As on Tuesday afternoon, Jake Wagner spent much of today reviewing earlier witness testimony in the #PikeCountyMassacre of his brother #GeorgeWagnerIV. But there were a few surprises of note. (Photo: @Brooke_LaValley @DispatchAlerts) 1/13 Special Prosecutor Angela Canepa reminded the jury that Jake Wagner cut a deal with the state to escape the death penalty in exchange for agreeing to testify. She read each of the charges against him and each name of his victims. He confirmed all. 2/13

Lots of drama in the #PikeCountyMassacre trial of #GeorgeWagnerIV this morning as his brother Jake took the stand for the third consecutive day. After two days of responding to questions with spare, limited answers, Jake Wagner admitted regrets for the killings.
1/9 On Monday, Jake Wagner told jurors he killed five of the eight Rhoden victims, shooting them in the head, sometimes multiple times. Today, he said he never talked to his mother or brother about the homicides. But he did talk to his father. "It was very brief,." he said. 2/9

Jake Wagner spent much of the afternoon reviewing ground covered by other witnesses so far in the #PikeCountyMassacre trial of his brother #GeorgeWagnerIV. Under questioning from Special Prosecutor Angela Canepa, he offered a few new details about his family and the case. 1/11 New: The Wagner family had settled on an alibi as investigators were growing more interested in their involvement, Jake Wagner said. They were going to say they were all home together, watching a movie. He could not remember the movie's title. 2/11

As Jake Wagner continues his testimony in the #PikeCountyMassacre of his brother, #GeorgeWagnerIV today, he's offering facts in opposition to what Wagner IV's lawyers put in front of the jury in their opening statement in the trial. 1/7 Jake Wagner testified that Wagner IV joined him & their dad, George "Billy" Wagner III, on the night of the murders. In his opening for the defense, attorney Richard M. Nash Jr. said Wagner IV was at home that night and learned the Rhoden family had been killed the next day. 2/7

Jake Wagner is walking jurors through what happened after he killed five members of the Rhoden family in #PikeCountyMassacre trial of his brother, #JakeWagnerIV. 1/7 Jake Wagner, his father and brother removed the clothing they wore that night then entered their Adams County home to put on new clothes. Jake Wagner said his mother was in the kitchen when they returned around 4:30 a.m. on April 22, 2016, but he did not talk to her then. 2/7

Here's the action in #PikeCountyMassacre trial of #GeorgeWagnerIV through noon. At this hour, the prosecution is continuing to walk the defendant's brother through the April 2016 night the Rhoden family was killed in Pike County. 1/4 Edward "Jake" Wagner said he fired, with his eyes closed, at victim Christopher Rhoden Sr. He later went inside Rhoden Sr.'s trailer home and found the bodies of Rhoden Sr. and cousin Gary Rhoden on the bedroom floor. He took a cover from Rhoden Sr.'s bed and covered the two. 2/4