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Fourth and final crime scene was focal point of Monday's testimony in Pike County

Fourth and final crime scene was focal point of Monday's testimony in Pike County
THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S RIGHT, GEORGE WAGNER. THE FOURTH IS THE DEFENDANT IN THIS CASE. BUT AGAIN TODAY, JURORS DID NOT HEAR ANY EVIDENCE THAT DIRECTLY CONNECTED HIM. THE FOURTH AND FINAL CRIME SCENE. 799 LEFT FORK ROAD, THE FOURTH AND FINAL CRIME SCENE. ONE OF THE EIGHT VICTIMS, KENNETH RODEN, WAS FOUND DEAD IN A BED INSIDE TRAILER ON THIS PROPERTY. ABLE TO TELL IF HIS RIGHT EYE WAS OPEN OR CLOSED. AND THE RIGHT EYE. YES. I WAS NOT ABLE TO TELL. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S NOT. BCI SPECIAL AGENT GEORGE EDWARD STALEY TOLD JURORS HE BELIEVES KENNETH WAS SHOT WITH A 40 CALIBER FIREARM WHILE HE WAS ASLEEP. FORENSIC PATHOLOGIST DR. KAREN LOWMAN WENT INTO EVEN MORE GRAPHIC DETAIL ABOUT HIS. HIS EYES WERE CLOSED BECAUSE THE BULLET WENT THROUGH HIS EYELIDS. THIS IS WHERE WE FOUND THE BULLET LODGED IN THE BACK OF KENNETH바카라 게임 웹사이트S HEAD. LOMAN CALLED IT AN INTERMEDIATE GUNSHOT WOUND. INTERMEDIATE IS, IN GENERAL ABOUT THE GUN IS APPROXIMATELY THREE INCHES TO ME, ABOUT THREE FEET AWAY FROM THE FACE. IT WENT OFF. AND YOUR TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE. LOWMAN FOR THIS TYPE OF WOUND, THE IMMEDIATELY FATAL. IN MY OPINION. JURORS DID NOT HEAR ANY DIRECTLY TYING GEORGE WAGNER TO THIS CRIME SCENE. PROSECUTORS EVEN SAID NO DNA SAMPLES BELONGING TO ANY OF THE WAGNERS WERE FOUND ON KENNETH바카라 게임 웹사이트S PROPERTY. THE FINAL WITNESS TO TESTIFY TODAY, MATTHEW WHITE, A FIREARM EXPERT WITH BCI AND IS A 30 CALIBER FALCON AND GROOVES RIGHT HAND TWIST. HE EXAMINED BULLETS FOUND AT THE CRIME SCENES AND LODGED IN THE VICTIM바카라 게임 웹사이트S BODIES. AND THIS IS A BULLET, A 40 CALIBER. AND WHEN COURT WRAPPED UP TODAY, WHITE WAS STILL ON THE STAND, GOING THROUGH A LIST OF THE BULLETS FOUND AT ALL THE CRIME SCENES. SO FAR, HE IDENTIFIED BULLETS THAT WERE FROM A 30 CALIBER, 40 CALIBER AND 22 CALIBER FIREARM. HE WILL BE BACK ON THE STAND AGAIN TOMORROW MORNING AND HIS TESTIMONY COULD PROVIDE US AN IDEA OF MANY GUNS WERE USED IN THE ROAD, IN MURDERS. REPORTING LIVE TONIG
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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. Related coverage:

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.

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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.

Related coverage: