Each victim of an unprecedented massacre in Ohio was shot in the head, with many suffering multiple bullet wounds, newly released autopsy reports reveal.
The victims, seven adults and a 16-year-old boy, all members of the Rhoden family, were found dead at four homes along Union Hill Road in Pike County on the morning of April 22 2016 – they were all killed hours before.
More than two years later, police have not identified who was behind the killings, but autopsy reports suggest the murders were calculated and brutal, the Chillicothe Gazette reported.
Christopher Rhoden, 40, his ex wife Dana Rhoden, 37 and their children Christopher Jr, 16, Hanna May, 19, and Clarence ‘Frankie’ Rhoden, 20, were all shot, as was Frankie’s fiancee Hannah Giley, 20, Christopher Sr’s brother Kenneth, 44, and their cousin Gary Rhoden, 38.
Dana Rhoden, 37, (left) was killed along with seven other relatives – including her ex-husband Christopher Rhoden Sr, 40 (right). All of the victims sustained gunshots to the head, with all but one suffering multiple wounds
Kenneth Rhoden, 44, (left) was murdered execution-style -with a single shot to the eye. His cousin found his body with dollar bills strewn from his knees to his feet. Gary Rhoden, 38, (right) was also killed after he was shot twice in the head and a third time in the face
Christopher Roden Jr. (left), 16, was the youngest victim of the killings, and was with his mother when he died. Hanna May Rhoden, 19, (right) was also killed, but her five-day-old child was spared
All of the victims were reported to have been asleep when they were shot, except Christopher Sr, who is now understood to have been awake.
The father-of-three sustained nine gunshot wounds, in his forearm, torso and cheek. One bullet was shown to have shot through his bedroom door.
Sharing a trailer with Christopher Sr was his brother Gary, who was shot twice in the head and a third time in the face. His autopsy report says a ‘muzzle stain’ was left on his head, suggesting at one point a shot was fired while the gun was pressed against him.
Dana Rhoden was carefully shot four times around her head, and a fifth time from under her chin.
She was sharing a trailer with Christopher Jr and Hanna, both who were shot in the head multiple times.
Hanna was in bed with her five-day-old child, who was spared from the cruel and calculated murders.
The murders of the Rhoden family have led to the biggest murder investigation in the state of Ohio’s history. More than two years on, the killers have not been identified
Husband-to-be Clarence ‘Frankie’ Rhoden and his fiancee Hannah Hazel Gilley, both 20, were among those killed, but their six-month-old child, who slept between them while they were brutally murdered, was spared
The killer also shot Frankie Rhoden and Hannah Gilley in the head, sparing the life of their six-month-old child who slept between the two.
Hannah was shot five times in total, with one shot hitting her left eye.
Kenneth Rhoden was shot only once, with the bullet entering his right eye. His cousin earlier claimed he found his body with dollar bills strewn from his knees to his feet.
To this day, there are no suspects in the Rhoden case, nobody has been arrested over the murders.
The Wagner family, who lived nearby and whose son fathered Hanna May Rhoden’s child, moved to Alaska after being questioned over the killings multiple times.
They took the toddler with them.
Anyone with information related to the case is asked to call Southern Ohio Crime Stoppers at 740-773-TIPS.
Dana Rhoden (back row, left) was murdered but the killer spared grandchildren (left to right) Brentley Rhoden, Ruger Lee and Sophia Wagner