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

COLUMBUS, Ohio – George “Billy” Wagner III no longer faces the possibility of the death penalty in his trial for the Rhoden family massacre.Pike County court records show Judge Jonathan Hein ...

Despite a flurry of activity in the case against George “Billy” Wagner III in recent days, big questions remain with his trial in the 2016 Pike County massacre case just more than six weeks away.

He’s overseeing the pending trial of George "Billy" Wagner, the father of the Wagner family accused of killing eight members of the Rhoden and Gilley families in April 2016. Hein spent 24 years ...