January 21, 2017
When they turned down CR1's bil for expenses:
http://www.dispatch.com/news/201701...istance-money-to-family-of-christopher-rhoden
By them turning down CR1's bil's request, that seems to speak to them holding to the rules that if one is found to be involved in illegal activities, no money for burial nor for relative's expenses either. So far, the deceased at all other locations, except KR and no one has filed for him, as of this release, has been approved. If they were approved then how could an illegal operation be going on in their homes? Maybe a couple grams of pot for personal use, but not a full scale operation.
Then there's this:
October 23rd, 2016
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/2...to-cover-funeral-costs-for-rhoden-family.html
JMO, DeWine and Reader have been inconsistent and contradictory when it comes to accusations about MJ growing. They've been all over the place with it. Obviously, once the trailers, etc. were removed from the property, it didn't appear as if there was any large scale growing facilities on the premises. Take a look at aerial crime scene photos and note there aren't any power lines or extension cords running to other outbuildings. When trailers were removed, there was nothing underneath except the standard concrete pads. At most, any grow op would have consisted of some trays of seedlings or small plants, ready for transplanting outdoors once the weather warmed up. Why would LE exaggerate that information, unless it was to cast the deceased family members in an unsympathetic light? Why is LE behaving the way they are on this case? They refuse to even offer a motive for the killings.
Did any of the deceased family members, aside from GR, have any arrests/convictions for dealing or consuming drugs? Sadly, that's not very unusual behavior there, but the Rhoden family seemed to have avoided those pitfalls for the most part.
Cincinnati Enquirer and Columbus Dispatch are likely not engaging in this lawsuit to increase readership. Having lived in this state and followed the print media here for a couple of decades, neither is the kind of news outlet to question the political powers at the state capitol. Such activities by those two media outlets is extremely rare - they're risk averse. Rarely do they engage in investigative reporting on conservative politicians.
ETA: Anyone still wondering about the need to release unredacted autopsy reports to the news media should take the time to go back in the Columbus Dispatch's deposition taken with the Pike County Coroner. The aggressive behavior of the high priced attorney from DeWine's office during that deposition was pretty shocking. It's obvious the state has spent considerable time working to stop these autopsies from ever becoming public. It definitely raises a red flag.
Part of the results of these lawsuits has been to give some idea of how the investigation is being conducted, how many investigators are (or aren't) working on the case, how narrow it's been thus far, how quickly BCI took charge of the case and how they still seem to maintain control of it.
Link to Pike County Coroner's deposition
http://supremecourt.ohio.gov/pdf_viewer/pdf_viewer.aspx?pdf=816512.pdf