This story has been updated to reflect evolving events. The Pike County massacre has been in the news since eight residents of southern Ohio were found shot to death in their homes on April 22, 2016.

PIKE COUNTY, Ohio — Prosecutors are appealing the sentence for Edward "Jake" Wagner, asking the Ohio Supreme Court for a harsher penalty. Wagner pleaded guilty to aggravated murder, conspiracy, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Tuesday marked nine years since eight family members were found dead across multiple Pike County homes, setting off one of the largest murder investigations in Ohio’s history.

The prosecution in the case of Edward “Jake” Wagner filed a motion with the Ohio Supreme Court, Monday, asking the high court to overrule the sentence of Wagner, which was delivered in Pike County ...

WAVERLY, Ohio — A custody dispute between two families that erupted into the massacre of eight people in rural southern Ohio started with a plan to kill just one of them, a young mother refusing to ...