04-26-2016, 07:54 PM
(04-26-2016, 05:25 PM)blueberryhill Wrote: (Copied from 'Misc Cases II' thread) I was reading some of the comments written by members of the family on FB, and there was mention of family being involved in demolition derbies....and mention of a dispute/anger over a $3,000 car, but no details. I don't see any of this mentioned in the news media so thought it was worth a mention......
Thanks blueberrry, I hadn't seen anything about that. Interesting.
The Rhoden family sure isn't the Waltons -- tens of thousands of dollars worth of pot plants growing at home, cockfights, people-eating dogs, demolition derbies...
Sounds like there are probably a lot of different avenues, suspects, and motives that LE will have to explore and eliminate. If they have solid suspicion as to who's behind the murders already, they aren't saying. The official word is that they don't know if the motive was personal vendetta, business/money-related, cartel, or something else.
I hope LE knows more than they're saying or there's a break in the case soon. It's gotta be scary for the town and the remainder of the family to know there's someone(s) capable of brutally executing a whole family -- including a pregnant woman, and in the presence of small children -- on the loose.
There are about 2,000 people in the town of Piketon, which is said to have a big problem with meth and other drugs, and about 30,000 in Pike County. Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader told the press this weekend that he's unaware of threats made against anyone else in the family. But, since he and his department can't be everywhere all the time, he recommends that Rhoden family members and other concerned community members arm themselves at all times.