WAVERLY, Ohio — The trial of a man accused of killing eight people in Pike County in 2016 will resume Friday, Sept. 30. Court was canceled Thursday night because of a juror's illness, according to court officials.
Officials announced Wednesday evening, following a typical day of testimony, that court would be canceled Sept. 29 for a reported illness, though they did not elaborate on what that illness may be.
George Wagner IV — along with his mother Angela, father George "Billy" Wagner and brother Edward "Jake" Wagner — is accused of shooting and killing the Rhoden family members "execution-style." The family's bodies were found on April 22, 2016. He faces eight charges of aggravated murder, along with other charges associated with tampering with evidence, conspiracy and forgery.
Found dead that day were 40-year-old Christopher Rhoden Sr., 37-year-old Dana Rhoden, 20-year-old Hannah "Hazel" Gilley, 16-year-old Christopher Rhoden Jr., 20-year-old Clarence "Frankie" Rhoden, 37-year-old Gary Rhoden, 19-year-old Hanna May Rhoden, and 44-year-old Kenneth Rhoden.
The trial is the first time a person has faced a jury for the deaths of the Rhoden family six years ago.
You can read recaps of each day of the trial in our coverage below:
- RELATED: Bloody shoe prints, cell phone records are focus
- RELATED: Third week of trial moves on to Kenneth Rhoden's home
- RELATED: Evidence presented from third crime scene
- RELATED: Scene where Dana, Chris. Jr and Hanna May Rhoden were killed is focus
- RELATED: Testimony focuses on second of four crime scenes
- RELATED: Coroner describes two of eight victims autopsied
- RELATED: Forensic testimony continues into Monday
- RELATED: Forensic evidence takes center stage
- RELATED: Testimony centers on Kenneth Rhoden, final victim discovered
- RELATED: Emergency responders testify about chaotic scenes
- RELATED: Witnesses describe discovering their family members' bodies
- RELATED: Opening statements detail grisly moments in the six-year-old murder case
- RELATED: Read a full timeline of the Pike County murder investigation
