TODD: SINCE THIS IS A CASE INVOLVING MULTIPLE MURDER VICTIMS, AUTOPSIES ARE CRITICAL. THEY HELP JURORS UNDERSTAND HOW THE VICTIMS DIED. TODAY바카라 게임 웹사이트S TESTIMONY WAS LARGELY FOCUSED ON A MAN CONSIDERED THE PATRIARCH OF THE RHODEN FAMILY. >> E-245. >> THIS IS ANOTHER BULLET FRAGMENT. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S LABELED BEHIND LEFT EAR. TODD: BALLISTIC EVIDENCE FEATURED PROMINENTLY TODAY WHEN DR. KAREN LOOMAN TESTIFIED DURING GEORGE WAGNER THE 4TH바카라 게임 웹사이트S MURDER TRIAL. >> I바카라 게임 웹사이트M FINDING THE BULLETS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT IS EVIDENCE OF THE CRIME. TODD: LOOMAN IS CHIEF DEPUTY CORONER FOR HAMILTON COUNTY. SHE PERFORMED AUTOPSIES ON EIGHT RHODEN FAMILY MEMBERS WHO WERE KILLED EXECUTION-STYLE IN APRIL 2016. TWO YEARS LATER, INVESTIGATORS CHARGED WAGNER, HIS BROTHER JAKE AND THEIR PARENTS WITH MURDER. LOOMAN BELIEVES MANY OF THE VICTIMS WERE SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES AND NEVER MOVED, SOMETHING SHE FOUND STRANGE. >> IN MY MIND, I WAS TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY SOMEONE WOULD NOT RESPOND WHEN OTHER PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE ARE GETTING SHOT. I THINK THEY WOULD WAKE UP WITH GUNFIRE. TODD: PROSECUTOR ANGELA CANEPA SPENT HOURS QUESTIONING LOOMAN ABOUT THE WAY CHRIS RHODEN SENIOR DIED. IN HER OPENING STATEMENT LAST WEEK, CANEPA SAID THE WAGNERS TARGETED THE 40-YEAR-OLD RHODEN AS PART OF A SCHEME TO GAIN CONTROL OF A CHILD JAKE WAGNER HAD WITH RHODEN바카라 게임 웹사이트S DAUGHTER, HANNA MAE RHODEN. >> THAT IS BECAUSE HE WAS THE PATRIARCH OF THE FAMILY AND THEY CONSIDERED BASICALLY THAT IF THEY GOT RID OF HIM, THAT THE STRUCTURE OF THE FAMILY WOULD FALL. TODD: ON THE STAND TODAY, LOOMAN DESCRIBED THE BRUTALITY OF ONE WOUND IN PARTICULAR RHODEN SUFFERED TO HIS RIGHT ARM. >> MY OPINION WAS THAT A HIGH-POWERED WEAPON CAUSED THAT WOUND. THE FASTER THE BULLET, THE MORE VELOCITY, THE MORE DAMAGE IT CAUSES TO THE HUMAN BODY. TODD: AFTER JURORS TOOK A LUNCH BREAK, LOOMAN WAS ON THE STAND TESTIFYING ABOUT THE AUTOPSY SHE PERFORMED ON CHRIS RHODEN SENIOR바카라 게임 웹사이트S COUSIN, GARY RHODEN. THEN, AN OHIO BCI AGENT WHO TOOK THE STAND YESTERDAY WAS CALLED BACK TO TALK MORE ABOUT HIS ROL
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Dr. Karen Looman recalls strangeness of multiple shooting victims not moving as killings continued
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Updated: 7:11 PM EDT Sep 20, 2022
Ballistic evidence featured prominently Tuesday as Dr. Karen Looman testified during George Wagner IV's murder trial."Finding the bullets are important because that's actually evidence of a crime," Looman said.Looman is chief deputy coroner for Hamilton County. In April 2016, she performed autopsies on eight Rhoden family members who were killed execution-style.Two years later, investigators charged Wagner, his brother Jake and their parents with murder.Looman believes many of the victims were shot multiple times and never moved, something she found strange."In my mind, I was trying to figure out why somebody wouldn't respond when other people in the house are getting shot," Looman said. "I think they would wake up with gunfire."Prosecutor Angela Canepa spent about three hours questioning Looman about the way Chris Rhoden Sr. died.In her opening statement last week, Canepa said the Wagners targeted the 40-year-old Rhoden as part of a scheme to gain control of a child Jake Wagner had with Rhoden's daughter, Hanna Mae Rhoden."That's because he was the patriarch of the family, and they considered, basically, that if they kind of got rid of him that the structure of the family would fall," Canepa said during her opening statement.On the witness stand Tuesday, Looman described the brutality of one wound, in particular, Rhoden suffered, to his right arm."My opinion was that a high-powered weapon caused that wound. The faster the bullet, the more velocity, the more damage it causes to the human body," Looman said.After jurors took a lunch break, Looman talked about the autopsy she performed on Chris Rhoden Sr.'s cousin, Gary Rhoden.Then, an Ohio BCI agent who testified Monday was called back to the stand to talk more about his role in the investigation.Related coverage:
WAVERLY, Ohio — Ballistic evidence featured prominently Tuesday as Dr. Karen Looman testified during George Wagner IV's murder trial.
"Finding the bullets are important because that's actually evidence of a crime," Looman said.
Looman is chief deputy coroner for Hamilton County. In April 2016, she performed autopsies on eight Rhoden family members who were killed execution-style.
Two years later, investigators charged Wagner, his brother Jake and their parents with murder.
Looman believes many of the victims were shot multiple times and never moved, something she found strange.
"In my mind, I was trying to figure out why somebody wouldn't respond when other people in the house are getting shot," Looman said. "I think they would wake up with gunfire."
Prosecutor Angela Canepa spent about three hours questioning Looman about the way Chris Rhoden Sr. died.
In her opening statement last week, Canepa said the Wagners targeted the 40-year-old Rhoden as part of a scheme to gain control of a child Jake Wagner had with Rhoden's daughter, Hanna Mae Rhoden.
"That's because he was the patriarch of the family, and they considered, basically, that if they kind of got rid of him that the structure of the family would fall," Canepa said during her opening statement.
On the witness stand Tuesday, Looman described the brutality of one wound, in particular, Rhoden suffered, to his right arm.
"My opinion was that a high-powered weapon caused that wound. The faster the bullet, the more velocity, the more damage it causes to the human body," Looman said.
After jurors took a lunch break, Looman talked about the autopsy she performed on Chris Rhoden Sr.'s cousin, Gary Rhoden.
Then, an Ohio BCI agent who testified Monday was called back to the stand to talk more about his role in the investigation.
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