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Ohio Court Will Hear Debate on Autopsies of 8 Family Members
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court says it will hear a dispute over releasing copies of final autopsy reports in the unsolved slayings of eight family members.
At issue are lawsuits filed by Ohio newspapers seeking the full, unredacted copies of the reports.
The court announced its decision Wednesday and ordered both sides to submit evidence.
The case involves seven adults and a teenage boy from the Rhoden family found shot to death at four homes near Piketon on April 22.
The attorney general’s office is fighting the release of the full reports and provided heavily redacted versions last fall.
Those copies confirmed earlier accounts that all but one victim was shot multiple times in the head.
The Columbus Dispatch and the Cincinnati Enquirer have sued for the complete reports.