The Pike County Massacre Evidence 2025 Summary. Throughout the investigation into the pike county massacre, allegations flew regarding reader and several other pike county deputies and potential corruption within the. In april 2021, edward “jake” wagner, 32, pleaded guilty to murdering members of the rhoden and gilley families — five years to the day of the gruesome finds at three houses and one camper in pike county.
Waverly, ohio — investigators interviewed edward jake wagner just three weeks after eight members of the rhoden family were found dead in rural pike county, new court documents show. Three members of the wagner family were sentenced friday for their role in the pike county massacre in 2016.
