Revelations are few. Rumors and speculation abound.
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The Pray for Pike County vigil at the Pike County Fairgrounds is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday. “It will provide a breakout space for them where they are obviously very taxed for space having this many personnel here”.
Citing the victims, he pointed to the fact that “many of them” were shot in their bed as evidence of the killers’ calculation.
No arrests have been made, and officials have not said if they have any suspects in mind. “There was no need to murder eight people regardless of what they did”, said Wallace. Deputies did not find anyone else in that trailer.
Hannah Gilley, 20, Clarence Rhoden’s girlfriend and mother of a 6-month-old boy who survived, will be buried Saturday in Waverly, Ohio, according to a third funeral home.
With law enforcement monitoring the area, loved ones gathered in South Shore, Kentucky, to honor 38-year-old Gary Rhoden at the first of three planned funerals for the victims. Multiple people, including Rhoden, were found dead Friday at several properties near Piketon, Ohio.
Two other children, Hanna Rhoden’s 4-day-old daughter and Frankie Rhoden’s 3-year-old son, also were unharmed. Reader called them “shocking”. Two of the children were placed in protective custody, and one was sent to stay with a relative. The body of Kenneth Rhoden, 44, was found inside his home, which was approximately five miles away from the initial crime scene. There were hugs, tears and stories from those who knew the victims well. Authorities in 2012 said the seizure of about 1,200 plants in Pike County could be related to a Mexican drug cartel, while in 2010 more than 22,000 plants were confiscated.
“I assume the person or the people who committed these murders are watching the news reports about Pike County”, state Attorney General Mike DeWine said. They’ve received hundreds of tips and are processing dozens of pieces of evidence but haven’t discussed possible motives and have announced no arrests, a void of information adding to the family’s grief. The discovery of marijuana at the crime scene, paired with its scale and the methodical killings, has lead some to describe the murders as products of the ruthless competition that can characterize the business side of the illicit drug trade.Hanna Rhoden was in bed with her newborn baby nearby, authorities said.
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Mongold said he was at work at the time of the shootings, and that investigators told him that he is no longer connected to the case.
