Rhoden family

Manley's sometimes gruff demeanor was off-putting to some in law enforcement and the media. But one thing was clear: He loved his family.

In exchange for her guilty plea, prosecutors dropped eight aggravated murder charges against Wagner, who was charged with her family in the elaborately planned, execution slayings of eight members of another southern Ohio family in 2016.

Edward "Jake" Wagner said he wanted a happy home life, to keep his young family together, and to see his daughter grow up safe and happy.But, instead, he…

On the fifth anniversary of a mass murder in Pike County, one of the suspects has pled guilty. Jake Wagner entered a plea to eight counts of aggravated…

The 2016 Rhoden family murders in Pike County, Ohio, gets national attention when Oxygen devotes two hours to The Piketon Family Murders at 7 p.m. Sunday,…