12/19/2022
Wagner was convicted last month on eight counts of aggravated murder and other charges related to conspiracy and attempts to cover up evidence in the 2016 massacre of the Rhoden family.
George Wagner IV stood, looked straight ahead and showed no emotion as Pike County Court of Common Pleas Judge Randy Deering ordered him to serve eight consecutive life sentences plus another 121 years.
Wagner, 31, and his family plotted to kill the Rhodens over a custody dispute involving Wagner’s brother Edward “Jake” Wagner and one of the victims, Hanna Rhoden, who shared a toddler daughter, prosecutors said.
In addition to Hanna Rhoden, 19, the victims were her parents, Christopher Rhoden Sr., 40, and Dana Rhoden, 37; her brothers: 20-year-old Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden and 16-year-old Christopher Jr.; Clarence Rhoden’s fiancée, Hannah Gilley, 20; Christopher Rhoden Sr.’s brother, Kenneth Rhoden, 44; and a cousin, Gary Rhoden, 38.
“There’s a special place in hell for you and your entire family,” said Bobby Jo Manley, Dana Rhoden’s sister. “I hope your life is long and miserable. I hope you think of my family and what you have done every day for the rest of your miserable existence.”
Andrea Shoemaker, Gilley’s mother, said she takes solace that all of the defendants will likely spend the rest of their lives in prison and not get to raise children.
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