PIKETON (AP) — A Cincinnati-area businessman says he is withdrawing a $25,000 reward that he had offered in the slayings of eight family members in rural southern Ohio.
Restaurateur Jeff Ruby said on his Twitter page Thursday that he is withdrawing the reward because of “recent complex criminal developments” in the case of the Rhoden family. Seven adults and a teenage boy were found fatally shot last Friday at four homes near Piketon, roughly 80 miles east of Cincinnati.
A message left with Ruby’s spokeswoman on Thursday wasn’t immediately returned. Ruby told The Cincinnati Enquirer his advisers have asked him not to talk publicly about his decision.
No arrests have been made, and officials have not said if they have any suspects in mind.
Marijuana growing operations were found at three of the homes, but authorities haven’t released any details about a motive.