Sense of relief in Pike County as police put mass murder suspects behind bars
People said they were relieved by arrests in the case
People said they were relieved by arrests in the case
People said they were relieved by arrests in the case
Some in Pike County said there is an overwhelming sense of relief after the arrests in the April 2016 murders of eight Rhoden family members.
A man who knew one of the Rhodens from a young age talked with 바카라게임 about the new developments more than two years after they were killed.
He said he knew Christopher Rhoden Jr. from the time he was about 11 years old, and he still struggles with what happened to his friend and his family.
He said some people feel more at ease after learning of the arrests.
"It's just, like, 'How can that happen in a small town like this?'" Brady Arnold said.
Arnold still tries to understand how someone could kill his childhood friend and his family.
"Chris was a laid-back (guy), cool. If you needed help, he would help you in a heartbeat. But he was also that type, if you hurt him or his family, he would talk to you about it, be like, 'Just don't come back. I don't want none of that,' peaceful type of person and it just sucks to see him gone," Arnold said.
His friend and seven other Rhoden family members were killed in their homes, most while they slept.
"Why would you put yourself or the people you had with you to see someone executed like that? That's inhumane. That's not something you want to put on anybody," Arnold said.
Word of four arrests in the vicious murders and two others accused in the cover up has cleared a fog.
People in Piketon told 바카라게임 they were relieved.
"It was a horrible, horrible thing. I mean, to be able to go and kill somebody and then live your life," Catherine Burton said.
One man said he's seen so much police activity in the more than two years since the murders. He applauded the hard work by all the investigating agencies involved.
"They did a good (job) and, like I said, the fact that they got arrests in it, it's just even better," Scott Bailey said.
For Arnold, it's a sign justice is coming, and for this county, there's a hope that healing is too.
"Finally, we all get to lay down tonight with a little bit more of an ease on our conscience," Arnold said.
He said he hopes the suspects in this case all get the death penalty. He said he believes they deserve it.