Creepy details emerge as ex-wife of suspect who ‘massacred eight members of same family in their sleep’ breaks silence

A MURDER suspect’s ex-wife has claimed he was controlling and said living in the family home was “very strange,” a court heard.

Tabitha Claytor, 29, broke her silence this week as she took the stand at George Wagner IV’s trial in Ohio.

Wagner IV is accused of being involved in an execution-style plot that saw Hanna Rhoden, 19, and her seven relatives killed when they were sleeping in 2016.

Claytor, who was married to George between 2012-15, claimed that living in the Wagner home was controlling.

She told the court that he took her phone away from her and wasn’t allowed to get the mail after admitting that she had been unfaithful, WCPO reported.

Claytor described living in the family home as "very strange."

Eight months after they tied the knot, Claytor gave birth to their son Bulvine.

She told the court that her family was not allowed to attend the birth against her wishes.

She claimed rules were set by Wagner IV’s mom Angela. The court heard Claytor wasn’t allowed to breastfeed Bulvine.

Claytor said: “It was Angela’s house so it was her rules…

"It all had to be done the way that she wanted it or you had to either redo it or she’d just do it herself.”

In November 2014, an argument reportedly erupted between Angela and Claytor after she had not cleaned the house.

She claimed that her son started crying before she could start tidying up in the kitchen.

Claytor walked out of the home before being followed by Wagner IV and Angela.

She told the court: “Before the argument got really… worse, we were outside and we were arguing and he told me I need to stop screaming or he was going to smack me.

“So I screamed louder, so he smacked me [in the face].”

She went back inside the property and Wagner IV allegedly tried to stop her from leaving.

Claytor said she bit him and managed to escape before she hid under his truck for hours.

'CONTROLLING AND STRANGE'

Angela told Wagner IV that she was going to get a gun, the court heard.

Claytor ran to a gas station before a car containing George and his brother Jake turned up.

She said: “I told them that I wasn’t going to live with them if they’re going to hit me.”

The court heard that Wagner IV had filed a domestic violence complaint against her.

He reportedly told cops that she had “caused a big fuss at home” – accusations that she vehemently denies.

The charges were later dropped but Claytor claimed she saw her son between seven and eight times.

'BIG FUSS'

Wagner IV reportedly made excuses that the boy was sleeping or the timing wasn’t right.

Claytor said: “I would either be in the driveway asking where he's at, or I would be halfway there and someone would tell me they're not home right now.”

Prosecutors claimed that Jake and his family executed Hanna so that he could have custody of their young daughter.

Hanna’s father Christopher Rhoden, 40, was shot nine times, according to an autopsy report.

His cousin Gary Rhoden, 38, was found dead in a trailer.

Dana Lynn Rhoden, 37, and her son Christopher Jr, 16, were also killed in the plot.

Clarence Rhoden, 20, was found dead next to his fiancée Hannah Gilley.

Hazel Gilley, 20, and Kenneth Rhoden, 44, were also discovered dead

Suppressors were used to reduce the noise of the gunshots, according to prosecutors.

Jake and Hanna's daughter was in the care of the Wagners at the time of the killings.

The Wagners then reportedly prepared for the killings by buying ammunition, parts for silencers, a truck, and special shoes.

Cops found shell casings near the Wagner home after the murders.

George Wagner III and Angela have also been named as suspects.