HURON COUNTY — A 2001 cold case murder has been closed after a Huron County jury found a Sandusky man guilty of the murder of his ex-wife.
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As News Center 7 previously reported, 50-year-old Paul Hicks was arrested in April on charges connected to the 2001 disappearance of his ex-wife, Regina Rowe Hicks.
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After a two-week trial, Hicks was found guilty on three counts of murder and one count of kidnapping, according to a spokesperson.
You cannot outrun your past – eventually, as this defendant has learned, your evil catches up to you,” said Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost.
On Oct. 18, 2001, at around 8 p.m., Regina Rowe Hicks left her boyfriend’s house to pick up her son, but she never arrived.
Four days later, on Oct. 22, her car was found in a pond at Section Line Road 30 in Willard with her body inside.
“I’m grateful for the jury’s discernment to finally right this wrong,” said Yost.
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