11-13-2018, 07:52 PM
In a press conference this afternoon, Sheriff Reader said the crime scene remains in his memory.
"We have obsessively focused on solving this case. We have been patient when it was painful to be, running down every lead no matter how small. It all has brought us to this day. Today we have the answer."
D.A. DeWine said that the Wagners planned the murders well in advance and studied the Rhodens' habits.
"Because this is an open prosecution, we won't be able to say much about motive", he said. He did reveal that it's a bizarre story and involves "obsession" over custody of the child that Edward "Jake" Wagner shared with murder victim Hanna Rhoden.
According to DeWine's office, their daughter was staying with the Wagners on the night of the murders and the Wagners took her to Alaska when they bailed Ohio.
All four of the Wagners are charged with 8 premeditated murders and face the death penalty.
Full story: https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/4-arre...02121.html
"We have obsessively focused on solving this case. We have been patient when it was painful to be, running down every lead no matter how small. It all has brought us to this day. Today we have the answer."
D.A. DeWine said that the Wagners planned the murders well in advance and studied the Rhodens' habits.
"Because this is an open prosecution, we won't be able to say much about motive", he said. He did reveal that it's a bizarre story and involves "obsession" over custody of the child that Edward "Jake" Wagner shared with murder victim Hanna Rhoden.
According to DeWine's office, their daughter was staying with the Wagners on the night of the murders and the Wagners took her to Alaska when they bailed Ohio.
All four of the Wagners are charged with 8 premeditated murders and face the death penalty.
Full story: https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/4-arre...02121.html