OH - Pike County: 8 People From One Family Dead As Police Hunt For Killer(s) #35 *Arrests*

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  • #741
Sorry to jump in here at the end. I followed earlier, but, got way too mad about everything in this case.

Maybe you're talking about James Trent? I'm gonna go out on a limb and ask who he is and where he comes into place in the murders - since he's been charged with 8 murders? Did I miss his arrest?
I could only find by looking around:
Ross County, Ohio, Sheriff - Persons Currently In Custody

Ross County, Ohio, Sheriff - Persons Currently In Custody

Maybe someone can direct me to any earlier discussions - like sort of a time frame, so I can go back and find him in the other 34 threads.
I get a little irritated on any thread when someone comes on and asks for the whole shebang. So, just a word or two would be good.
Thanks, again.
I have not seen that name mentioned at all in this case, they only list one George and there is no murder charge listed for him. Maybe this is an error. I tried to find Edward in Franklin County last night but, was unable to find him and he shows up in Ross County. I f you google James Trent of Waverly Ohio, he was convicted of murder in 2004 of a gay homeless man.
 
  • #742
Again, trying to remove posts regarding James Trent. My apologies.
 
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  • #743
Gorgeous! So are the Savannah Cats. I didn't mean to insult cat owners. I guess I've just never had a breed preference in cats, to look into pricing for a specific breed. I've had some really pretty cats, with some unique personalities, over the years, but, they just show up at our door most times, or someone needs to re-home theirs, and we cave to the cute factor.

I love cats and mine have always been rescues or they just showed up and then stayed. We have coyotes here so the ones who showed up as outdoor cats became indoor kitties, and they have loved bring safe and warm.

When I have adopted I have picked adult cats rather than kittens, as everyone wants to adopt cute kittens and the adult cats sit and wait for homes. I can’t imagine loving a $5,500 cat more than I have loved my sweet rescued kitties.
 
  • #744
Trying to delete my posts regarding James Trent.
 
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  • #745
Sorry to jump in here at the end. I followed earlier, but, got way too mad about everything in this case.
Maybe you're talking about JT? I'm gonna go out on a limb and ask who he is and where he comes into place in the murders - since he's been charged with 8 murders? Did I miss his arrest?

I could only find by looking around:
Ross County, Ohio, Sheriff - Persons Currently In Custody

This is some older info. Priors:
Ross County, Ohio, Sheriff - Persons Currently In Custody
**If this is NOT whom I believe it is, PLEASE let me know and I'll delete immediately. Although, under his mug, it's updated 11/17/18.

Maybe someone can direct me to any earlier discussions - like sort of a time frame, so I can go back and find him in the other 34 threads.
I get a little irritated on any thread when someone comes on and asks for the whole shebang. So, just a word or two would be good.
Thanks, again.

**Also, I can not take responsibility for actually researching this info. I only found from someone else's post from a diff site.

JT (whoever he is) hasn't been charged with murder. Those are Angela Wagner's eight murder charges.

ETA: Look at the shading.

ETA: Changed name to initials.
 
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  • #746
Trying to delete posts regarding James Trent. I apologize to all. And, Mr. Trent for insinuating anything nefarious.
 
  • #747
Sorry to jump in here at the end. I followed earlier, but, got way too mad about everything in this case.
Maybe you're talking about James Trent? I'm gonna go out on a limb and ask who he is and where he comes into place in the murders - since he's been charged with 8 murders? Did I miss his arrest?

I could only find by looking around:
Ross County, Ohio, Sheriff - Persons Currently In Custody

This is some older info. Priors:
Ross County, Ohio, Sheriff - Persons Currently In Custody
**If this is NOT whom I believe it is, PLEASE let me know and I'll delete immediately. Although, under his mug, it's updated 11/17/18.

Maybe someone can direct me to any earlier discussions - like sort of a time frame, so I can go back and find him in the other 34 threads.
I get a little irritated on any thread when someone comes on and asks for the whole shebang. So, just a word or two would be good.
Thanks, again.

**Also, I can not take responsibility for actually researching this info. I only found from someone else's post from a diff site.


***Trying to remove any posts I can to remove James Trents name. It's my mistake. I apologize. Am unable to delete my original post #739 since it's past 30 mins.**
 
  • #748
QUERY:

Where is the new Mrs. Jake Freeman Wagner?? Is she back in Alaska with her family?

Ok thank you, I thought I was misremembering, I had seen a picture of the family headed to walmart or something in Alaska with the new gf/fiance and so when the arrest story broke that was my first thought as well...where is she? But I googled a bit and could find no mention of her so then I thought I must have been wrong. Makes more sense now!! And yes, seems like she would be the natural CI...took some courage for sure, unless she/her family went into hiding (WP even...and maybe that is why she is not mentioned anywhere).
 
  • #749
JT (whoever he is) hasn't been charged with murder. Those are Angela Wagner's eight murder charges.

ETA: Look at the shading.

ETA: Changed name to initials.


Thanks so much for pointing it out to me. I'm deleting posts with my wrong info. I'm going back to just reading. LOL
 
  • #750
Well well well!
Am I reading this right???
All the way to the bottom...look who is at the Pike County Jail!!??

Currently Housed Inmates

Whoa. Together again. And in a county jail. I'd be nervous about what evil they can pull off there if I were LE.
 
  • #751
Sorry to jump in here at the end. I followed earlier, but, got way too mad about everything in this case.
Maybe you're talking about James Trent? I'm gonna go out on a limb and ask who he is and where he comes into place in the murders - since he's been charged with 8 murders? Did I miss his arrest?

I could only find by looking around:
Ross County, Ohio, Sheriff - Persons Currently In Custody

This is some older info. Priors:
Ross County, Ohio, Sheriff - Persons Currently In Custody
**If this is NOT whom I believe it is, PLEASE let me know and I'll delete immediately. Although, under his mug, it's updated 11/17/18.

Maybe someone can direct me to any earlier discussions - like sort of a time frame, so I can go back and find him in the other 34 threads.
I get a little irritated on any thread when someone comes on and asks for the whole shebang. So, just a word or two would be good.
Thanks, again.

**Also, I can not take responsibility for actually researching this info. I only found from someone else's post from a diff site.

I checked it out and was also shocked, but looked closer. It's sort of an "optical illusion" on the page because of the format of the data table.

James Trent's entry is just above Angela Wagner's in the table. The table is horizontally delineated with white and gray shading. Angela Wagner's offenses have a white background, Trent's are listed in gray. Trent's only offenses are Failure to Appear and Aggravated Robbery.

Like the other W's, Angela has a long list of offenses, the top of the list starting well above her name in the column on the left. When you're quickly scrolling down the table, the gray and white backgrounds blend or something, so it looks like the top of AW's list belongs to Trent.

Check it again and slowly scroll down, then stop, then scroll down to AW's and back up. Takes a few seconds for your brain to adjust.

Good eye, though! There are no bad questions.
 
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  • #753
Haven't posted in forever, but have quietly lurked in the background, checking in on all the cold and new cases... Beyond overjoyed to see arrests in this case! While I always believed JW was involved, possibly with his brother and/or a friend as an accomplice, I didn't expect to learn that Dad, Mom, and the Grannies were in on it - holy carp! Sick, sick family.

I'd be interested in others' views as to the "code" they adhered to during these brutal senseless murders, which appeared to be that no children were to be killed in the attacks. The waiting until HR gave birth, in my view, was not because the baby could possibly be JW's, as they spared the other 2 who were no relation to them. No. It appears that in their sick & twisted minds, they told themselves that the killing of children (including very likely being strong opponents of abortion) was a bar too low, despite the fact that they were willing to cause lifelong unimaginable trauma to these children by killing their loved ones in their presence and robbing them of a parental relationship! Or could it be that they convinced themselves that they were actually "saving" these children from something??

Regardless, there is NOTHING the R family could have done - or the Wagner's imagined that they'd done - that could ever-ever come close to justifying these acts of pure evil that the Wagner's committed against them. And yet the Wagner's saw themselves as the better people and parents of children! Wow.

How did an entire family jointly, with no descenders, dehumanize and vilify a family to a degree and level that these acts of evil vengeance were even momentarily considered to be an option? I can wrap my head around one or even two people in a family having severely warped thinking, but the whole family? Did any of them have friends outside of their family or were they isolated among themselves? And, if the latter is true, that tells me that there are some very deep dark family secrets in the Wagner family's background...
 
  • #754
Sorry about that. What does Pike do, list their prisoners in custody that are being held elsewhere?
 
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  • #756
Haven't posted in forever, but have quietly lurked in the background, checking in on all the cold and new cases... Beyond overjoyed to see arrests in this case! While I always believed JW was involved, possibly with his brother and/or a friend as an accomplice, I didn't expect to learn that Dad, Mom, and the Grannies were in on it - holy carp! Sick, sick family.

I'd be interested in others' views as to the "code" they adhered to during these brutal senseless murders, which appeared to be that no children were to be killed in the attacks. The waiting until HR gave birth, in my view, was not because the baby could possibly be JW's, as they spared the other 2 who were no relation to them. No. It appears that in their sick & twisted minds, they told themselves that the killing of children (including very likely being strong opponents of abortion) was a bar too low, despite the fact that they were willing to cause lifelong unimaginable trauma to these children by killing their loved ones in their presence and robbing them of a parental relationship! Or could it be that they convinced themselves that they were actually "saving" these children from something??

Regardless, there is NOTHING the R family could have done - or the Wagner's imagined that they'd done - that could ever-ever come close to justifying these acts of pure evil that the Wagner's committed against them. And yet the Wagner's saw themselves as the better people and parents of children! Wow.

How did an entire family jointly, with no descenders, dehumanize and vilify a family to a degree and level that these acts of evil vengeance were even momentarily considered to be an option? I can wrap my head around one or even two people in a family having severely warped thinking, but the whole family? Did any of them have friends outside of their family or were they isolated among themselves? And, if the latter is true, that tells me that there are some very deep dark family secrets in the Wagner family's background...

First, I believe throughout their married life they had a sense of entitlement.

Second, Angela was dirt poor if information about her mother’s living conditions are correct. Angela made the choice many poor teens do, join the military. This is where I strongly believe the “ precision, well planned, carefully executed traits originated. I believe she was the author of the plan.

Third, I believe the plan began and was perfected right at their dining room table. It might have been in writing. The plan was divided into 4 sections with each Waggie having responsibility for identifying, filling and procuring each item needed to fill their part.

Fourth, as far as the guns and ammo, I thing George III procured those. He would not have procured locally but driven as far away as possible to find them. Part of the plan was to have backup weapons I I think there were 8-10 firearms prepared for use that night.

Fifth. I believe Angela and Jake and perhaps George 4 set up the surveillance on the computers. I think Jake did some of the installation when he set up the crib for the baby. Although by that time it could have been to fix a glitch. The Waggies should have been pretty far into their plan by then.

Sixth, the boys documented every single electronic device the Rhodens owned. They mapped the trail cams, identified whether each cam was wireless, required batteries for operation And exactly the quality range and specs of each camera.

Seven, there is a John Doe named in the indictment included in the portion about Fredericka and Rita. Doe may have played several roles in this crime. It’s also probable he was paid for his services. Part of what he did was to teach the Waggies everythingbthey needed to know about hacking.

No one in their right mind would consciously get involved in this bizarre plan, but this is one of the roles Doe could have played. It’s possible Doe had a high level set of computer skills and instructed Jake and George 4 exactly how to turn every electronic device the Rs owned into a reverse monitoring system. Similar to 🤬🤬🤬🤬 blackmailers who do it online to obtain money.

As a side thought, Doe could have created the final forged documents allegedly signed by Hanna Rhoden giving Jake Custody. I’m using Doe as a fill in because there is no info about him other than his identifier. It could have been anyone. A student of Rita’s, an employee of Flying WS, just about anyone.

Each phone, computer and even smart tv could have been used to monitor anything the Rhodens did, said it spoke with. Their personal phones and a GPS app could have been the method used to track exactly where they each were, where they had meals, cared for pot plants and most important to the plan where and with who each of them slept.

I’ll finish this later. Need coffee. 40 here in Las Vegas and I’m cold.
There was most likely many practice runs. The floor plan if each trailer could easily been laid out on sny is arch of grass. Paintball guns could have been substituted for live weapons during practice.

I think Angela would have been happy once the practices were perfect.

I need Doe help with something I can’t get square in my mind.

Why was CRSR killed first And was noticeably more decomposedthanthe others?

Which body do you think was moved. Was it more than one? Was The CRSR kIlled off site perhaps lured somewhere then transported back to his trailer.

It’s said he was shot through a door. Nothing I’ve seen identifies which door. But he was dead longer than the others.
 
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  • #757
Ok thank you, I thought I was misremembering, I had seen a picture of the family headed to walmart or something in Alaska with the new gf/fiance and so when the arrest story broke that was my first thought as well...where is she? But I googled a bit and could find no mention of her so then I thought I must have been wrong. Makes more sense now!! And yes, seems like she would be the natural CI...took some courage for sure, unless she/her family went into hiding (WP even...and maybe that is why she is not mentioned anywhere).

Actually the girlfriend was one of the scenarios I put forth for the W's being arrested a couple of months and a few threads ago. I surmised that unless one of the boys talked to a GF there would not be any arrests in this crime as I was certain the W's would not turn on each other.

Good for her in doing the right thing. She must be a great person with her priorities in the right order and way better than JW deserves. I wish her all the best in her life.

JMO
 
  • #758
Haven't posted in forever, but have quietly lurked in the background, checking in on all the cold and new cases... Beyond overjoyed to see arrests in this case! While I always believed JW was involved, possibly with his brother and/or a friend as an accomplice, I didn't expect to learn that Dad, Mom, and the Grannies were in on it - holy carp! Sick, sick family.

I'd be interested in others' views as to the "code" they adhered to during these brutal senseless murders, which appeared to be that no children were to be killed in the attacks. The waiting until HR gave birth, in my view, was not because the baby could possibly be JW's, as they spared the other 2 who were no relation to them. No. It appears that in their sick & twisted minds, they told themselves that the killing of children (including very likely being strong opponents of abortion) was a bar too low, despite the fact that they were willing to cause lifelong unimaginable trauma to these children by killing their loved ones in their presence and robbing them of a parental relationship! Or could it be that they convinced themselves that they were actually "saving" these children from something??

Regardless, there is NOTHING the R family could have done - or the Wagner's imagined that they'd done - that could ever-ever come close to justifying these acts of pure evil that the Wagner's committed against them. And yet the Wagner's saw themselves as the better people and parents of children! Wow.

How did an entire family jointly, with no descenders, dehumanize and vilify a family to a degree and level that these acts of evil vengeance were even momentarily considered to be an option? I can wrap my head around one or even two people in a family having severely warped thinking, but the whole family? Did any of them have friends outside of their family or were they isolated among themselves? And, if the latter is true, that tells me that there are some very deep dark family secrets in the Wagner family's background...

Interesting post, sums up alot of what I am thinking. I'm afraid we will never have all our questions answered but I believe DeWine said when this goes to trial you'd be left scratching your head, words to that effect. I'm already scratching mine trying to wrap my mind around this. I'm local and this seems like an octopus!
 
  • #759
Sorry about that. What does Pike do, list their prisoners in custody that are being held elsewhere?
Is it possible they have them back in Pike County for an upcoming hearing? If so, I hope they split them back up as quickly as possible. Sounds like they discussed ways to escape and reveng according to prosecutors during th FW hearing. Scary family!
 
  • #760
Wondering about the specifics of the murders. Did all four Wagners play a part in the actual executions? Somehow I am picturing AW as doing most of the killing.
 
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