John Quinones

the town of Ashland was still reeling from the shock and horror of the previous days.

But before a semblance of normality could return, all of Sean Great's crimes would have to be uncovered.

Only then could the wheels of justice begin to turn.

Normal wouldn't come back to Ashland for a long time.

From ABC Audio and 2020, I'm John Quinones, and this is The Hand in the Window.

Episode 6.

Peace by Peace.

In March 2015, a maintenance worker was checking gas wells in a wooded area of Ashland County.

As the worker was leaving, he saw something through the trees.

He thought it might be a discarded Halloween decoration.

But as he got closer, he realized it was a body, half naked, resting against a tree.

The worker called 911, and investigators soon realized that there were visible tattoos on the body that matched those of a person who had been reported missing, a local woman, 31-year-old Rebecca Lacey.

Her family, who called her Becky, had been searching for her for more than a month.

Her father told a local journalist that Rebecca had a drug problem.

He said that to earn money, she'd been doing sex work.

When the Richland County Coroner's Office examined Rebecca Lacey's body, they produced a toxicology report showing cocaine and opioids in her system.

They ruled that the cause of death was a drug overdose.

That's why Detective Kim Major was hesitant about her son Corbin's suggestion.

With a cause of death determined, the case of Rebecca Lacey was all but wrapped up.

But Corbin seemed sure that Great was somehow involved.