The Ohio Attorney General's Office confirmed Monday that Mike DeWine and staff are aware of Facebook threats against members of the Rhoden family, as the investigation continues into the mass shootings of eight people in Pike County. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader released the following update Monday in the ongoing investigation into mass shootings of Rhoden family members in Pike County. He said it was clear the family was targeted and that he has warned the surviving members of the Rhoden family to take precautions and arm themselves. The Friday killings at four different homes near Piketon, Ohio, was "a sophisticated operation," DeWine said at a news conference in the small community that has been on edge since the seven adults and one teenage boy were found shot in the head. Attorney General Michael DeWine told newsnet5.com that a marijuana grow operation was found at three of the four crime scene locations in the Pike County mass killing investigations. "If you were having a bad day, she'd be the first one to come up to you to question you about what was going on," Jordan said. "This was something that was planned," said Reader at a press conference Sunday with DeWine. DeWine said that the attorney general's office did not know if there was one or more suspects but that the investigation into who killed the Rhoden family, and why, would be lengthy.
– A new development in Ohio: One of the eight family members killed in a horrific mass slaying had already been threatened on Facebook, CBS News reports. The threat was directed at Christopher Rhoden Jr., who at 16 was the youngest of the victims. "I'm aware of the Facebook threat," says Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine. "Every piece of information is valuable and our investigators are certainly taking that into consideration." Now Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader has told surviving Rhoden family members to be careful. "I cautioned them, told them we will be there," Reader says. "I told [them] to be armed." One surviving family member says the Rhodens are "torn up" about the killings. "And you know what I mean, kinda freaked out because we don't know," says the relative, who asked not to be identified. "There's still killers on the loose, or killer." The slayings happened in four rural homes near Piketon, Ohio, a town of about 2,200 where the Dogwood Festival on Sunday had a smaller-then-usual turnout. "People are scared to come out," says a resident. "What if that person who shot all those people is running around here." Now autopsies of all eight victims have been completed, News Net 5 reports, and a chart of the Rhoden family relationships can be seen here. (Marijuana-growing was found at three of the four murder sites.)