No arrests have been made in the Ohio shooting investigation of eight execution-style killings of members of the Rhoden family in Pike County, Ohio. Large-scale marijuana grow operations were discovered at three of the four murder scenes. Ohio Attorney General Mike Dewine told WHIO and Dayton Daily News Monday that the possibility of a Mexican drug cartel connection has not been ruled out — investigators are looking at everything.
- Victims were found Friday at four different locations in Pike County (about 100 miles east of Cincinnati)
- Victims suffered execution-style gunshot wounds to the head
- Attack was sophisticated, pre-planned, Ohio AG said
- Marijuana grow operations found at 3 crime scenes; 1 indoor, hundreds of plants
- Cockfighting cages found at crime scene
- Three children — ages 4 days, 6 months, and 3 years — were found unharmed at the crime scenes
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- 4 POSSIBLE MOTIVES IN PIKE COUNTY SHOOTING
- 7 MYSTERIES FROM THE PIKE COUNTY KILLINGS
- LATEST ON INVESTIGATION: MOTIVE, SUSPECT, AUTOPSY REPORTS
- WHO ARE PIKE COUNTY SHOOTING VICTIMS?
- PSYCHOLOGIST: SHOOTINGS LIKELY BUSINESS, NOT PERSONAL
- DEWINE WARNS OF PIKE COUNTY VICTIM SCAM CALLS
- BUTLER COUNTY DEPUTIES PROVIDE HELP TO PIKE COUNTY
- TIMELINE: 8 KILLED 'EXECUTION-STYLE' IN PIKE COUNTY
- AUTHORITIES RUNNING DOWN 'EVERY TIP' IN PIKE COUNTY KILLINGS
- PAST PIKE COUNTY RAID TIED TO MEXICAN CARTEL
- DEA AGENT: CARTEL PRESENCE IN RURAL OHIO WOULD BE UNUSUAL
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