One of the people who took a plea deal in connection with the Pike County Massacre will be sentenced to prison in early January. ... Court documents show Jake Wagner will be sentenced on Jan. 3.

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 Friday ...

Three members of the Wagner family have learned their sentences for their roles in the Pike County massacre case. Angela Wagner, her mother, Rita Newcomb, and her son, Jake Wagner, were sentenced ...

Judge Jonathan Hein issued sentences for Angela Wagner, her son Edward “Jake” Wagner and her mother Rita Newcomb, in Pike County Common Pleas Court on Friday morning. The hearing is set to […] ...

PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — Two members of the Wagner family and the mother of one of them were sentenced in the 2016 killings of another family of eight in Pike County. Angela Wagner, her son Edward ...

Andrea Shoemaker Carver angrily addresses Jake Wagner during his sentencing hearing on Jan. 3, 2025 (Law&Crime). Drama was high, surprising, and consistent in an Ohio courtroom on Friday, where a ...

PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — Two members of the Wagner family and the mother of one of them were sentenced in the 2016 killings of another family of eight in Pike County. Angela Wagner, her son Edward ...

PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — There were new developments Friday in what will be the last trial in the Pike County massacre case. Prosecutors say George "Billy" Wagner was part of a plot that left eight ...

Jake Wagner, 32, enters the Pike County Courthouse on Friday for his sentencing in the eight murders of Rhoden family members and Hannah Gilley in April 2016. "Forgiveness is a powerful thing," he ...

Judge Jonathan Hein issued sentences for Angela Wagner, her son Edward “Jake” Wagner and her mother Rita Newcomb, in Pike County Common Pleas Court on Friday morning.