John Quinones

To learn more about these different sides of Sean Great, we spoke with two people who knew him well, not as the murderer Sean Great, but simply as Sean.

Christina Hildreth met Sean Great about a decade before he showed up in Ashland.

Christina had just moved from Texas to a small town in Ohio.

Like many people, Christina was charmed by Great's piercing eyes.

Christina said Great never asked her out on a date or made plans to meet up.

He just sort of showed up at her house when he wanted to, which was fine with her back then.

Eventually, they started a romantic relationship.

And at first, that relationship was fun.

They hiked, fished, and made the best of the rural area they lived in.

Grade continued to be charming, and he seemed happy.

But things started to change when he moved into Christina's house.

Once they lived together, Christina started to see a different side of great.

His charm started slipping away.

Christina said she and Sean Great were in a relationship for five years.

But she said that in that time, she never learned much about his past, beyond that he wasn't close to his family and that he really did not like his mom.

Christina said that as they continued living together, things got worse and worse.

She said Gray didn't like her two kids and he didn't have a job.

Instead, she said, he spent the day making wooden signs, which he engraved with sayings and the names of people and schools.

The signs were scattered all over her house.

Christina said he rarely did chores and was often mean and moody.