What started as a suspicious house fire in a quiet Cincinnatisuburb soon led to something far more sinister. Whenfirefighters arrived at the scene, investigators quicklydetermined the blaze had been intentionally set, and securityfootage showed two people appearing to orchestrate the fire.Homeowner Paul Hicks accused his ex-girlfriend of being behindit, but as authorities dug deeper, her alibi held … as didhis. The case took a startling turn when evidence, including acustom mask made to resemble his ex and a matching wig, ledinvestigators to question the homeowner himself. Hicks deniedthat he had any involvement in the arson or the purchase ofthese items and eventually pleaded to a single misdemeanorcount of insurance fraud, receiving a sentence of probation.He was not convicted in connection with setting the fire at hishome. Around the same time, investigators were looking atHicks in the unsolved death of his ex-wife, Regina. In October2001, she seemingly vanished and was later discovered deadinside her car, which was submerged at the bottom of a pond.Analysis of the vehicle's trajectory undercut a long-heldtheory that Regina's death could have been an accident, and awitness finally comes forward with startling new information onthe person responsible.
