WAVERLY — In a Pike County court room on Friday, Judge Jonathan Hein decided to eschew the prosecution’s plea deal with Edward “Jake” Wagner and instead provide him an opportunity for parole.

WAVERLY, Ohio (WKRC) - There were some surprises during the sentencing hearing for Angela and Jake Wagner with emotions running high as some of the victims' family members spoke in court Friday.

They were among eight members of the Rhoden family who were killed in a single night in Pike County in 2016. Jake and Angela ...

Angela Wagner, her son Edward “Jake” and her mother Rita Newcomb appeared in Pike County Court of Common Pleas on Friday. RELATED: George 'Billy' Wagner III won’t face death penalty if ...

I’m back in Pike Co., OH, today, covering the sentencing hearings for confessed killer Angela Wagner & her son, Jake. She helped plot the deaths of 8 members of the Rhoden family in 2016 & he ...

WAVERLY, Ohio – Throwing out an earlier agreement that would have imprisoned Edward "Jake" Wagner for the rest of his life without parole, the judge in the 2016 Pike County massacre case on ...

The hearing went over a few housekeeping items before trial. Change of venue and severance of some of Billy’s charges were the most important items the court discussed.

her son Edward “Jake” Wagner and her mother Rita Newcomb, in Pike County Common Pleas Court on Friday morning. The hearing is set to be followed by another during the afternoon for George ...

Billy Wagner, the patriarch of the infamous Wagner family tied to the 2016 Piketon Massacre, is scheduled to appear in a Waverly courtroom tomorrow, Friday, January 24, ...

Three members of the Wagner family were sentenced Friday for their role in the Pike County massacre in 2016. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Edward “Jake” Wagner ...

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