Woman Testifies That Husband Wanted 8 Family Members Killed

Woman Testifies That Husband Wanted 8 Family Members Killed
Angela Wagner sits next to her lawyers in the Pike County Common Pleas Court for her arraignment in Waverly, Ohio, on Nov. 29, 2018. Brooke LaValley/The Columbus Dispatch via AP
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WAVERLY, Ohio— A woman who helped plan the 2016 slayings of eight members of another family, a crime that shook rural southern Ohio and stymied investigators for over two years, says the massacre was her husband’s idea.

Angela Wagner made the claim while testifying Tuesday at the murder trial of her 31-year-old son, George Wagner IV, who could face the death penalty if he is convicted. She was expected to return to the stand Wednesday.