Accused Rhoden Killer Wants Solitary Jail Cell

(ONN) -- One of four family members charged with killing eight people from another family in southern Ohio wants solitary confinement in the jail where he's being held.

-

27-year-old George Wagner the Fourth, his parents and brother have pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder charges in the shootings of seven adults and a teenage boy from the Rhoden family near Piketon in 2016. Wagner's attorneys told a judge last week he wants solitary confinement to read the bible and "do the things that he likes to do."

-

Wagner is in the Ross County Jail. The judge and prosecutor agree that that decision is up to the county sheriff.


View Full Site