Karen Johnson

Yes. It took a lot of investigating, and it actually took a civil suit by all states. Their investigators did so much of the legwork on this and got subpoenas for cell phone records and talked to other associates of Paul Hicks, and they learned that there were some really bizarre purchases a short time before the fire started. What were these bizarre purchases?

Yes. It took a lot of investigating, and it actually took a civil suit by all states. Their investigators did so much of the legwork on this and got subpoenas for cell phone records and talked to other associates of Paul Hicks, and they learned that there were some really bizarre purchases a short time before the fire started. What were these bizarre purchases?

One was a wig that looked identical to his ex-girlfriend's hair. They also noticed a purchase from a company called That's My Face. Oh, my goodness. OK, what is that's my face? Well, that is a company where you could send in photos of someone and you can have a mask made to look like that person. OK, this is crazy.

One was a wig that looked identical to his ex-girlfriend's hair. They also noticed a purchase from a company called That's My Face. Oh, my goodness. OK, what is that's my face? Well, that is a company where you could send in photos of someone and you can have a mask made to look like that person. OK, this is crazy.

One was a wig that looked identical to his ex-girlfriend's hair. They also noticed a purchase from a company called That's My Face. Oh, my goodness. OK, what is that's my face? Well, that is a company where you could send in photos of someone and you can have a mask made to look like that person. OK, this is crazy.

Yes. The video surveillance system, in months leading up to the arson, he had purchased a pretty elaborate surveillance system. And he had it, according to investigators, in a firebox. So the cameras would record and even if the cameras got destroyed, the data would still be collected.

Yes. The video surveillance system, in months leading up to the arson, he had purchased a pretty elaborate surveillance system. And he had it, according to investigators, in a firebox. So the cameras would record and even if the cameras got destroyed, the data would still be collected.

Yes. The video surveillance system, in months leading up to the arson, he had purchased a pretty elaborate surveillance system. And he had it, according to investigators, in a firebox. So the cameras would record and even if the cameras got destroyed, the data would still be collected.

So that way he can show investigators, hey, I have video proof that two people walked in the house and one appears to be my ex-girlfriend. So did they think that Paul Hicks himself was wearing the mask then of the ex-girlfriend and the wig or someone else? They do not believe it was Paul Hicks.

So that way he can show investigators, hey, I have video proof that two people walked in the house and one appears to be my ex-girlfriend. So did they think that Paul Hicks himself was wearing the mask then of the ex-girlfriend and the wig or someone else? They do not believe it was Paul Hicks.

So that way he can show investigators, hey, I have video proof that two people walked in the house and one appears to be my ex-girlfriend. So did they think that Paul Hicks himself was wearing the mask then of the ex-girlfriend and the wig or someone else? They do not believe it was Paul Hicks.

Investigators believe that he hired two people to go in, set the fire to his home, and that way he can frame his ex-girlfriend. The reason why investigators say he tried to frame her was so he can get custody of their child and also for the insurance money. How does it all end then with the fire? Something finally happens criminally? So 2015 is when the fire took place inside the house.

Investigators believe that he hired two people to go in, set the fire to his home, and that way he can frame his ex-girlfriend. The reason why investigators say he tried to frame her was so he can get custody of their child and also for the insurance money. How does it all end then with the fire? Something finally happens criminally? So 2015 is when the fire took place inside the house.

Investigators believe that he hired two people to go in, set the fire to his home, and that way he can frame his ex-girlfriend. The reason why investigators say he tried to frame her was so he can get custody of their child and also for the insurance money. How does it all end then with the fire? Something finally happens criminally? So 2015 is when the fire took place inside the house.

He was indicted in 2019. And finally in 2022, when we thought this case would be going to trial, we learned there's been a plea deal. And all of the felony charges, including the most serious aggravated arson, they were all dropped. And he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of insurance fraud.

He was indicted in 2019. And finally in 2022, when we thought this case would be going to trial, we learned there's been a plea deal. And all of the felony charges, including the most serious aggravated arson, they were all dropped. And he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of insurance fraud.

He was indicted in 2019. And finally in 2022, when we thought this case would be going to trial, we learned there's been a plea deal. And all of the felony charges, including the most serious aggravated arson, they were all dropped. And he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of insurance fraud.

So he got no time and he ended up leaving Claremont County and moving back to where he is from in northern Ohio.

So he got no time and he ended up leaving Claremont County and moving back to where he is from in northern Ohio.

So he got no time and he ended up leaving Claremont County and moving back to where he is from in northern Ohio.