PIKE MASSACRE ANNIVERSARY

IN SOUTHERN OHIO, PIKE COUNTY IS REFLECTING ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF ONE OF THE AREA'S MOST HORRIFIC TRAGEDIES. 
THIS WEEK MARKS THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PIKE COUNTY MASSACRE. ON APRIL 21ST OF 2016, EIGHT MEMBERS OF THE RHODEN FAMILY WERE SHOT AND KILLED EXECUTION STYLE ACROSS FOUR DIFFERENT HOMES BY MEMBERS OF THE WAGNER FAMILY. AMONG THE VICTIMS WERE A YOUNG MOTHER AND A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY. THE KILLINGS WERE FOUND TO BE METICULOUSLY PLANNED, STEMMING FROM A CUSTODY DISPUTE OVER THEN TWO-YEAR-OLD SOPHIA WAGNER. THREE CHILDREN SURVIVED THE MASSACRE. THREE OF THE FOUR WAGNER FAMILY MEMBERS CHARGED HAVE BEEN SENTENCED WHILE BILLY WAGNER'S TRIAL IS PENDING.