Scary. His smiling takes on new meaning when you put it that way -- that he is a sociopath hiding behind a smooth veneer.
https://www.whio.com/news/crime--la...battle-heart-killings/ROL3TW5gmSCTNy8XUjVVDJ/
If this is true from the custody docs, and we know Jake lies, but if true it explains why they started planning the murders when they did:
"In the custody documents, Wagner said he and Rhoden dated exclusively before Sophia was conceived and after she was born. But in March 2015, he said “Hanna decided that I worked too much and that I did not have enough time for her.” Wagner stated in the documents they stopped living together but stayed involved in a “non-exclusive romantic relationship” and shared parenting of Sophia.
In September 2015, Wagner said Rhoden broke off the relationship, but said they decided to share custody and parenting of Sophia.
Prosecutors say Wagner and his family started planning the killings just four months later.
The murders being discussed and then actually planned seems to tie directly into Hanna breaking off their
intimacy.
They were sharing Sophia and also spending nights together which was tolerable for Jake. He gets to see Sophia more often that way and also has hope he and Hanna get back together. He hopes she will get over her "phase."
He is quoted saying: "I thought Hanna leaving was just a phase."
When she does not get intimate with him again and instead gets intimate and committed with someone else, he realizes it's really over and the jealousy burns. Now she "owes" him primary custody because it's the least she can do after dumping him and taking away his daughter 50% of the time. Plus exposing her to other men/step-dads.
...2 Cents....Just trying to wrap my head around the motive.