JURY OF HIS PEERS. TODD: THIS IS UNION HILL ROAD BEHIND ME, THE SCENE OF A NIGHT OF TERROR SIX YEARS AGO. SEVERAL MILES EAST OF HERE IS WAVERLY, WHICH IS WHERE GEORGE WAGNER THE FOURTH IS JUST DAYS AWAY FROM GOING ON TRIAL FOR HIS ALLEGED ROLE IN A MURDER SPREE THAT LEFT 8 MEMBERS OF THE RHODEN FAMILY DEAD. SIX YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE 8 MEMBERS OF THE RHODEN FAMILY WERE KILLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, EXECUTION-STYLE. >> WE WERE HEARING RUMORS, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO. TODD: FORMER PIKE COUNTY COMMISSIONER BLAINE BEEKMAN SAYS RUMORS ABOUT WHO COMMITTED THE HEINOUS CRIMES TOOK A DRAMATIC TURN WHEN TWO THINGS HAPPENED. FIRST INVESTIGATORS ARRESTED FOUR MEMBERS OF THE WAGNER FAMILY IN THE FALL OF 2018. THEN, LAST YEAR JAKE WAGNER CONFESSED. AS A RESULT, PROSECUTORS AGREED TO DROP THE DEATH PENALTY FOR ALL FOUR DEFENDANTS AS LONG AS JAKE WAGNER TESTIFIES IN COURT, AND THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S EXPECTED TO HAPPEN DURING THE TRIAL FOR HIS BROTHER GEORGE, WHICH SHOULD BEGIN NEXT WEEK IN WAVERLY. WHILE COURTHOUSE OFFICIALS BRACE FOR INTENSE MEDIA COVERAGE, BEEKMAN SAYS HE AND HIS NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY MOVED ON. >> BASICALLY, YOU DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT. TODD: THAT DOESN바카라 게임 웹사이트T MEAN BEEKMAN IS NOT SYMPATHETIC TO ANYONE IMPACTED BY THE MASSACRE THAT LEFT 8 PEOPLE DEAD. >> WELL, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S ALMOST LIKE YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT FEELINGS. ONE IS YOU WANT THINGS TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. WELL, THINGS ARE BACK TO NORMAL, WHATEVER NORMAL IS RIGHT NOW. BUT THE SECOND THING IS THEN YOU THINK, WAIT A MINUTE. THIS WAS HORRIFIC. ARE WE FORGETTING THIS TOO QUICKLY? YOU YOU HAVE THIS ALMOST, LIKE, THIS CONFLICT, THAT YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트RE GLAD THAT DISTANCE IS TAKING IT AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC VIEW. BUT, HEY, THOSE PEOPLE STILL LOST ALL THEIR PEOPLE. TODD: SPENDING TIME ON THE GROUND HERE TODAY, IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S CLEAR THAT BLAINE BEEKMAN IS NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO FEELS THE WAY HE DOES. THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN WANTING TO MOVE ON WHILE NOT FORGETTING WHAT HAPPENED IS A COMMON REFRAIN ONE THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S ABOUT TO BE PUT TO THE TEST BY CHILLING EVIDENCE THAT COULD REKINDLE DREADFUL MEMORIES. IN PIKE COUNTY, TODD DYKES, WL
Trial preparations nearly finalized for one suspect in 2016 Pike County massacre
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Updated: 6:28 PM EDT Aug 26, 2022
Six years have passed since eight members of the Rhoden family were killed in the middle of the night, execution-style."We were hearing rumors, you know, years ago," Blaine Beekman said.Beekman, a former Pike County commissioner, said Friday that rumors about who committed the heinous crimes took a dramatic turn when two things happened.First, investigators arrested four members of the Wagner family in the fall of 2018. Then, last year, Jake Wagner confessed. As a result, prosecutors agreed to drop the death penalty for all four defendants as long as Jake Wagner testifies in court. That's expected to happen during the trial for his brother George Wagner IV, 30, which should begin next week in Waverly.While courthouse officials brace for intense media coverage, Beekman said he and his neighbors have already moved on."Basically, you don't hear a lot of people talk about it," Beekman said.That doesn't mean Beekman is not sympathetic to anyone impacted by the massacre that left eight people dead. "Well, it's almost like you have two different feelings. One is you want things to get back to normal. Well, things are back to normal, whatever normal is right now. But the second thing is then you think, 'Wait a minute. This was horrific. Are we forgetting this too quickly?'" Beekman said. "You have this almost, like, this conflict, that you're glad that 바카라 게임 웹사이트 distance is taking it away from the public view. But, hey, those people still lost all their people."바카라게임 investigator Todd Dykes, who spent several hours in Waverly on Friday, said that based on conversations he had it's clear that Beekman is not the only one who feels the way he does.The struggle between wanting to move on while not forgetting what happened is a common refrain, one that's about to be put to the test by chilling evidence that could rekindle dreadful memories.Related coverage:
WAVERLY, Ohio — Six years have passed since eight members of the Rhoden family were killed in the middle of the night, execution-style.
"We were hearing rumors, you know, years ago," Blaine Beekman said.
Beekman, a former Pike County commissioner, said Friday that rumors about who committed the heinous crimes took a dramatic turn when two things happened.
First, investigators arrested four members of the Wagner family in the fall of 2018.
Then, last year, Jake Wagner confessed.
As a result, prosecutors agreed to drop the death penalty for all four defendants as long as Jake Wagner testifies in court.
That's expected to happen during the trial for his brother George Wagner IV, 30, which should begin next week in Waverly.
While courthouse officials brace for intense media coverage, Beekman said he and his neighbors have already moved on.
"Basically, you don't hear a lot of people talk about it," Beekman said.
That doesn't mean Beekman is not sympathetic to anyone impacted by the massacre that left eight people dead.
"Well, it's almost like you have two different feelings. One is you want things to get back to normal. Well, things are back to normal, whatever normal is right now. But the second thing is then you think, 'Wait a minute. This was horrific. Are we forgetting this too quickly?'" Beekman said. "You have this almost, like, this conflict, that you're glad that 바카라 게임 웹사이트 distance is taking it away from the public view. But, hey, those people still lost all their people."
바카라게임 investigator Todd Dykes, who spent several hours in Waverly on Friday, said that based on conversations he had it's clear that Beekman is not the only one who feels the way he does.
The struggle between wanting to move on while not forgetting what happened is a common refrain, one that's about to be put to the test by chilling evidence that could rekindle dreadful memories.
Related coverage:
