Scenes of death roll slowly down Ohio highways

Author: USA Today

May 13, 2016 at 08:15

Authorities seeking answers in the April 22 mass killing of seven Rhoden family members and one's fiancee said placing the residences in storage is important for the investigation and for surviving relatives.

In a macabre and surreal scene, three of the four residences whe-re eight family members were killed last month crawled along rural highways Thursday afternoon as authorities hauled them to a warehouse whe-re they will be stored as evidence. Two trailers and one camper, every window and door boarded with plywood, took a two-hour journey of 22 miles, first eastward on Ohio Route 32, then northward on U.S. Route 23 to the Relevant Compounding property in Waverly. Authorities seeking answers in the April 22 mass killing of seven Rhoden family members and one's fiancee said placing the residences in storage is important for the investigation and for surviving relatives. "The whole idea is to preserve them for evidence in the case, and also we want to make sure we are preserving them for the family members," Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said. ...