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**Disclosure I'm a novice at this lol. I have read over the discovery but do not fully understand it all. With that being said, there was little mention of DNA in there and then the latent print in Dana's discovery. I do not consider a boot print DNA but there could have been a mixture of blood between perp and victim (which may be the case here I do not know). I am making the assumption that there is little to no DNA based on the fact that it took over 2 years to arrest them. It seems if they had a good source of DNA an arrest would have come sooner, so either there is such a scant amount that it took years to be able to develop a way to process it or it wasn't enough alone to warrant an indictment. In hindsight, it was a poorly worded post. Because there is DNA of SOME type, I think I was basing that statement on the fact that most of the Rhodens were in their beds and did not fight/defend themselves. But now I realize I don't really know that to be the fact either since they could have been placed there. Sorry, should have thought that one through a little better, seem like a good thought at the time
This is the only mention of DNA evidence so far that I have heard of......
If you find anything else please post......Thankx......
Pike Co. massacre defense attorney wants DNA evidence info
03/11/2019 (MOTION #6)---DEFENDANT'S DEMAND FOR DISCOVERY REGARDING DNA FILED. Attorney: NASH, JR, RICHARD M
WAVERLY, Ohio — Defense attorneys for one of the suspects in the Pike County massacre want to know how DNA evidence was tested in the case.
Attorney Richard Nash Jr. filed a motion Monday seeking information on DNA testing in the state's case against George Wagner IV, who, along with his parents and brother is accused of killing eight members of the Rhoden family in rural Pike County.
As part of the discovery, Nash is seeking the case file, laboratory protocols, evidence chain of custody and durrent disposition, software used for DNA testing, data files, documentation of corrective actions for discrepancies and errors, information on lab personnel and more information.
The defense attorneys have also filed motions this month seeking funds to bring in experts.
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No DNA link in George Wagner IV's Rhoden murder case
WAVERLY - There will be no DNA evidence presented in at least one of the cases against a family accused of plotting and murdering eight members of the Rhoden family in 2016.
The new information was revealed during a brief pretrial hearing for George Wagner IV on Friday where he appeared for the first time without visible restraints. His attorney Charles Knight had filed a motion requesting discovery relating to receiving any DNA evidence against his client but dropped the motion after learning from special prosecutor Angie Canepa there wasn't any to disclose.
"They do not have DNA evidence that links the victims to my client," Knight said after the hearing.
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