When arrested with the rest of his family, Jake Wagner entered a not guilty plea. He admitted his guilt on the fifth anniversary of the Pike County homicides, admitting to shooting and killing ...

Billy Wagner, Angela Wagner, Jake Wagner and George Wagner were arrested in 2018 and faced the death penalty. All originally pleaded not guilty, but Angela Wagner and Jake Wagner switched their ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

Two members of the Wagner family learned their sentences Friday morning in what's been called Ohio's most complex murder cases.More than four years ago Jake Wagner and his mother Angela pleaded ...

The Wagners have been separated since they were arrested, charged and jailed in the case in November of 2018. On Friday, mother Angela Wagner and younger son Edward “Jake” Wagner sat just feet ...

They were among eight members of the Rhoden family who were killed in a single night in Pike County in 2016.Jake and Angela Wagner confessed to their role in the massacre, which was prompted by a ...

Jake Wagner asked the judge if he could address the Rhoden family ... mark the first time they have been in the same location on the same day since their 2018 arrests. All three family members ...