Ohio massacre victims linked to cockfighting operation

nypost.com ^ | 04/26/2016 | Associated Press

[heterosupremacist]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As the investigation into the killings of eight family members in rural Ohio entered its fifth day, more details slowly trickled out.

Pike County Prosecutor Rob Junk told the Columbus Dispatch Monday that the marijuana operations discovered at three of the four crime scenes included a grow-house sheltering hundreds of plants.

The youngest victim, Christopher Rhoden Jr., was a 16-year-old freshman at Piketon High School.

“He was the first one that if he thought that someone wasn’t being treated fairly or felt like someone wasn’t being treated appropriately, he would speak up about it,” Burkitt said.

The teen’s siblings – 19-year-old Hanna Rhoden and 20-year-old Clarence “Frankie” Rhoden – also had attended the school.

No arrests have been made, and officials have not said if they have any suspects in mind.

While they have not released any details about a motive, the Attorney General’s office did confirm Monday that one of the victims had received a threat via Facebook. Junk, the prosecutor, did not immediately respond to multiple requests from The Associated Press for comment.

DeWine also said the state’s crime lab was looking at 18 pieces of evidence from a DNA and ballistic standpoint, and that five search warrants were executed. More than 100 tips were given to investigators, and a Cincinnati-area businessman offered a $25,000 reward for details leading to those responsible.

[BunnySlippers]

Sorry, apparently I was the only one who did not know it was a joke! Oops.

[JohnnyP]

Imagine light sabers schwinging around...

[Lionheartusa1]

,,,,,, OH ,,,,,, I see now ,,,,,, like the day before the murders ,,,,,,,,,,they HAD attended school there . Perhaps they were having difficulty in a school system geared to the dumbest of common denominators referred to as the Common Core indoctrination system and they failed a couple times .

,,,, thanks for straightening me out .