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.

WAVERLY, Ohio – With chilling detail and little emotion, Edward “Jake” Wagner on Monday admitted to shooting to death five of eight members of the Rhoden family in Pike County April 21-22 ...

The state of Ohio is looking for a harsher sentence for Jake Wagner, the Pike County man who admitted to his role in one of ...

A judge has dismissed the possibility of the death penalty against Billy Wagner in the Pike County massacre trial.

The decision as Judge Jonathan Hein announced that Edward “Jake” Wagner could one day be released from prison left people in the Pike County Courtroom in disbelief. Jake Wagner had agreed to a ...

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, ...

Two of the suspects charged in the Pike County massacre ... George “Billy” Wagner, his wife Angela, and their sons George and Edward “Jake” Wagner, were all accused in connection with ...

WAVERLY, Ohio — Jake Wagner continued testifying against his brother George Wagner IV on Tuesday, who is on trial for the murder of eight people in Pike County in 2016. He has opted out of being ...

Good morning! In Pike County today giving @ToddDykesWLWT a little break. Cross examination of Jake Wagner will continue. Judge has allowed him to opt out of being recorded, but I'll be in the ...

Jake Wagner concluded his time on the witness stand on Friday, as George’s defense attorney, John Parker, resumed cross-examination in Jake’s fourth day of testimony. George Wagner IV ...

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 ...

Edward “Jake” Wagner, his mother ... the 2016 murders of eight members of the Rhoden and Gilley families in Pike County. Jake pleaded guilty in 2018 to the murders. In court on Friday ...