Jake Wagner said he met Hanna Rhoden at a 4H event at the Pike County Fair in 2010 when she was 13 and he was 17. “She asked me if I had wanted to pet her bunny,” he said.

WAVERLY, Ohio — 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.

Jake Wagner gave more testimony Tuesday morning linking his brother George to the 2016 Pike County Massacre.Jake said that on the morning after he helped kill eight members of the Rhoden family ...

Jake Wagner, 29, enters Pike County Common Pleas Court in Waverly, Ohio, Tuesday Oct. 25, 2022 for his second day of testimony in his brother’s trial.

PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — Confessed killer Jake Wagner is returning to the Pike County courtroom for his third day of testimony. The judge in the Pike County massacre trial held a hearing Wednesday ...

Jake Wagner had agreed to a life sentence without parole after a deal that was approved by now-retired Pike County Judge Randy Deering. Judge Hein says that deal is not binding.

This Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018, file photo shows Edward "Jake" Wagner entering the courtroom for arraignment in front of Judge Randy Deering at the Pike County Courthouse in Waverly, Ohio.

The third day of Edward “Jake” Wagner testimony commenced in the first murder trial of the Pike County massacre.. The 29-year-old convicted killer spent day three of testimony under cross-examination ...

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 ...

Edward "Jake" Wagner, 29, was cross examined by a lawyer for his brother, George Wagner IV, 30, on Friday after four days of testimony about the 2016 Pike County Murders. Prosecutors say the two men, ...

WAVERLY, Ohio — Three members of the Wagner family were sentenced Friday for their role in the Pike County massacre in 2016. Edward “Jake” Wagner, his mother, Angela, and his grandmother ...