They are trying to drag my daughter through the mud, and I dont appreciate that, said Manley, whose three grandchildren Danas children were also among the dead.
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“This is a pre-planned execution of eight individuals”.
Investigators remain tight-lipped about suspects or a motive more than a week after the shootings. Autopsies were performed Monday.
The first funeral is scheduled to be held Thursday for Gary Rhoden, the first member of the Rhoden family to have services.
Reader said he didn’t believe safety was an issue for others, but he said “If you are fearful, arm yourself”.
Police have made no arrests in the eight killings, so security at the vigil was a focus for law enforcement.
Relatives of the victims say they were surprised by the marijuana.
“This is a loving community, and they are showing their respect for our family and I respect that”, he said. The infant was 4- or 5-days old.
Hannah Gilley, 20, Clarence Rhoden’s girlfriend and mother of a 6-month-old boy who was not injured in the shootings, will be buried Saturday in Waverly, Ohio.
DeWine stressed that authorities would do whatever is necessary to solve the crimes. Three of those scenes reportedly contained pot grow operations.
A 911 caller on Friday said the bodies of two people found in one home looked to be beaten up. “As much as we would like to share information with you and the public, we have no intention in doing anything that will jeopardize this case”, DeWine said during the news conference. A Cincinnati-area businessman also put up a $25,000 reward for details leading to the capture and conviction of the killer or killers.
“We want to thank everyone for being here coming out to support our family”, says Rigsby. Tony Rhoden, who lost two brothers, two nephews, and a niece, asks the Columbus Dispatch.
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“Somebody that slaughters a whole family wouldn’t stay here”, said Ray Goldsberry. “And a lot of them are scared”. “You don’t hear about stuff like that around here”. Her children rode the bus with the youngest victim: 16-year-old Chris Rhoden Jr. “I feel lucky about that and to be alive today”, Stone told the paper about if he were to have stayed overnight at his cousin’s home. Reader called them “shocking”. According to social media posts from folks who live in the region or individuals who have spoken anonymously to reporters, millions of dollars worth of marijuana might have been found inside up to four barns at the Piketon crime scene.
