I am angry that he was so reckless in his selfish actions and I pray it does not come up to influence the Wagner trials for the murders of the Rhoden Family.
It won't. Former prosecutor and then Ohio AG Mike DeWine ran that entire investigation from the first hour. That's why he put BCI and Prosecutor Canepa in charge immediately.
DeWine has been around long enough to know that you have to be careful with local, small county LE and prosecutors. Intentionally or unintentionally, their lack of experience can mess up a case. None of the local officials were allowed to do anything without BCI looking over their shoulders, especially at the crime scenes, handling the deceased victims, gathering evidence/search warrants and interviewing witnesses.
DeWine has already said that Reader had no influence on the case. It's been repeated here and in the news media ad nauseum.
JMO, the defense attorneys for the Wagners will continue to try to bring it up, as they have very little else to defend their clients. Every time someone tries to link Reader's personal problems to the Rhoden murders, it will be rebutted. Again and again and again. As the old expression goes, there's no "there" there.
ETA: I would also add that anyone who followed the Rhoden Massacre from the first hour on already knows that DeWine and BCI had the investigation locked down and closely supervised.
Go back and view the news video footage and the reporting. All of UHR and surrounding roads were immediately blocked. BCI, FBI, ATF, BCI evidence lab guys - dozens of people were swarming all the crime scenes while local LE was directing traffic. Remember when they stopped all the news helicopter traffic and staged all the EMS vehicles so that no one could observe the removal of the victims? It was run like a military operation. They weren't about to let a bunch of killers go free due to some dumb mistake.