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

PIKE COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX ... Billy Wagner’s trial is scheduled to begin on Jan. 6. He continues to plead not guilty to all 22 charges including eight counts of aggravated murder from the ...

WAVERLY, Ohio — The murder trial for the patriarch of the Wagner family won’t happen ... of shooting and killing eight members of the Rhoden and Gilley families “execution-style.” ...

The infamous case still stands as the largest — and one of the most gruesome — murder cases in Ohio’s history ... Jr. and Frankie Rhoden, as well as Frankie’s fiancé, Hannah Gilley. Billy Wagner has ...

WAVERLY, Ohio — The date the murder trial for the patriarch of the Wagner family will begin was ... of shooting and killing eight members of the Rhoden and Gilley families "execution-style." ...

WAVERLY, Ohio – The conviction of George Wagner IV in the 2016 ... hand about two months after the Rhoden family was killed, jurors learned in the murder trial of George Wagner IV.

WAVERLY, Ohio – The conviction ... Like his two sons and wife, Billy Wagner was charged with eight counts of aggravated murder and 14 related charges for the Rhoden homicides.

Jurors convicted a man Wednesday in the killings of eight people from another Ohio ... murder in the 2016 shootings of seven adults and a teenager from the Rhoden family. Wagner sat motionless ...

WAVERLY, Ohio ... a trial that stretched into 13 weeks. Wagner IV, who showed no emotion Wednesday, faces life in prison for his involvement in the killings of Christopher “Chris” Rhoden ...

OHIO FAMILY MASSACRE: What you need to know about George Wagner IV's trial GEORGE WAGNER IV TRIAL: Pike County trial goes to the jury. They've got two versions of what happened Rhoden said he felt ...

Wagner was found guilty of eight counts of aggravated murder ... against him during the trial. At one point, Jake Wagner was seen mouthing “I’m sorry” to the Rhoden family while on the ...