP ON THE NIGHT OF THE MASSACRE. SOME OF THE HOOPS THAT THE STATE바카라 게임 웹사이트S CASE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH. >> YOU GUYS HAVE TRUSTED US WITH YOUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF YOUR LOVED ONES. WE KNOW THE VERDICT IS NOT BRINGING YOUR LOVED ONES BACK, WE KNOW THAT. I DO HOPE IT GIVES YOU SOME SEMBLANCE OF PEACE THAT ANOTHER ONE OF THE PEOPLE MONSTERS OFFENDED THIS YOUR FAMILY HAVE BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE. >> EVEN MONSTERS IS A POWERFUL STATEMENT FROM THE PROSECUTOR. SHE PROSECUTED THIS CASE ALONG WITH AMY WILSON AND ROB, ACHIEVING THE GUILTY VERDICT AND AFTERWARDS AS MENTIONED, TONY RODEN WAS WILLING TO SHARE SOME THOUGHTS AND GET SOME THINGS OFF HIS CHEST ABOUT HIS VIEW OF THE VERDICT. VERY GRACIOUS MAN, CONSIDERING WHAT HE AND HIS FAMILY HAVE ENDURED THROUGH THIS ENTIRE TIME SINCE THAT DAY BACK IN APRIL OF 2016. HERE IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY. >> WE ARE ONE STEP CLOSER. >> ONE STEP CLOSER, THAT IS REFERRING TO JUSTICE AND BRUTALITY. THAT IS THE DAD OF GEORGE AND JAKE -- THE FATHER OF GEORGE AND JAKE IS EXPECTED TO GO TO TRIAL AND A DEAL MAY TRANSPIRE BETWEEN NOW AND THE SCHEDULED TRIAL. IT HAS BEEN QUITE A JOURNEY FOR THE6 --RODEN FAMILY LOVED ONES. MANY DEVASTATED BY THE OFFENSE BACK IN 2016. IT HAS BEEN AN EXTRAORDINARY ELITE LONGTIME. -- AN EXTRAORDINARILY LONG TIME. ASHLEY: THEY KEPT SAYING THEY HAD SOME PEACE AT THIS POINT. THAT IS NOT NEARLY WHAT ANYONE WOULD WANT SEEING AS HOW SO MANY MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY HAVE BEEN MURDERED. WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE PROSECUTION AND WE HEARD FROM THE FAMILY, WHAT ABOUT JURORS? ARE WE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM THEM AT ANY POINT? HAVE YOU SEEN THEM FILING OUT OF THE COURTROOM? >> THEY LEFT AND THEY WERE DISCHARGED AFTER THE VERDICT WAS READ, AS A POLICE HAD A POINT TO SAY YOU CAN -- THE JUDGE HAD MADE THE POINT THAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE MEDIA BUT IF THEY WERE, CHOOSE THEIR WORDS CAREFULLY. A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE JURY, NONE OF THEM SHOWED ANY THOUGHTS. WE HAVE HAD SUCH A HEAVY BURDEN OVER SO MANY WEEKS AT THIS POINT THEY ARE GLAD TO BE ABLE TO BE HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO COURT IN THE MORNING. THAT HAS BEEN DIRECTING AND HIT HAS BEEN -- IT HAS BEEN A GRIND. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IN THE JURY BOX. NINE WOMEN AND THREE MEN AND IT WAS THE JUDGE AND THEY DID THEIR DUTY. RENDERING THEIR VERDICT. ASHLEY
'Good won today': Prosecutors speak after George Wagner IV found guilty in Pike County killings
Updated: 7:15 PM EST Nov 30, 2022
Prosecuting attorneys spoke directly to family members of the victims in the Pike County massacre following George Wagner IV's guilty verdict Wednesday.After more than two and a half months of testimony, the jury took less than eight hours to come to a verdict Wednesday evening.Wagner has been found guilty of all charges including eight counts of aggravated murder.Prosecutors addressed the guilty verdict and spoke to the dozen family members in the room.Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk got emotional talking about the years spent on the case and Wednesday's verdict.바카라 게임 웹사이트Good won today and evil lost," Junk said.Special Prosecutor Angela Canepa spoke to the family, saying, "Today's verdict does not bring your loved ones back, but I hope it gives you some semblance of peace that one of the evil monsters that did this to your family is being held accountable."Special Prosecutor Andy Wilson spoke about the investigators who spent years working the case, saying, 바카라 게임 웹사이트They never gave up. They believed in the case from day one. They ran down every lead.바카라 게임 웹사이트The victims' cousin Tony Rhoden Sr. spoke after the trial, thanking Pike County community members for standing by his family through this tragedy."I would like to thank the citizens of Pike County, I would like to thank the citizens of Ohio for bearing this burden that should have never happened to this family in southern Ohio," Tony Rhoden said.
PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — Prosecuting attorneys spoke directly to family members of the victims in the Pike County massacre following George Wagner IV's guilty verdict Wednesday.
After more than two and a half months of testimony, the jury took less than eight hours to come to a verdict Wednesday evening.
Wagner has been found guilty of all charges including eight counts of aggravated murder.
Prosecutors addressed the guilty verdict and spoke to the dozen family members in the room.
Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk got emotional talking about the years spent on the case and Wednesday's verdict.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Good won today and evil lost," Junk said.
Special Prosecutor Angela Canepa spoke to the family, saying, "Today's verdict does not bring your loved ones back, but I hope it gives you some semblance of peace that one of the evil monsters that did this to your family is being held accountable."
Special Prosecutor Andy Wilson spoke about the investigators who spent years working the case, saying, 바카라 게임 웹사이트They never gave up. They believed in the case from day one. They ran down every lead.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The victims' cousin Tony Rhoden Sr. spoke after the trial, thanking Pike County community members for standing by his family through this tragedy.
"I would like to thank the citizens of Pike County, I would like to thank the citizens of Ohio for bearing this burden that should have never happened to this family in southern Ohio," Tony Rhoden said.