The youngest victim of the Piketon massacre had a “goofy” laugh and fierce devotion to his family, friends told NBC News as they struggled to comprehend the loss of the spirited OH teen.
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Authorities create a perimeter near a crime scene on Union Hill Rd, Friday, April 22, 2016, in Pike County, Ohio.
While Mueller said the attorney general’s office can not “comment specifically if that is part of the investigation”, she added, “we are looking at every possible angle”.
But when he visited one of the crime scenes Friday, he said he noticed roosters in cages that are normally associated with cockfighting.
On Wednesday DeWine said the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has been involved in the investigation from the start, as has the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“If you receive a call from someone claiming to be with the Sheriff’s Office, please do not send money”, DeWine said.
A 2-year-old boy fatally shot his mother from the backseat of the vehicle as she drove along a Milwaukee highway, sheriff’s officials said Wednesday, less than two months after a Florida mother was shot and wounded in… According to the Attorney General’s Office, autopsies were completed Monday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio Marijuana growing operations were discovered at some of the crime scenes where officials said eight family members were killed in a pre-planned execution, raising more questions as authorities scrambled to find a suspect or suspects in the slayings in a rural southern Ohio community.
Roger W. Davis Funeral Home in West Portsmouth confirmed it will be handling the arrangements of the other slain members of the Rhoden family.
Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader said he his department never had any criminal interaction with the Rhoden family. Police have since investigated more than 60 people while searching for leads, but have yet to announce any arrests, CBS News reported.
Hanna Gilley and Clarence Rhoden were in a relationship, according to the chart, and were parents to a 6-month-old baby boy.
Authorities have yet to release where Hanna Rhoden and Chris Rhoden, Jr. were found, but members of the family provided knowledge of the Rhoden family’s living arrangements in the three residences of the property. No one was arrested either time, said Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk. He called them “commercial marijuana operation(s)”.
Investigators discovered about 1,200 marijuana plants – which were destroyed – and they also found evidence of two abandoned campsites they believe belonged to Mexican nationals. Frantic and distraught as she describes the scene, “I think my brother-in-law is dead”, she told the 911 dispatcher, “There’s blood all over the house”.
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“These items are in addition to the 18 high-priority items submitted for testing previously, for a total of 79 pieces of evidence”, the release from Ohio AG Mike Dewine’s office stated. Authorities didnt elaborate. A Cincinnati-area businessman offered a $25,000 reward for details leading to those responsible. But Beekman and others hanging out there midday Saturday said they werent concerned for their own safety because its an area where residents know and look out for each other.
