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Jake and Angela Wagner to be re-sentenced, appeals court decides

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These undated file images released by the Ohio Attorney General's office, show, top row from left, George "Billy" Wagner III and Angela Wagner, and bottom row from left, George Wagner IV and Edward "Jake" Wagner.

Jake and Angela Wagner must have a new sentencing hearing, a Friday appeals court ruling says.

The appeals court ruled Friday that Edward "Jake" Wagner and Angela Wagner, both of whom are guilty of several counts of aggravated murder, will each get a new sentencing hearing.

Angela and her son, Jake, have pleaded guilty to the murders of eight members of the Rhoden and Gilley families in 2016 in Pike County.

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