Draft - Updated Rhoden/Gilley Murders Timeline
- Excuse formatting errors, am working on them. Suggestions welcome.
- I highlighted some of the Wagner family events in green to show how they fit in with the early, pre-arrest parts of the case history. It's new info and contrasts them against the old, original timeline entries
- This timeline was first built within a week or so of the murders. I've left in most of items we originally included just to keep some history of the theories as they developed and to reflect the limited info available at the time
- I'm not going to add each Wagner/Newcomb hearing, etc. it will be too much. What if we post links to the court docket site and just add major trial events?
- It's probably still missing some stuff from the early days of Jake & Hanna's relationship and the custody fight, so please let me know what to add, with links
Green highlighting isn't transferring over, so I may change to italics.
Updated Timeline - Rhoden Family Murders - updating 1/2019
2012 - AG DeWine issued press release announcing LE had discovered a major marijuana grow site in Pike County with suspected ties to a Mexican drug cartel. During the discovery, 1200 plants were destroyed by investigators and two abandoned campsites were located, which they believe had belonged to Mexican nationals.
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Media & Timeline NO DISCUSSION - Pike Co, OH 8 Family Members Murdered>
2014
Jake Wagner accused of hacking, etc. victim phone, computers and social media accounts
2015
March 2015
Jake Wagner and Hanna Rhoden end their relationship
Exhaustive investigation leads to break in Pike County murder case
May 2015
Frankie and Chris Rhoden, Jr get in a fight with another driver at a local demolition derby.
Violent Rhoden Brothers Met a Violent End in Ohio Massacre
August 2015
Hanna Rhoden becomes pregnant with her second child, Kylie
2016
January 2016
Indictments against Wagner 4 allege they began plotting to murder the Rhoden family
February 2016
Box of marijuana discovered at Piketon Post Office, investigation leads to discovery of "shatter" operation
April 3, 2016
Fredericka Wagner and Rita Newcomb forged custody documents related to Sophia, daughter of Jake Wagner and Hanna Rhoden
Billy Wagner to answer to charges for Rhoden, Gilley murders in Pike County
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov...ecutions/PikeCountyAdditionalIndictments.aspx
10 days prior to murders: A Facebook threat is made by a teen saying he will "Go up to Union Hill and take them all out"
Sunday, April 17, 2016
Hanna Rhoden gives birth to Kylie Rhoden
https://www.chillicothegazette.com/get-access/?return=https://www.chillicothegazette.com/story/opinion/2016/04/28/graves-my-wish-rhoden-babies/83652654/
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - Woman sentenced in road rage incident court case involving Chris Jr.
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OH - Pike County: 8 people from one family dead as police hunt for killer(s) #5>
Thursday, April 21, 2016
8am: Dana arrives at work - Hillcrest Nursing Home
11pm: Dana leaves work - Hillcrest Nursing Home - 14 miles away per CNN
Approx 11:20 pm - Dana arrives home
Friday, 4/22/2016
1 am: April Manley, sister in law of Dana Rhoden, exchanges text messages with Dana
[video=youtube;bf4ObgRJ_Xo]
2 am: James Manley texted Jake Wagner, ex-boyfriend of Hanna Rhoden and father of her oldest daughter
Between 1 am and 7 am - the following were murdered
Bodies found at 3122 UHR: Dana, Hanna Rhoden, Chris Rhoden Jr.
Bodies found at 4077 UHR: Chris Sr. and Gary (3 GSW to head)
Bodies found at 4199 URH: Frankie and Hannah Hazel Gilley
Body found near 799 LFR: Kenneth Rhoden (1 GSW to head)
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OH - Pike County: 8 people from one family dead as police hunt for killer(s) #5>
7:15 am: Bobby Jo Manley, sister of Dina Rhoden, arrives at Chris Sr.'s property to feed his animals. She says she was with two friends, identities have varied, not confirmed.
7:15 to 7:40?: She uses a key to unlock the front door and sees the bodies of Gary & Chris Rhoden Sr. Exact time not known
Pike County: 'I was not leaving those babies in there'
7:49 am: Bobby Jo calls 911 Ibid.
7:53 am: PCSO Dep. Music and Dep. Chandler are dispatched to 4077 Union Hill Road in response to the 7:49 am 911 call from BJM. Ibid.
Approx 7:55 am: Billy Jo Manley runs next door to trailer of Frankie Rhoden & Hannah Gilley. Door is locked, she hears toddler inside, asks him to open the door. She then discovers the bodies of Frankie & Hannah. She takes the children outside to her car.
Ibid.
7:15 7:53 am: Sometime after discovering the bodies, Billy Jo Manley calls her brother James Manley. He and his son go to the home of Dana Rhoden and discover she is dead. According to his wife, James doesn't go further into Dana's home, though he can see her legs and hear a baby crying.
Ibid
8:07 am: Deputy Chandler arrived "at a neighboring residence where he was flagged down by a subject. Deputy Chandler advised that he needed multiple ambulances due to multiple down at multiple residences."
8:12 am: Deputy Music, Deputy Ball, and Major Evans all arrived "on scene" where they were approached by [Redacted] (later revealed it was James Manley) who stated: "there are two more dead people here." [Redacted] pointed to the residence at 4077 Union Hill.
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OH - Pike County: 8 people from one family dead as police hunt for killer(s) #5>
8:07 am - 8:17 am: Time of death declared for victims.
8:21 am: PCSO request for assistance sent to BCI
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/22/us/ohi...g-pike-county/
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OH - Pike County: 8 people from one family dead as police hunt for killer(s) #5>
12:13 pm: at least 4 BCI Crime Scene Unit trucks are seen at the intersection of Hwy 32 and Union Hill Road headed towards the crime scenes. (Source: tweet including a photo made by Gannett Ohio reporter @saranealeigh)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/22/us/ohi...g-pike-county/
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OH - Pike County: 8 people from one family dead as police hunt for killer(s) #5>
1:26 pm Friday: Donald Stone calls 911 to report Kenneth's body
1:36 pm -- Ohio AG Mike DeWine issues a press release: 7 people murdered in "execution-style killings"
http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/22/us/ohi...g-pike-county/
1:49 pm - Time of death listed for Kenneth Rhoden
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/s...-family-death-certificates-released/85051602/
Saturday, 4/23/2016
3:41am - LE arrives at Bobby Jo Manley's residence to question her; 5 others also questioned
Kenny Rhoden (cousin) calls 911 in Greenup Co, KY stating he is being chased by a green Chrysler in South Shore, KY.
'I fear for my life,' Rhoden family member tells 911 | Ohio News
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Autopsies performed by Hamilton County Medical Examiner in Cincinnati, OH
https://mgtvwcmh.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/pike-county-final-autopsies-redacted.pdf
Attorney General releases autopsies for Rhoden family members
April 28, 2016
Funeral for Gary Rhoden, South Shore, KY
Family honors first of 8 Pike County victims at service
Jake Rhoden files for custody of Sophia, age 2, his daughter with Hanna Rhoden
Court docs: Suspect filed for custody of child at heart of Pike County investigation days after slayings
April 30, 2016 - Funeral for Hannah Gilley in Ottway, OH
Hannah Gilley, 20, laid to rest near her childhood home
May 3, 2016 - Funeral for Rhoden family - Chris Sr, Dana, Frankie, Hanna, Chris Jr. and Kenneth
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news...always-scar-this-town/yRPTKlTHsLqHb2kAg3M2lN/
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Trailers of family members Chris Rhoden Sr, Frankie Rhoden & Kenneth Rhoden were sealed and moved to storage at Hasdell Chemical Co. in Waverly, OH. Dana Rhodens trailer was moved later.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/new...nty-mobile-homes-moved-crime-scenes/84288652/
Friday, May 25, 2016
PCSO/BCI conducts a video interview of Jake Wagner
https://local12.com/news/local/jake...rt-some-evidence-turned-over-to-his-attorneys
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/attachments/upload_2019-1-8_20-5-19-jpeg.163299/
May 27, 2016
Death certificates released to news media
http://www.chillicothegazette.com/s...-family-death-certificates-released/85051602/
Times of death :
8:07 am Chris Rhoden, Sr, Gary Rhoden
8:11 am Frankie Rhoden, Hannah Gilley
8:17 am Dana Rhoden, Hanna Rhoden, Chris Rhoden, Jr.
1:49 pm Kenneth Rhoden
August 2016
Jacob Wagner, father of Hanna Rhoden's older daughter, lists his family farm for sale. Location is 260 Peterson Rd, Peebles, OH
Sometime after murders and before May 2017 raid on Wagner properties, it is determined through testing that JW is not the father of Hanna Rhoden's second child.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/new...-away-scene-rhoden-family-massacre/101600436/
September 9, 2016
PCSO/BCI conducts an audio interview with George Wagner III
https://local12.com/news/local/jake...rt-some-evidence-turned-over-to-his-attorneys
October 5, 2016
PCSO/BCI conducts an audio interview with Angela Wagner
ibid
2017
March 10, 2017
Jake Wagner's Peterson Rd house sells for %165,000
Thursday, April 13, 2017
PCSO/BCI conduct an audio interview with Jake Wagner
https://local12.com/news/local/jake-wagner-appears
Saturday, April 22, 2017
Pike County LE place a GPS tracking device on truck owned by James Manley, brother of Dana Manley Rhoden. LE claims it was placed there because the truck was related to an aggravated murder case
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/new...ng-pike-county-massacre-case-court/101773632/
Friday, April 28, 2017
11:35 am - James Manley finds and removes tracking device and destroys it
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/new...ng-pike-county-massacre-case-court/101773632/
May 3, 2017
PCSO/BCI conducts an audio interview with Jake and Angela Wagner
https://local12.com/news/local/jake...rt-some-evidence-turned-over-to-his-attorneys
Approx. May 5, 2017
Jacob Wagner asks ___ Brown if he can store some trailers on his property. He tells him his farm is sold and he and his brother have found good paying jobs up north and are moving there. He needs to move out of farm for new owners. JW drops off 3 trailers at the Brown property a week before the search.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/new...assacre-more-search-details-emerge/101713414/
May 8, 2017
PCSO/BCI conducts audio interview with George Wagner III
https://local12.com/news/local/jake...rt-some-evidence-turned-over-to-his-attorneys
May 5 - May 12, 2017
Sometime after dropping off 3 trailers loaded with furniture and personal possessions, Jacob Wagner and family leave the area. Later posts on FB show photos of them in a location resembling areas in Alaska or Canada.
Friday, May 12, 2017
Abt 11 am - PCSO, BCI, Adams County SO, Ohio Dept. of Corrections STAR and other Ohio LE agencies conduct a search at properties related to Jacob Wagner & family.
260 Peterson Rd, Peebles, OH farm formerly owned by Wagner's parents, where JW resided with his mother, father, brother, daughter Sophia Rhoden Wagner and daughter of his brother George.
Unlimited Motors, St Hwy 41, Peebles, OH - Auto repair business and farm of ___ Brown, friend of J Wagner.
Ibid
Saturday, May 13, 2017
LE team PCSO, BCI) raids Flying W Farms. Franklin County Sheriff's office assists. Their rep claims their SWAT team accompanied the raid, saying they had an arrest warrant. FCSO later retracts the statement. A neighbor of Flying W Farms who witnessed the vehicle caravan entering and leaving the property is interviewed, claiming there was a SWAT vehicle and an ambulance present.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/new...elative-charged-evidence-tampering/101747576/
http://www.cincinnati.com/videos/news/2017/05/16/rhoden-investigation-intensifies/101759968/
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https://www.websleuths.com/forums/t...co-oh-8-family-members-murdered.306329/page-8>
PCSO/BCI conducts an audio interview with Angela Wagner
https://local12.com/news/local/jake...rt-some-evidence-turned-over-to-his-attorneys
May 16, 2017
PCSO/BCI conduct audio interview with Angela Wagner
https://local12.com/news/local/jake...rt-some-evidence-turned-over-to-his-attorneys
2018
Approx. July 2018
Grand Jury is seated in Pike County to hear evidence and testimony in the Rhoden/Gilley murder case
https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/custody-fight-key-pike-county-case/aIKzRHo4MOwwNc4x9IvkyO/
July 18, 2018
Rita Jo Newcomb testifies before the Pike County Grand Jury, later charged with perjury and obstructing justice
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov...ecutions/PikeCountyAdditionalIndictments.aspx
July 24, 2018
Fredericka Wagner testifies before the Pike County Grand Jury, later charged with perjury and obstructing justice
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov...ecutions/PikeCountyAdditionalIndictments.aspx
Approx August 2018
Wagner family members return from AK to Flying W Farms and later South Webster, OH. George Wagner IV returns later, arriving before the arrests
September 19, 2018
Unredacted preliminary autopsy reports of Rhoden/Gilley victims released for viewing by news media
https://www.wcpo.com/news/state/sta...reporters-to-inspect-slain-family-s-autopsies
October 30, 2018
Investigators gathered the final piece of evidence
https://www.cincinnati.com/story/ne...alks-investigation-and-whats-next/2012179002/
November 7, 2018
Experts completed examination of the final piece of evidence
Ibid.
November 12, 2018
Grand Jury handed down murder charges against 5 Wagner family members and Rita Jo Newcomb
Ibid.
November 13, 2018
Indictments filed, bringing charges against:
George Wagner III, Angela Jo Wagner, George Wagner IV, Edward "Jake" Wagner, Fredericka Wagner and Rita Jo Newcomb. Arrests of all were made the same day
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov...cial-Prosecutions/PikeCountyMurderIndictments
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov...ecutions/PikeCountyAdditionalIndictments.aspx
Indictments allege George Wagner III, George Wagner IV, Angela Wagner, Jake Wagner and Fredericka Wagner plotted revenge against Ohio AG Mike DeWine and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader
https://www.chillicothegazette.com/...-bond-made-rhoden-family-massacre/2010483002/
November 15 - December 5, 2018
All suspects indicted in connection with Rhoden/Gilley murders arraigned on charges and plead not guilty
https://www.tdn-net.com/top-stories/53228/last-rhoden-murder-suspect-arraigned
