PIKETON, Ohio (AP) – The Latest on the slayings of members of one southern Ohio family (all times local): 3 p.m. A cook at a restaurant in rural southern Ohio says many people in the community remain on edge after the slayings of eight family members. Maggie Owens says her son was friends with one of the victims, 16-year-old Christopher Rhoden Jr. Owens says she also knew 37-year-old Dana Rhoden, who she described in a phone interview on Sunday as having “a heart of gold.” The two victims and six others were found fatally shot Friday at four different properties near Piketon, about 60 miles south of Columbus. Authorities were still trying Sunday to find out who targeted the Rhoden family and why. Attorney General Mike DeWine and Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader called for a 4:30 news conference Sunday to give an update into the investigation. ___ 12:10 p.m. A spokeswoman for Ohio’s attorney general says authorities have yet to release the four locations where eight family members were slain in rural Ohio, though evidence collection has been completed. Spokeswoman Jill Del Greco said Sunday that investigators want to keep the scenes preserved until all the autopsies have been completed and possibly longer than that. Seven adults and a teenage boy were found fatally shot Friday at four different properties near Piketon, about 60 miles south of Columbus. Authorities were still trying Sunday to find out who targeted the Rhoden fami
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