PIKETON, Ohio — Authorities were tight-lipped Wednesday about their investigation into the slayings of eight family members in a rural part of the state, and the attorney general said they wanted to avoid informing the killer or killers about what they know.
It’s been five days since the bodies of seven adults and a teenage boy were found shot in their homes in the hills near Piketon, a poor Appalachian Mountain town roughly 80 miles east of Cincinnati. Authorities say they’ve interviewed more than 50 people but haven’t made arrests or confirmed a motive for the slayings.
“I assume the person or the people who committed these murders are watching the news reports,” State Attorney General Mike DeWine said, “I do not intend or want to broadcast any information that would let them know details about this investigation.”
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