A man convicted in the killings of eight people from another southern Ohio family faces the possibility of life in prison without parole when he’s sentenced.
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The main question is whether 31-year-old George Wagner IV will get any chance of parole, and if so, how soon. A Pike County judge may hear statements from relatives of the victims before deciding that.in the 2016 shootings of seven adults and a teenager from the Rhoden family. Prosecutors said most of the victims were killed as they slept, in some cases next to their very young children, who weren't injured.
The April 2016 shootings at three mobile homes and a camper near Piketon terrified residents in that part of rural Ohio and initially prompted speculation about drug cartel involvement. The resulting multimillion-dollar investigation and prosecution is among the state’s most extensive., including aggravated murder. It’s no longer a death penalty case because his brother made a plea deal to help all four Wagners avoid execution and agreed to testify against the others.
The prosecution alleged Wagner was with his brother and father when they went to the homes, that he went inside, and that he helped his brother move two bodies.and say denying him “a meaningful chance of parole” would be unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment.
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