There have been so many theories on this murder. One thing is common is it had to be a very close personal friend of the family, or family members themselves. Whoever did this knew the layout of the homes and land of each location..they knew who would be in what home and what time they go to bed. Hanna May Rhoden just gave birth to a baby 4 days before she was murdered. Is that a coincidence or pure luck she was no longer pregnant? Dana Rhoden had just worked a 12 hour shift, did the killer know that? There is no way a crime of this magnitude was carried out by a random serial killer. All the locations are in a rural part of Ohio.
Let's start with Bobby Jo Manly...Dana's sister. Many people believe that she knows why her family was slaughtered as the slept. Some even believe she was part of the murders. I personally do not believe that but I think she is lying through her teeth when it comes to not knowing anything about the drug activity. I believe she was at Christopher Rhoden's home that morning to care for the pot plants...not feed animals..
Donald Stone..the weird fella who found Kenneth Rhoden. Now Kenneth wasn't found until several hours after the others. According to Stone, Kenneth had money thrown at him. Now Donald Stone was supposed to stay with Kenneth the night he was killed. He was supposed to meet him that night and go to work on some cars with Kenneth that next morning. When he didn't hear from him he went to the camper and found it unlocked and Kenneth's truck was outside. When he went inside he found blood everywhere and Kenneth's body with a single gunshot wound to the head. He claims he never saw Kenneth with any pot..Now later on he would say that he went out to the barn before calling 911..where the grow op was. Now Kenneth's daughter Kendra was supposed to stay the night with victim Hanna Rhoden. She canceled because her boyfriend got a tooth ache while following Rhoden home..she then stated she also took on a emergency babysitting job.....Now what doesn't make sense is..if you heard multiple members of your family was shot to death over night why would you wait so long to go check on Kenneth??? Doesn't make any sense
BBL--Big Bear Lake..where many of the Rhoden family members worked. The next theory is about Robin Waddell the owner...many believe Christopher Rhoden Sr. was involved in some shady business with this man...be that drugs and the car business. Apparantly with this theory Rhoden wanted out of the business because him and Dana were reconciling their marriage and wanted a fresh start. Away from all the bad business and that didn't sit well with Waddell. Rhoden would of been a liability to him. Robin Waddell sure has the funds to hire someone to kill the Rhoden family...but is this theory really true?
There are so many theories on these murders. It is hard to pinpoint since there is so many victims. What is your theory on the Rhoden Family Murders?