Rhoden family massacre: Week 2 wrap up and coming up this week

WAVERLY, Ohio -- Prosecutors only called four witnesses who detailed crime scenes and autopsies last week in the mass murder trial of George Wagner IV in Pike County.

• Read College of Journalism and Mass Communications alumnus Patti Gallagher Newberry's excellent review of the week here. (PDF linked below). She does a masterful job wrapping up a long, detailed and emotional week filled with crime scene and autopsy photos and diagrams.

George Wagner trial in Pike County killings_ What happened this week.pdf

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• Read my Twitter thread of what to expect this coming week here. here and here.

• Read Newberry's preview of the trial this week here. (PDF linked below).

What the jury knows and doesn't know in Pike County case.pdf

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Dr. Karen Looman's diagram and notes of the gunshot wound to Christoper Rhoden Sr. Looman, Hamilton County Chief Deputy Coroner, testified during the second week in George Wagner's mass murder trial in Pike County, Ohio.

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Questions for students:

• Discuss how Newberry structured her "review" story and why you think she did it this way.

• Discuss how Newberry structure her "coming up this week/juror story. Why do you think she structured it this way? Could you follow it?

• Read my linked Twitter thread as a different approach. Do you think the Twitter thread work? Why or why not.