Thread by @ToddDykesWLWT

2/2 Jurors just went to lunch. Toward the end of the morning session, Jake said it was his maternal grandmother's decision to confess to her role in forged custody documents that prompted Jake to do the same. #WLWT

After Rita Necomb (Angela Wagner's mom & Jake's grandmother) came forward, Jake Wagner said, "To me, it felt like it was the answer I was looking for at the time.. an answer from God." #WLWT #PikeCountyMassacre

Jake shared the regret he felt about the #PikeCountyMassacre during a brief convo w/ his dad, co-defendant Billy Wagner. Jake said he told Billy he "did not" feel regret, which Jake said today was not true. He said he told his dad this b/c he worried about Billy being suicidal.

Jurors also saw, for the first time, the weapons used when Jake says he and his family executed a plan to kill 8 members of the Rhoden family in April 2016. #WLWT #PikeCountyMassacre

I'll post images the jury saw - of the murder weapons - momentarily. My ace videographer @VideomikeWLWT is editing them as I type.

@VideomikeWLWT ALSO OF NOTE: Jake Wagner described being taught (pre-homicides) how to evade law enforcement when he & his family committed crimes. He said he was taught to be "respectful" of police but that he "was to hide something, to hide it plain sight." #WLWT #PikeCountyMassacre

@VideomikeWLWT PERSONAL OBSERVATION: One of the strangest things I've deduced from Jake Wagner's testimony is how little it appears all 4 Wagner co-defendants talked about the #PikeCountyMassacre after it happened. Jake said they talked about the investigation, but.. 1/2

@VideomikeWLWT 2/2 .. that seemed to be about it (save for a few conversations here and there, like the one I mentioned a short time age between Jake & his dad Billy).. Talk about compartmentalization. #WLWT #PikeCountyMassacre

@VideomikeWLWT Pix of murder weapons are on the way.. First, he's a shot @VideomikeWLWT got of confessed killer Jake Wagner being led into the Pike County (OH) Courthouse this morning. #WLWT #PiketonMassacre

@VideomikeWLWT Jake Wagner testified this morning that he put items like these into buckets filled w/ concrete a month or two after the #PikeCountyMassacre. #WLWT

@VideomikeWLWT This is murder suspect George Wagner, Jake's brother, looking at images of the weapons that Jake said he, George & their dad Billy carried during the night of the 2016 #PikeCountyMassacre. #WLWT

@VideomikeWLWT This is a pix of the SKS-style assault rifle Jake said belonged to his brother, George. On Monday, Jake said George held the gun in "firing position" at the 1st crime scene but basically froze when Jake told him to pull the trigger. Jake said he grabbed the gun & opened fire.

@VideomikeWLWT Court is adjourned for the day in #GeorgeWagnerIV's murder trial. Now it's deadline time from my end.. Wagner's attorney John Parker began cross-examining Jake Wagner at at approx. 2:35. 1/2 #WLWT

@VideomikeWLWT 2/2 Prosecutors objected when Parker told Jake he got "the greatest plea bargain" in Ohio history. He was able to make the point to Jake that: "You're not facing the death penalty, but your brother is. And he (George) didn't fire a shot." Jake agreed. #WLWT #PikeCountyMassacre