Posted on 04/26/2016 2:26:17 PM PDT by KansasGirl
All but one of the eight family members slain on isolated Ohio farms last week died from multiple gunshot wounds, and one victim was shot nine times, according to autopsy results released Tuesday.
The gruesome findings emerged as investigators reportedly examined a potential Mexican drug cartel connection for the executions on properties used for marijuana growing operations.
Local station 10TV, citing anonymous law enforcement sources, said authorities are examining whether a cartel turf war or family feud sparked the slaughter of eight members of the Rhoden family.
The victims — seven adults and a 16-year-old — had gunshot wounds to their heads, torsos and other parts of their bodies, according to autopsy results. With one exception, each victim suffered at least two gunshot wounds, and one was shot nine times. Some bodies also were bruised from apparent beatings.
The autopsy results did not identify any of the victims...
Police have not made any arrests or identified any suspects for the massacre, which authorities called “pre-planned executions.”
Mounting evidence shows a massive drug ring, and possibly other illegal activities, operating out of the family’s isolated farms near Piketon.
Three of the four crimes scenes held several hundred marijuana plants, prosecutors said...
In 2012, authorities seized more than 1,200 marijuana plants, with suspected ties to a Mexican drug cartel, in Waverly, a town about five miles away from the Rhoden farms.
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Another example of “drugs ... the victimless crime”.
My wife and I Foster parent, #1 reason kids are in the system is their parents drug use.
Destroys their kid’s lives and cost the taxpayer a ton of $.
For real?
It is implied that the hit men may have been associated with the Mexican Cartel. They don’t want no stinkin’ competition.
If true, watch the authorities try to cover it up. Can’t have any bad publicity associated with those who are only doing the jobs American won’t.
Saint Valentine’s Day murders in Chicago, seven killed. The quote of the time was “Only Capone kills like that”.
April 2016, 8 killed in rural Ohio in a very professional hit, including 3 women and a 16 year old. Quote for today, “Only the Cartel kills like that”.
I don’t think it was the cartel, they would have killed the infants too.
It almost certainly had to be someone well known to the family.
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