In April 2016, eight members of the Rhoden family were found shot to death in their homes "execution-style." The crime scene spanned multiple family homes throughout the area; Seven family members were found dead in three different homes on Union Hill Road in Piketon. The eighth victim was found within a 10-minute drive of the others. Three children were left alive inside the homes.
WAVERLY— On Friday, a Pike County Grand Jury filed an indictment against Pike County Auditor Kayla Slusher on several counts of theft and misuse of a county credit card.
WAVERLY Sometime in the next few days, Tony Rhoden will climb into his pickup truck and drive out to Scioto Burial Park to freshen up the flowers in the vases on his family’s headstone and spread some mulch around its concrete base.
He stops here often, where one of his brothers and a sister-in-law, two nephews and a niece all are buried side by side. But this next trip? This time it will be different. Because he’ll have some news to share while there.
In a stunning and last-minute development that shocked a packed courtroom, Wagner pleaded guilty Thursday to 23 charges, including eight counts of aggravated murder. He has been cooperating with investigators and has agreed to testify against his parents and older brother, who also are charged in the killings.