PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — A man charged in the 2016 slayings of eight members of a southern Ohio family will not face the death penalty if convicted. The judge’s decision was filed in the Pike County Common ...

The 53-year-old is the lone Wagner family member still facing trial in the 2016 Pike County massacre. If Billy Wagner is ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A judge ruled Monday that the trial of George "Billy" Wagner III will not be held in Pike County as previously planned. Billy's defense team requested a change in venue due to the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – George “Billy” Wagner III no longer faces the possibility of the death penalty in his trial for the Rhoden family massacre. Pike County court records show Judge Jonathan Hein ...

There were new developments Friday in what will be the last trial in the Pike County massacre case. Prosecutors say George "Billy" Wagner was part of a plot that left eight members of the Rhoden ...

The trial for a man accused in the killings of eight people from another Ohio family will be moved to a different county, a judge ruled Monday. George “Billy” Wagner III, who has pleaded not guilty in ...

Retired Darke Co. Common Pleas Judge Jonathan Hein appointed to case by Ohio Supreme Court Retired Darke Co. Common Pleas Judge Jonathan Hein appointed to case by Ohio Supreme Court Retired Darke Co.

WAVERLY, Ohio (WKRC) - Billy Wagner will not face the death penalty if he is convicted for his alleged role in the Pike County Massacre. His case is the last of the four Wagner family members for the ...

Despite a flurry of activity in the case against George “Billy” Wagner III in recent days, big questions remain with his trial in the 2016 Pike County massacre case just more than six weeks away.

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