Almost unrecognizable Angela Wagner has returned to southern Ohio

WAVERLY, Ohio — One day after the Scioto Valley Guardian revealed that all three convicted members of the Wagner family were being held in undisclosed prisons outside Ohio, one of them reappeared.

Angela Jo Wagner, who pleaded guilty for her role in the 2016 Pike County massacre that left eight members of the Rhoden family dead, was transported Tuesday to the Highland County Sheriff’s Office, where she is being held pending a resentencing hearing that has not been scheduled.

Where she came from remains a mystery.

The Guardian reported Monday that Wagner, her son Edward “Jake” Wagner and her son George Wagner IV had all been quietly moved out of Ohio after their sentencings, and that not even family members knew their whereabouts. State officials declined to comment, citing safety reasons…

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