Rita Newcomb, 66, had been accused of forging custody documents and lying to a grand jury and investigators in an effort to cover up the execution-style murders of eight members of the Rhoden family.

The trial for Rita Jo Newcomb, the matriarch of a Pike County family accused of murdering eight people in 2016, was supposed to begin Monday morning. Though she is not charged with the murders ...

Rita Newcomb, charged in Pike County homicide case, avoids returning to jail Judge orders Newcomb to stop talking about case with loves ones charged with murder ...

The prosecution has asked for Rita Newcomb's bond to be revoked because they say she has talked on the phone with daughter Angela Wagner (WKRC) ...

Rita Newcomb has agreed to a plea deal in connection with the 2016 Pike County massacre.

Wagner family members sentenced in 2016 killings of Rhoden family Angela Wagner, her son Edward “Jake” and her mother Rita Newcomb appeared in Pike County Court of Common Pleas on Friday.

Rita Newcomb, whose daughter, son-in-law and grandsons each stand charged with eight counts of murder, could be jailed if she continues making phone calls to discuss their legal defense in their ...

Prosecutors said Monday that both sides agreed to postpone the trial for Rita Newcomb just as jury selection was to begin.

Fredericka Wagner, 76, and Rita Newcomb, 65, face felony charges of obstructing justice and perjury for impeding an investigation in the Rhoden family murders.

Rita Newcomb is the grandmother of George Wagner IV, who is on trial for allegedly helping kill eight members of the Rhoden and Gilley families in April 2016.

Pike County Common Pleas Court Judge Randy Deering denied the state’s motion to delay Rita Newcomb’s trial. She is charged with obstruction of justice, perjury and three counts of forgery.

Prosecutors have asked for Rita Newcomb’s bond to be revoked. Multiple media outlets have reported that prosecutors want her bond revoked because she has had conversations with her daughter, … ...