Posted on 04/24/2016 12:02:57 PM PDT by ColdOne
PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — An out-of-breath caller who found two of the eight slain members of an Ohio family told a 911 dispatcher in a quavering voice that "there's blood all over the house."
"I think my brother-in-law's dead," she said, her voice rising as she adds later that it looks like someone has "beat the crap out of them."
"I think they're both dead," she said before breaking down into sobs, according to one of two 911 call recordings released Saturday by the state attorney general's office.
The calls were released a day after eight family members were found dead with gunshots to the head at four properties in rural southern Ohio.
Authorities continued the scramble to determine who targeted that clan and why. Investigators said they interviewed more than 30 people in hopes of finding leads in the deaths of the seven adults and the teenage boy whose bodies were found Friday at homes southwest of Piketon. They completed work at the crime scene Saturday.
"It's a very active and ongoing investigation," said Lisa Hackley, a spokeswoman for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. "We're looking for the person or persons who did this."
The victims, all members of the Rhoden family, were identified Saturday as 40-year-old Christopher Rhoden Sr.; his 16-year-old son, Christopher Rhoden Jr.; 44-year-old Kenneth Rhoden; 38-year-old Gary Rhoden; 37-year-old Dana Rhoden; 20-year-old Clarence "Frankie" Rhoden; 20-year-old Hannah Gilley; and 19-year-old Hanna Rhoden.
It appeared some of the family members were killed as they slept, including Hanna Rhoden, who was in bed with
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I saw the overhead view of the property and it looked cluttered with cars. I thought maybe a junkyard or car parts/chop shop. Mafia involvement??? Just all speculation from my view. Does that make me a bonafide journalist?
My first thought was drugs also.
Meth or a domestic situation. Most likely.
Are you an Investigation Discovery Channel addict? I am. Good clue you caught onto there. I don’t have much knowledge of the family to come up with a motive.
Love, money, drugs.
Smells like it to me.
Ohio is a major hub for the drug trade because over 60% of the US population is less than a day’s drive away.
Ditto Texas, but only a moron goes up against the Texas Rangers (police, not the baseball team).
Used to be the Families (Chicago and New York) declared Ohio to be a demilitarized zone so as not to interfere with the shipment of their “goods.” In fact, back in the 80s the Jamaicans crossed that line and paid for it dearly. (This was all in the local press, but not the LSM.)
We’ll see what happens here...
If they don’t leak info they are usually wanting to question people that may say something that only someone involved would know.
It makes it very difficult to read, and is distracting.
Over 60% of the population is less than a day’s drive away from Texas?
That would explain the car clutter...
Nah. I goofed there. But Texas is a major shipping hub for both legal and illegal goods.
Ohio is.
Did you see the cluster if fighting cock shelters? a Freeper reported the short A frame structures to the left of the trailer are certainly for raising roosters
Another FReeper commented the circles in the back are for dogs, perhaps pit bulls
And yes, that is despite the Rangers etc. However, the Rangers etc. regularly take down a lot of it. Apparently, the profits are enough for the criminals to risk it. Also, many of the low level scum just aren’t that bright.
No, your spelling and grammar are too good.
Where were the Clintons when these murders occurred?
Only way to be more bonafide is to find out and know the truth and then sit on it to protect a Dem.
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Pot growing at 2 murder scenes, more than one shooter suspected
IMO. Not a coincidence that there was a baby born four days before murders. Whoever was is the bio dad is probably the killer.
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