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When Bobby Jo Manley arrived at her sister’s home on April 22, 2016 in Sunfish Township, Ohio, she expected to go in, feed the pets, give them some love, and then leave – probably see her sister, as well. Socialize a bit.

What Bobby Jo found would change the trajectory of her life forever – and the lives of dozens of others. Bobby Jo first found two bodies inside the home, immediately calling 9-1-1. She then found two additional bodies in a separate trailer on the property – and after calling her brother, panicked, her brother James arrived and tried to find their sister. What he found instead was a THIRD crime scene, with three more bodies. A fourth crime scene was identified 5 hours later, in a home in nearby Pikeville. 

There were 8 victims in total – and one glaring connection between them. All 8 victims were either born into or married into the Rhoden family. And all 8 of them were dead.

Sources: 

1)https://web.archive.org/web/20161028144512/http://www.kfvs12.com/story/33446144/pike-county-drug-cartel-speculation-were-wearing-that-label-now
2) https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2016/04/25/exclusive-we-aint-no-revenge-our-hearts-pike-co-family-says/83517330/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z118036u115936d00----v118036&gca-ft=249&gca-ds=sophi
3) https://www.wishtv.com/news/family-tree-released-of-8-ohio-shooting-victims/
4) https://www.wlwt.com/article/no-arrests-made-in-pike-county-slayings/3564698
5) https://www.newsweek.com/ohio-shooting-eight-family-members-killed-451348
6) https://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-family-killings-evidence-consistent-cockfighting-found-scenes/story?id=38674426
7) https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/jake-wagner-back-in-pike-county-court-for-sudden-hearing
8) https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2024/04/15/what-happened-in-pike-county-in-2016/73293649007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z119036d00----v119036d--xx--b--xx--&gca-ft=195&gca-ds=sophi
9) https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/state/2021/04/22/jake-wagner-rhoden-family-homicides-pike-county-ohio-pleads-guilty/7333052002/
10) https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/09/10/legal-analyst-30-year-sentence-conspirator-pike-county-slayings-fair/8281747002/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z119036d00----v119036d--xx--b--xx--&gca-ft=202&gca-ds=sophi
11) https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/April-2016/Pike-County-Multiple-Homicide-Investigation
12) https://www.foxnews.com/us/autopsies-completed-in-shooting-massacre-that-killed-8-ohio-relatives

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