IKE COUNTY, Ohio (WLWT & AP) —
Edward “Jake” Wagner will now plead guilty to eight counts of aggravated murder in the slayings of eight members of the Rhoden family five years ago.
Five years to the day after eight members of the Rhoden family were found dead in 2016, 28-year-old Jake Wagner appeared in a Pike County courtroom Thursday, taking a plea deal.
He will plead guilty to eight counts of aggravated murder.
He also agreed to plead guilty to gun specifications, conspiracy, burglary, possession of dangerous ordnance and tampering with evidence.
In exchange, prosecutors will drop the possibility of the death penalty.
Eight members of the Rhoden family -- seven adults and a teenage boy -- were shot execution-style at four homes near Piketon, about 90 miles east of Cincinnati in rural Ohio, on April 21 and 22, 2016.
JAKE WAGNER PLEA HEARING
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