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UPDATE-APRIL 25,2016-03:33PM
WELL WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS DRUG KILLING IN OHIO. I HEARD THIS WAS A DRUG CONNECTION TO A MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL. I ALSO HEARD THAT OHIO JUST THIS YEAR VOTED ON LEGALIZING MARIJUANA. BUT THE VOTE FAILED DUE TO ONLY 8 FAMILIES IN OHIO WOULD BE ALLOWED TO GROW AND SELL THE MARYJANE. WHICH WOULD GIVE THOSE 8 FAMILIES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SALES AND GROWING. WELL WHAT IF THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL WAS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS CASE. TO SEE IF THEIR CONNECTIONS TO OHIO WOULD BE ONE OF THE 8 FAMILIES ALLOWED TO GROW AND SELL THE MARIJUANA. OR THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL WANTED TO TAKE OVER THEIR CONNECTIONS BUSINESS IN OHIO. AND KILL EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY OFF. SO IF OHIO EVER DID VOTE TO LEGALIZE MARYJANE. THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL WOULD HAVE CONTROL OF OHIOS DRUG CARTEL. AND MAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE MARIJUANA. THERE WAS 8 FAMILY MEMBERS KILLED. BETWEEN 11PM AND 8AM. AND 3 CHILDREN- ONE 4 DAYS OLD, 6 MONTHS AND 3 YEARS OLD WERE NOT SHOT BUT LEFT ALIVE. WE KNOW A BIT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MAIN SITE I BELIEVE. EITHER THIS FAMILY MEMBER STOLE OR BACK STABBED THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL. OR THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL WANTED TO TAKE OVER THIS FAMILIES MARIJUANA OPERATIONS. BY KILLING THE FAMILY OFF. BUT THE FIRST SUGGESTION SOUNDS LIKE THE BEST SOLUTION TO ME. THIS CERTAIN NOT FAMILY MEMBER, BUT BROTHER-IN-LAW OF THE DEAD FAMILY MEMBERS.OR THE GUY MARRIED ONE OF THE FAMILY DAUGHTERS. WE KNOW 7 OF THE EIGHT FAMILY MEMBERS WERE SHOT EXECUTION MEXICAN GANG LAND STYLE. IN THE HEAD. BUT THE BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS BEATEN ALL OVER THE HOUSE-AS THE GIRL FAMILY MEMBER SAID SO IN THE 911 CALL TO POLICE. HOW DO WE KNOW BECAUSE SHE SAID THEY NOT JUST HE-SHE SAID.BECAUSE THERE WAS BLOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE. THEN THEY DRAGGED HIM TO A DIFFERENT PLACE IN THE HOUSE WERE THEY LEFT HIS BODY. BECAUSE SHE SAID ON THE 911 CALL THEY DRAGGED HIM. OVIOUSELY SHE KNEW BY THE BLOOD COMING FROM HIS HEAD TRAIL HE WAS DRAGGED BY THE KILLER OR KILLERS. BUT SINCE SHE KNEW THERE WAS MORE THEN ONE THAT DONE THIS. EITHER SHE KNEW WHO DONE IT. OR SHE WAS INVOLVED HERSELF IN THE CRIME. MAYBE ONE OF THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL MEMBERS WAS HER BOY FRIEND. BUT THERES NO WAY A PERSON ON THE PHONE WOULD SAY THEY UNLESS THEY THEMSELF KNEW IT WAS MORE THEN ONE KILLER THAT BEAT THIS BROTHER-IN-LAW UP-THEN SHOOT HIM IN THE HEAD.BUT IF THE BROTHER-IN-LAW STOLE FROM OR BACK STABBED HIS MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL BUDDIES. THIS COULD BE A REVENGE ATTACK. LEAD BY THE DAUGHTERS CARTEL BOYFRIEND IF SHE HAD ONE. AND OTHERS. YES I BELIEVE THIS WAS EITHER A STOLEN OR BACK STAB AGAINST THE MEXICAN CARTEL. OR THE WOMEN FAMILY MEMBER ON THE 911 CALL AND HER DRUG CARTEL BOYFRIEND WANTED HIM AND HIS FAMILY OFFED.EITHER FOR THE INHERITENCE OR TO TAKE OVER CONTROL OF THE DRUG BUSINESS.
I JUST READ THE TRANSCRIPTS AND BOBBIE NEVER SAID THEY-SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 2 DEAD PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE. SO MY BOBBIE INVOLVED IS NOT TRUTH. I TOOK THE 911 CALL THE WRONG WAY. I THOUGHT ONLY CHRIS WAS KILLED AT THIS SITE.NOT 2 FAMILY MEMBERS. THE MEDIA PUT DECIEVING CLIPS ON TV.I WAS DECIEVED BY IT.
Transcripts: 911 calls from Pike County slayings-Jessie Balmert, Gannett Ohio 7:32 p.m. EDT April 23, 2016
Transcripts of the 911 calls made after eight family members were found slain in Pike County Friday.-First call, 7:49 a.m. Friday:Caller: Inaudible words-911: 911-Caller: Yes, I need a deputy at 40… breathing and inaudible words-911: I need you to tell me the address. What’s the address? Caller: Give me just a second. Let me walk to the mailbox. I think my brother-in-law is dead. 911: OK. What’s the address? Caller: Give me just a second. 4077 Union Hill Road.911: 4077 Union…Caller (interrupting): 4077 911: OK. Four. Zero. Seven. Seven. Union Hill. Is that correct? Caller: Yes. 4077 Union Hill Road.Caller starts to cry. 911: Ma’am. Ma’am, you have to tell me what’s going on.Caller: There’s blood all over the house.911: OK.Caller: My brother-in-law’s in the bedroom and it looks like someone has beat the hell out of him.911: OK.Caller: There’s blood all over the (inaudible).911: Ma’am, can you tell me what county that’s in? Caller: Pike County.911: It’s Pike County? Caller: Yes. And they inaudible back room.911: OK. I need you to get out of the house. Did you drive over there? Caller: Yes, I did.911: OK. What’s your name? Caller: Mine’s Bobbie.911: Bobbie, what’s your brother-in-law’s name? Caller: Huh? 911: What’s your brother-in-law’s name? Caller: inaudible sounds 911: Ma’am. What’s his name? Caller: Chris Rhoden and Gary Rhoden.911: Chris and Gary Rhoden? Caller: Both of them’s in there look like they’re dead.911: You think they’ve both dead? Caller: I think they’re both dead. It look like someone had beat the f---- out of them.911: OK. Is there anybody else in the house? Caller: Not that I know of.911: OK.Caller: The door was locked when I got here, but I have a key to his house, and I went in and they were laying on the floor.911: OK. Bobbie, I need you to get out of the house and wait.Caller: I’m staying outside right now.911: OK. Just say out of the house. Don’t let anybody go in there, OK? Caller: Yeah.911: Alright. We’ve got deputies on the way.Caller: Alright. Thank you.911: You’re welcome.Caller starts to weep.
WELL WHAT HAPPENED WITH THIS DRUG KILLING IN OHIO. I HEARD THIS WAS A DRUG CONNECTION TO A MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL. I ALSO HEARD THAT OHIO JUST THIS YEAR VOTED ON LEGALIZING MARIJUANA. BUT THE VOTE FAILED DUE TO ONLY 8 FAMILIES IN OHIO WOULD BE ALLOWED TO GROW AND SELL THE MARYJANE. WHICH WOULD GIVE THOSE 8 FAMILIES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN SALES AND GROWING. WELL WHAT IF THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL WAS PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS CASE. TO SEE IF THEIR CONNECTIONS TO OHIO WOULD BE ONE OF THE 8 FAMILIES ALLOWED TO GROW AND SELL THE MARIJUANA. OR THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL WANTED TO TAKE OVER THEIR CONNECTIONS BUSINESS IN OHIO. AND KILL EVERYBODY IN THE FAMILY OFF. SO IF OHIO EVER DID VOTE TO LEGALIZE MARYJANE. THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL WOULD HAVE CONTROL OF OHIOS DRUG CARTEL. AND MAKE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON THE MARIJUANA. THERE WAS 8 FAMILY MEMBERS KILLED. BETWEEN 11PM AND 8AM. AND 3 CHILDREN- ONE 4 DAYS OLD, 6 MONTHS AND 3 YEARS OLD WERE NOT SHOT BUT LEFT ALIVE. WE KNOW A BIT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MAIN SITE I BELIEVE. EITHER THIS FAMILY MEMBER STOLE OR BACK STABBED THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL. OR THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL WANTED TO TAKE OVER THIS FAMILIES MARIJUANA OPERATIONS. BY KILLING THE FAMILY OFF. BUT THE FIRST SUGGESTION SOUNDS LIKE THE BEST SOLUTION TO ME. THIS CERTAIN NOT FAMILY MEMBER, BUT BROTHER-IN-LAW OF THE DEAD FAMILY MEMBERS.OR THE GUY MARRIED ONE OF THE FAMILY DAUGHTERS. WE KNOW 7 OF THE EIGHT FAMILY MEMBERS WERE SHOT EXECUTION MEXICAN GANG LAND STYLE. IN THE HEAD. BUT THE BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS BEATEN ALL OVER THE HOUSE-AS THE GIRL FAMILY MEMBER SAID SO IN THE 911 CALL TO POLICE. HOW DO WE KNOW BECAUSE SHE SAID THEY NOT JUST HE-SHE SAID.BECAUSE THERE WAS BLOOD ALL OVER THE PLACE. THEN THEY DRAGGED HIM TO A DIFFERENT PLACE IN THE HOUSE WERE THEY LEFT HIS BODY. BECAUSE SHE SAID ON THE 911 CALL THEY DRAGGED HIM. OVIOUSELY SHE KNEW BY THE BLOOD COMING FROM HIS HEAD TRAIL HE WAS DRAGGED BY THE KILLER OR KILLERS. BUT SINCE SHE KNEW THERE WAS MORE THEN ONE THAT DONE THIS. EITHER SHE KNEW WHO DONE IT. OR SHE WAS INVOLVED HERSELF IN THE CRIME. MAYBE ONE OF THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL MEMBERS WAS HER BOY FRIEND. BUT THERES NO WAY A PERSON ON THE PHONE WOULD SAY THEY UNLESS THEY THEMSELF KNEW IT WAS MORE THEN ONE KILLER THAT BEAT THIS BROTHER-IN-LAW UP-THEN SHOOT HIM IN THE HEAD.BUT IF THE BROTHER-IN-LAW STOLE FROM OR BACK STABBED HIS MEXICAN DRUG CARTEL BUDDIES. THIS COULD BE A REVENGE ATTACK. LEAD BY THE DAUGHTERS CARTEL BOYFRIEND IF SHE HAD ONE. AND OTHERS. YES I BELIEVE THIS WAS EITHER A STOLEN OR BACK STAB AGAINST THE MEXICAN CARTEL. OR THE WOMEN FAMILY MEMBER ON THE 911 CALL AND HER DRUG CARTEL BOYFRIEND WANTED HIM AND HIS FAMILY OFFED.EITHER FOR THE INHERITENCE OR TO TAKE OVER CONTROL OF THE DRUG BUSINESS.
I JUST READ THE TRANSCRIPTS AND BOBBIE NEVER SAID THEY-SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE 2 DEAD PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE. SO MY BOBBIE INVOLVED IS NOT TRUTH. I TOOK THE 911 CALL THE WRONG WAY. I THOUGHT ONLY CHRIS WAS KILLED AT THIS SITE.NOT 2 FAMILY MEMBERS. THE MEDIA PUT DECIEVING CLIPS ON TV.I WAS DECIEVED BY IT.
Transcripts: 911 calls from Pike County slayings-Jessie Balmert, Gannett Ohio 7:32 p.m. EDT April 23, 2016
Transcripts of the 911 calls made after eight family members were found slain in Pike County Friday.-First call, 7:49 a.m. Friday:Caller: Inaudible words-911: 911-Caller: Yes, I need a deputy at 40… breathing and inaudible words-911: I need you to tell me the address. What’s the address? Caller: Give me just a second. Let me walk to the mailbox. I think my brother-in-law is dead. 911: OK. What’s the address? Caller: Give me just a second. 4077 Union Hill Road.911: 4077 Union…Caller (interrupting): 4077 911: OK. Four. Zero. Seven. Seven. Union Hill. Is that correct? Caller: Yes. 4077 Union Hill Road.Caller starts to cry. 911: Ma’am. Ma’am, you have to tell me what’s going on.Caller: There’s blood all over the house.911: OK.Caller: My brother-in-law’s in the bedroom and it looks like someone has beat the hell out of him.911: OK.Caller: There’s blood all over the (inaudible).911: Ma’am, can you tell me what county that’s in? Caller: Pike County.911: It’s Pike County? Caller: Yes. And they inaudible back room.911: OK. I need you to get out of the house. Did you drive over there? Caller: Yes, I did.911: OK. What’s your name? Caller: Mine’s Bobbie.911: Bobbie, what’s your brother-in-law’s name? Caller: Huh? 911: What’s your brother-in-law’s name? Caller: inaudible sounds 911: Ma’am. What’s his name? Caller: Chris Rhoden and Gary Rhoden.911: Chris and Gary Rhoden? Caller: Both of them’s in there look like they’re dead.911: You think they’ve both dead? Caller: I think they’re both dead. It look like someone had beat the f---- out of them.911: OK. Is there anybody else in the house? Caller: Not that I know of.911: OK.Caller: The door was locked when I got here, but I have a key to his house, and I went in and they were laying on the floor.911: OK. Bobbie, I need you to get out of the house and wait.Caller: I’m staying outside right now.911: OK. Just say out of the house. Don’t let anybody go in there, OK? Caller: Yeah.911: Alright. We’ve got deputies on the way.Caller: Alright. Thank you.911: You’re welcome.Caller starts to weep.
Second call, 1:26 p.m. Friday. 911 dispatcher: 911. 911.Third party: There’s Pike County, sir. Go ahead.Caller: Yeah.911: This is 911. Can I help you? Caller: I need a deputy to come out to close to 799 Left Fork.911: OK Caller: It’s all that stuff that’s on the news. Um, I just found, I just found my cousin with a gunshot wound.911: OK, sir. Is he alive? Caller: No. No.911: OK. And you’re at 799 Left Fork? Caller: It’s close to 799. I don’t know what his address is. He don’t have a box.911: You don’t have a box. OK.Caller: I’ll be standing out by the roadway.911: What’s your name, sir? Caller: Donald Stone 911: Donald Stone? Caller: Donald Stone 911: Stone? S-T-O-N-E Caller: Yeah.911: What’s his name? Caller: Kenneth Rhoden 911: Kenneth Rhoden? Caller: Yeah.911: OK, sir. Are you out of the house? Caller: I’m out of the house right now. I just went in, hollering at him, and checked if he was alright, and I looked up at him and he had a gunshot wound.911: OK, sir. We are going to get deputies out there to you, OK? Caller: OK.911: Alright.Caller: Bye.
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Ohio Attorney General Announces Discovery of Marijuana Grow With Possible Connection to Mexican Drug Cartel-8/16/2012
(PIKE COUNTY, Ohio) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced this afternoon the discovery of a major marijuana grow site in Pike County with suspected ties to a Mexican drug cartel.Agents with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and Pike County Sheriff’s Office were ending day-one of a two-day drug eradication effort late yesterday afternoon, when investigators in a helicopter noticed the grow on a hillside. Authorities raided the location off Hickson Road this morning.“BCI staff are highly trained and skilled in identifying marijuana plants and found more than 12-hundred plants in the beginning stages of growth," said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.Investigators said they also found evidence of two campsites that they believe likely belonged to Mexican nationals. Both camps were abandoned.Officers from thirteen area law enforcement agencies worked all day Thursday to remove the plants and burn them. Had the plants been allowed to mature and be sold on the streets, authorities estimate each plant could have been sold for $1,000 to $1,500 apiece.“We’re doing everything we can in Pike County to fight the war on drugs the best we can,” said Pike County Sheriff Richard Henderson. “There is no way we can do this by ourselves, so we are very grateful to everyone who came together today to help us get these drugs out of our community.”No arrests have been made, although investigators said evidence left at the scene could help them identify the people responsible.Other agencies that assisted in the case include the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office, the Ross County Sheriff’s Office, the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, the Circleville Police Department, the Portsmouth Police Department, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Southern Ohio Corrections Facility Special Response Team, the U.S. 23 Major Crimes Task Force, the Pike County Hazmat Team, and the American Red Cross.Including the 1,238 plants seized today, BCI and Pike County authorities seized 1,609 marijuana plants over the two-day drug eradication effort.
Updated: 2:28 p.m. Monday, April 25, 2016 | Posted: 12:50 p.m. Monday, April 25, 2016-7 mysteries from the 'execution-style' deaths of 8 relatives in Ohio-WHIO By Dayton Daily News
PIKE COUNTY, Ohio —As the investigation into the shooting deaths of eight members of a Pike County, Ohio, family extends into day No. 4, more questions are emerging about the family, who committed these crimes and what's next for the three young children who were spared in these killings.The victims — all members of the Rhoden family — were found Friday at four different locations in Pike County, which is about 100 miles east of Cincinnati. 1. What clues at the scenes led investigators to determine these were planned, sophisticated, “execution-style” killings? The dead included seven adults and one 16-year-old male, most of whom were executed while in bed. All appeared to be shot in the head "execution-style," Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said."This is a pre-planned execution of eight individuals. It was a sophisticated operation and those who carried it out were trying to do everything they could do to hinder the investigation and their prosecution," DeWine said. "We don’t know if it was one or two (shooters)."Autopsy results are expected to be released Tuesday or Wednesday."This investigation is very large, probably the largest in Pike County we have ever been a part of," Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader said.Reader said he suspected the killings were targeted and none of the victims appeared to have committed suicide. All the killings occurred during the nighttime hours.According to Wikipedia, an execution-style murder — also known as Chicago-style murder and execution-style killing — is an act of criminal murder where the perpetrator kills at close range a conscious victim who is under the complete physical control of the assailant and who has been left with no course of resistance or escape. Oftentimes, the victim is put on his or her knees. 2. How did authorities determine marijuana grow operations found at the scenes were for professional, and not personal, use? DeWine said marijuana grow operations were found at three of the four crime scenes, but he did not disclose the amount of drugs found.Authorities also wouldn’t say publicly whether they thought the killings were drug-related, but an official with knowledge of the operation told CNN’s Nick Valencia: "This operation was not for personal use; it was for something much bigger than that. It was a very sophisticated operation.""We have received over 100 tips, we have conducted over 50 to 60 interviews … over 100 personnel were involved in this investigation. Five search warrants have been executed, four crime scenes have been worked," DeWine said.Also, 18 pieces of evidence are at the Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s state crime lab. 3. Why were the children spared by the killers? Where are the children now? In all, three children — a 4-day-old, a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old — were found unharmed at the scenes, officials said.It is unclear at this time why the children were spared. State authorities are reportedly caring for the children. 4. Who are the Rhodens? The identities of the eight people killed are: Hannah Gilley, 20; Christopher Rhoden Sr., 40; Christopher Rhoden Jr., 16; Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden, 20; Dana Rhoden, 37; Gary Rhoden, 38; Hanna Rhoden, 19; and Kenneth Rhoden, 44.The Rhoden family is a large family spread across several counties in southern Ohio.Both Christopher Rhoden Jr. and another victim, Frankie Rhoden, worked at Big Bear Lake Family Resort, according to social media posts. Two of the victims, Frankie Rhoden and Hannah Gilley, were engaged, according to the "Remembering Frankie Rhoden" Facebook page.Reader said the family did not have prior criminal contact with his office.At a press conference Sunday, Reader said he warned other Rhoden family members to be on guard, but "for other citizens, I don’t believe there’s an issue."A relative of the Rhodens, who didn’t want to give his name because he fears for his safety, described the slain family as "good people, good hard-working people … never bothered nobody. Takes a cold-hearted person to do something like that and hopefully they’ll be brought to justice as soon as possible." 5. What is the profile of the perpetrator(s)? No suspect or suspects have been apprehended.While survivors of the family are asking for the public's help in finding those responsible and investigators continue to seek answers, no details about the perpetrator's or perpetrators' profiles have been released by authorities.Authorities said at least one suspect is believed to be at large and should be considered armed and dangerous. Investigators also said the killings were "planned and sophisticated." 6. How did the killer(s) gain entry into the homes in the middle of the night? Details of how the killer or killers gained entry into the family's homes have not been released to the public but we are working to obtain more details from the investigation through public records requests.Seven of the deceased were found in three Union Hill Road homes in Piketon. The eighth was found within a 10-minute drive from the other victims.Two recordings of the first 911 calls that Piketon police received Friday were released.The first call came from a woman named Bobby at 7:49 a.m. Friday. She told dispatchers she'd come to feed animals and used a key to gain entry into the house in the 4000 block of Union Hill Road and "found them all dead."The home is where two males were found dead — her brother-in-law Chris Rhoden and cousin Gary Rhoden. The woman said in the 911 call there was "blood all over the house" and someone "beat the hell out of them." The men were found lying on the floor in the back bedrooms.She reported that no one else was in the home and broke into tears, according to the 911 recording.A man is heard in the second 911 call, recorded at 1:26 p.m. Friday.The man was at a residence in the 700 block of West Fork Road. He told the dispatcher he walked in and called out for his cousin before finding him dead with a gunshot wound.The news of the other deaths had already been reported by the time this death was discovered.“All that stuff that’s on the news, I just found my cousin with a gunshot wound,” the caller tells the dispatcher. 7. Is there a history of drug problems in Pike County? In August 2012, Ohio law enforcement officers found "a major marijuana grow site in Pike County with suspected ties to a Mexican drug cartel," according to a press release DeWine’s office issued at that time.Investigators discovered about 1,200 marijuana plants — which were destroyed — and evidence of two abandoned campsites they believe belonged to Mexican nationals.It has not been indicated by authorities that there is any connection between te incident in 2012 and the operations found on the Rhoden properties.Piketon is a community of 2,158 in Pike County, which has 28,217 residents, according to the 2015 census. The county is classified by the Appalachian Regional Commission as "distressed" and the unemployment rate is among the highest in the state, according to the county website.Community members said news that investigators found marijuana growing operations at three of the four crime scenes is not entirely surprising."I'll tell you, the drug scene in this area is just so bad that you never can tell," said Chip Moore of Piketon."That’s Pike County. … It’s one of those things that's everywhere, really," said Surienna Nye of Piketon.
Slaying of eight Ohio family members called 'sophisticated' execution-[Reuters]-By Steve Gorman-April 24, 2016-YAHOONEWS
(Reuters) - Eight family members found shot to death at four homes in rural Ohio were specifically targeted for execution in a pre-planned, "sophisticated operation," authorities said on Sunday as their investigation of the unsolved killings entered a third day.Revealing one possible clue in the case, officials said investigators had found three marijuana cultivation sites at one of the homes, but they declined to say whether the cannabis "grows" might be linked to the killings.Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said it was clear the victims, ranging in age from 16 to 44, were deliberately singled out for attack, most of them while they slept, rather than killed at random or in a crime of passion.In their latest briefing to reporters, however, officials refused to comment on any possible motive or say whether they had identified any suspects. While DeWine at times used plural pronouns, he insisted investigators remained unsure whether they were seeking one or more perpetrators."I don't know if it's a bad guy or bad guys - it could be one, two three, four," he said in a televised news conference. He said 18 pieces of evidence had been sent to a state crime lab for analysis and that 50 to 60 people had been interviewed in the case, with more expected to be questioned."This was a pre-planned execution of eight individuals. It was a sophisticated operation. And those who carried it out were trying to do everything they could do to hinder the investigation and their prosecution," DeWine said."We would anticipate that this could be a lengthy investigation," he added.The victims, all previously identified as members of the Rhoden family, were found shot in the head in four separate homes on Friday in or near Piketon, a town of some 2,000 people about 95 miles east of Cincinnati in south-central Ohio.The victims included a mother who was slain in bed with her 4-day-old infant in her arms. That baby and two other small children present during the killings - a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old - all survived, officials said.The sheriff said he has urged other surviving members of the Rhoden family to arm themselves for protection, but "for other citizens of this county, I don't believe there is an issue."Autopsies were completed on seven victims by Sunday afternoon. The sheriff also said he had sent additional investigators to scour the wooded areas surrounding all four crime scenes in search of any additional evidence.A local restaurateur, Jeff Ruby, offered a $25,000 reward for any information leading to arrest and conviction of those responsible.(Reporting by Steve Gorman from Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Joseph Ax in New York; Editing by Mary Milliken)
Reward offered in Ohio hunt for execution-style killer of eight-[Reuters]-April 23, 2016-YAHOONEWS
(Reuters) - A Cincinnati-area businessman on Saturday offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to a suspect or suspects in the execution-style killings of eight members of the same family who were shot dead in four homes on Friday.The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and local law enforcement have interviewed witnesses and executed search warrants, according to a joint statement by the Ohio attorney general and the Pike County sheriff."The investigation is still in its early stages, and no arrests have been made," the statement said.Jeff Ruby, the owner of high-end steakhouses, has offered $25,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible, officials said.Investigators have yet to disclose a suspected motive in the massacre of the Rhoden family in Pike County, in the Appalachian region of south-central Ohio.State and local officials said in a joint statement it would take until the end of this weekend to conclude autopsies on the eight people slain.All the victims were shot in the head, including the mother of a days-old infant.The baby, a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old all survived the shootings. The mother of the newborn was in bed with her baby when she was killed, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported."I can't believe how anyone could kill a mother with her four-day-old baby in her arms," Phil Fulton, pastor of the Union Hill Church in Peebles, the town where the shootings took place, told CNN.Authorities on Saturday identified those killed as: Hannah Gilley, 20; Christopher Rhoden Sr, 40; Christopher Rhoden Jr, 16; Clarence "Frankie" Rhoden, 20; Dana Rhoden, 37; Gary Rhoden, 38; Hanna Rhoden, 19; and Kenneth Rhoden, 44.Officials also have released recordings of two phone calls from people reporting killings at separate locations to the Pike County Sheriff's Office."There's blood all over the house. My brother-in-law's in the bedroom. It looks like someone has beat the hell out of him," says one distressed woman, who then reported seeing another body on the floor."I think they're both dead," she says.Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said on Friday he was unsure if there was one perpetrator or more."Reports we are receiving from Peebles are tragic beyond comprehension," Ohio governor and Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich said on Twitter. "We'll continue to monitor this closely and the state will work with local law enforcement however we can."(Reporting by Daniel Trotta in New York and Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles,; Editing by Diane Craft and Andrew Hay)
Ohio Attorney General Announces Discovery of Marijuana Grow With Possible Connection to Mexican Drug Cartel-8/16/2012
(PIKE COUNTY, Ohio) -- Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced this afternoon the discovery of a major marijuana grow site in Pike County with suspected ties to a Mexican drug cartel.Agents with the Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) and Pike County Sheriff’s Office were ending day-one of a two-day drug eradication effort late yesterday afternoon, when investigators in a helicopter noticed the grow on a hillside. Authorities raided the location off Hickson Road this morning.“BCI staff are highly trained and skilled in identifying marijuana plants and found more than 12-hundred plants in the beginning stages of growth," said Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine.Investigators said they also found evidence of two campsites that they believe likely belonged to Mexican nationals. Both camps were abandoned.Officers from thirteen area law enforcement agencies worked all day Thursday to remove the plants and burn them. Had the plants been allowed to mature and be sold on the streets, authorities estimate each plant could have been sold for $1,000 to $1,500 apiece.“We’re doing everything we can in Pike County to fight the war on drugs the best we can,” said Pike County Sheriff Richard Henderson. “There is no way we can do this by ourselves, so we are very grateful to everyone who came together today to help us get these drugs out of our community.”No arrests have been made, although investigators said evidence left at the scene could help them identify the people responsible.Other agencies that assisted in the case include the Scioto County Sheriff’s Office, the Ross County Sheriff’s Office, the Pickaway County Sheriff’s Office, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office, the Circleville Police Department, the Portsmouth Police Department, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, the Southern Ohio Corrections Facility Special Response Team, the U.S. 23 Major Crimes Task Force, the Pike County Hazmat Team, and the American Red Cross.Including the 1,238 plants seized today, BCI and Pike County authorities seized 1,609 marijuana plants over the two-day drug eradication effort.
Updated: 2:28 p.m. Monday, April 25, 2016 | Posted: 12:50 p.m. Monday, April 25, 2016-7 mysteries from the 'execution-style' deaths of 8 relatives in Ohio-WHIO By Dayton Daily News
PIKE COUNTY, Ohio —As the investigation into the shooting deaths of eight members of a Pike County, Ohio, family extends into day No. 4, more questions are emerging about the family, who committed these crimes and what's next for the three young children who were spared in these killings.The victims — all members of the Rhoden family — were found Friday at four different locations in Pike County, which is about 100 miles east of Cincinnati. 1. What clues at the scenes led investigators to determine these were planned, sophisticated, “execution-style” killings? The dead included seven adults and one 16-year-old male, most of whom were executed while in bed. All appeared to be shot in the head "execution-style," Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said."This is a pre-planned execution of eight individuals. It was a sophisticated operation and those who carried it out were trying to do everything they could do to hinder the investigation and their prosecution," DeWine said. "We don’t know if it was one or two (shooters)."Autopsy results are expected to be released Tuesday or Wednesday."This investigation is very large, probably the largest in Pike County we have ever been a part of," Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader said.Reader said he suspected the killings were targeted and none of the victims appeared to have committed suicide. All the killings occurred during the nighttime hours.According to Wikipedia, an execution-style murder — also known as Chicago-style murder and execution-style killing — is an act of criminal murder where the perpetrator kills at close range a conscious victim who is under the complete physical control of the assailant and who has been left with no course of resistance or escape. Oftentimes, the victim is put on his or her knees. 2. How did authorities determine marijuana grow operations found at the scenes were for professional, and not personal, use? DeWine said marijuana grow operations were found at three of the four crime scenes, but he did not disclose the amount of drugs found.Authorities also wouldn’t say publicly whether they thought the killings were drug-related, but an official with knowledge of the operation told CNN’s Nick Valencia: "This operation was not for personal use; it was for something much bigger than that. It was a very sophisticated operation.""We have received over 100 tips, we have conducted over 50 to 60 interviews … over 100 personnel were involved in this investigation. Five search warrants have been executed, four crime scenes have been worked," DeWine said.Also, 18 pieces of evidence are at the Bureau of Criminal Investigation’s state crime lab. 3. Why were the children spared by the killers? Where are the children now? In all, three children — a 4-day-old, a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old — were found unharmed at the scenes, officials said.It is unclear at this time why the children were spared. State authorities are reportedly caring for the children. 4. Who are the Rhodens? The identities of the eight people killed are: Hannah Gilley, 20; Christopher Rhoden Sr., 40; Christopher Rhoden Jr., 16; Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden, 20; Dana Rhoden, 37; Gary Rhoden, 38; Hanna Rhoden, 19; and Kenneth Rhoden, 44.The Rhoden family is a large family spread across several counties in southern Ohio.Both Christopher Rhoden Jr. and another victim, Frankie Rhoden, worked at Big Bear Lake Family Resort, according to social media posts. Two of the victims, Frankie Rhoden and Hannah Gilley, were engaged, according to the "Remembering Frankie Rhoden" Facebook page.Reader said the family did not have prior criminal contact with his office.At a press conference Sunday, Reader said he warned other Rhoden family members to be on guard, but "for other citizens, I don’t believe there’s an issue."A relative of the Rhodens, who didn’t want to give his name because he fears for his safety, described the slain family as "good people, good hard-working people … never bothered nobody. Takes a cold-hearted person to do something like that and hopefully they’ll be brought to justice as soon as possible." 5. What is the profile of the perpetrator(s)? No suspect or suspects have been apprehended.While survivors of the family are asking for the public's help in finding those responsible and investigators continue to seek answers, no details about the perpetrator's or perpetrators' profiles have been released by authorities.Authorities said at least one suspect is believed to be at large and should be considered armed and dangerous. Investigators also said the killings were "planned and sophisticated." 6. How did the killer(s) gain entry into the homes in the middle of the night? Details of how the killer or killers gained entry into the family's homes have not been released to the public but we are working to obtain more details from the investigation through public records requests.Seven of the deceased were found in three Union Hill Road homes in Piketon. The eighth was found within a 10-minute drive from the other victims.Two recordings of the first 911 calls that Piketon police received Friday were released.The first call came from a woman named Bobby at 7:49 a.m. Friday. She told dispatchers she'd come to feed animals and used a key to gain entry into the house in the 4000 block of Union Hill Road and "found them all dead."The home is where two males were found dead — her brother-in-law Chris Rhoden and cousin Gary Rhoden. The woman said in the 911 call there was "blood all over the house" and someone "beat the hell out of them." The men were found lying on the floor in the back bedrooms.She reported that no one else was in the home and broke into tears, according to the 911 recording.A man is heard in the second 911 call, recorded at 1:26 p.m. Friday.The man was at a residence in the 700 block of West Fork Road. He told the dispatcher he walked in and called out for his cousin before finding him dead with a gunshot wound.The news of the other deaths had already been reported by the time this death was discovered.“All that stuff that’s on the news, I just found my cousin with a gunshot wound,” the caller tells the dispatcher. 7. Is there a history of drug problems in Pike County? In August 2012, Ohio law enforcement officers found "a major marijuana grow site in Pike County with suspected ties to a Mexican drug cartel," according to a press release DeWine’s office issued at that time.Investigators discovered about 1,200 marijuana plants — which were destroyed — and evidence of two abandoned campsites they believe belonged to Mexican nationals.It has not been indicated by authorities that there is any connection between te incident in 2012 and the operations found on the Rhoden properties.Piketon is a community of 2,158 in Pike County, which has 28,217 residents, according to the 2015 census. The county is classified by the Appalachian Regional Commission as "distressed" and the unemployment rate is among the highest in the state, according to the county website.Community members said news that investigators found marijuana growing operations at three of the four crime scenes is not entirely surprising."I'll tell you, the drug scene in this area is just so bad that you never can tell," said Chip Moore of Piketon."That’s Pike County. … It’s one of those things that's everywhere, really," said Surienna Nye of Piketon.
Slaying of eight Ohio family members called 'sophisticated' execution-[Reuters]-By Steve Gorman-April 24, 2016-YAHOONEWS
(Reuters) - Eight family members found shot to death at four homes in rural Ohio were specifically targeted for execution in a pre-planned, "sophisticated operation," authorities said on Sunday as their investigation of the unsolved killings entered a third day.Revealing one possible clue in the case, officials said investigators had found three marijuana cultivation sites at one of the homes, but they declined to say whether the cannabis "grows" might be linked to the killings.Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said it was clear the victims, ranging in age from 16 to 44, were deliberately singled out for attack, most of them while they slept, rather than killed at random or in a crime of passion.In their latest briefing to reporters, however, officials refused to comment on any possible motive or say whether they had identified any suspects. While DeWine at times used plural pronouns, he insisted investigators remained unsure whether they were seeking one or more perpetrators."I don't know if it's a bad guy or bad guys - it could be one, two three, four," he said in a televised news conference. He said 18 pieces of evidence had been sent to a state crime lab for analysis and that 50 to 60 people had been interviewed in the case, with more expected to be questioned."This was a pre-planned execution of eight individuals. It was a sophisticated operation. And those who carried it out were trying to do everything they could do to hinder the investigation and their prosecution," DeWine said."We would anticipate that this could be a lengthy investigation," he added.The victims, all previously identified as members of the Rhoden family, were found shot in the head in four separate homes on Friday in or near Piketon, a town of some 2,000 people about 95 miles east of Cincinnati in south-central Ohio.The victims included a mother who was slain in bed with her 4-day-old infant in her arms. That baby and two other small children present during the killings - a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old - all survived, officials said.The sheriff said he has urged other surviving members of the Rhoden family to arm themselves for protection, but "for other citizens of this county, I don't believe there is an issue."Autopsies were completed on seven victims by Sunday afternoon. The sheriff also said he had sent additional investigators to scour the wooded areas surrounding all four crime scenes in search of any additional evidence.A local restaurateur, Jeff Ruby, offered a $25,000 reward for any information leading to arrest and conviction of those responsible.(Reporting by Steve Gorman from Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Joseph Ax in New York; Editing by Mary Milliken)
Reward offered in Ohio hunt for execution-style killer of eight-[Reuters]-April 23, 2016-YAHOONEWS
(Reuters) - A Cincinnati-area businessman on Saturday offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to a suspect or suspects in the execution-style killings of eight members of the same family who were shot dead in four homes on Friday.The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and local law enforcement have interviewed witnesses and executed search warrants, according to a joint statement by the Ohio attorney general and the Pike County sheriff."The investigation is still in its early stages, and no arrests have been made," the statement said.Jeff Ruby, the owner of high-end steakhouses, has offered $25,000 for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or people responsible, officials said.Investigators have yet to disclose a suspected motive in the massacre of the Rhoden family in Pike County, in the Appalachian region of south-central Ohio.State and local officials said in a joint statement it would take until the end of this weekend to conclude autopsies on the eight people slain.All the victims were shot in the head, including the mother of a days-old infant.The baby, a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old all survived the shootings. The mother of the newborn was in bed with her baby when she was killed, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported."I can't believe how anyone could kill a mother with her four-day-old baby in her arms," Phil Fulton, pastor of the Union Hill Church in Peebles, the town where the shootings took place, told CNN.Authorities on Saturday identified those killed as: Hannah Gilley, 20; Christopher Rhoden Sr, 40; Christopher Rhoden Jr, 16; Clarence "Frankie" Rhoden, 20; Dana Rhoden, 37; Gary Rhoden, 38; Hanna Rhoden, 19; and Kenneth Rhoden, 44.Officials also have released recordings of two phone calls from people reporting killings at separate locations to the Pike County Sheriff's Office."There's blood all over the house. My brother-in-law's in the bedroom. It looks like someone has beat the hell out of him," says one distressed woman, who then reported seeing another body on the floor."I think they're both dead," she says.Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said on Friday he was unsure if there was one perpetrator or more."Reports we are receiving from Peebles are tragic beyond comprehension," Ohio governor and Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich said on Twitter. "We'll continue to monitor this closely and the state will work with local law enforcement however we can."(Reporting by Daniel Trotta in New York and Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles,; Editing by Diane Craft and Andrew Hay)
