Fourth and final crime scene was focal point of Monday's testimony in Pike County
The fourth and final crime scene was the focal point of testimony Monday in George Wagner IV's aggravated murder trial in Pike County.
Wagner, along with three members of his family, is accused of murdering eight members of the Rhoden family in April 2016.
One of the victims, Kenneth Rhoden, lived in a trailer at 799 Left Fork Road. That's where he was murdered.
George Edward Staley, a special agent with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation, oversaw that crime scene. He said Rhoden was murdered in his bed.
"Were you able to tell if his right eye was open or closed?" Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk asked Staley.
"I was not able to tell. It's not there," Staley said.
Staley told jurors he believes Kenneth Rhoden was shot with a .40 caliber firearm while he was asleep.
Forensic pathologist Dr. Karen Looman went into even more, graphic detail about the murder.
"His eyes were closed because the bullet went through eyelids," Looman said.
Looman said she found the bullet lodged in the back of Kenneth Rhoden's head. Looman called it an intermediate gunshot wound.
"Intermediate is in general, the gun is approximately three inches to maybe about three feet away from face when it went off," Looman said.
Looman said in her opinion, Kenneth Rhoden died immediately after being shot.
Jurors did not hear any testimony directly tying George Wagner to the fourth crime scene. Prosecutors even said no DNA samples belonging to any of the Wagners were found on Kenneth Rhoden's property.
The final witness to testify Monday was Matthew White, a firearm expert with BCI.
He examined bullets found at the crime scenes and lodged in the victims' bodies.
He will be back on the stand Tuesday, and his testimony could provide an idea of how many guns were used in the Rhoden murders.
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