Ohio man indicted on murder charges in 2001 cold case death of his ex-wife

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Updated: Cold case murder suspect indicted

From Huron County woman's 2001 disappearance

sanduskyregister.com

Paul Hicks' indictment in Huron County's Court of Common Pleas details the allegations against him:

Paul Hicks and (Regina Rowe Hicks) had a violent, turbulent relationship which resulted in separation:

• On Oct. 18, 2001, (Regina) went missing.

• On Oct. 19, 2001, Paul Hicks filed for divorce against (her).

• On Oct. 22, 2001, (Regina) was found in her car in a pond in the Willard, Huron County, Ohio area.

• (Regina) had been rendered unconcious prior to being placed into the passenger seat of her car by Paul Hicks.

• Hicks then drove (Regina's) 1992 white Camaro into the pond with the driver's side window fully down, the lights off and the car in second gear with (Regina) alive, unconcious and hunched over sitting in the passenger seat of her car. (Regina) drowned.

 

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How the heck did it take so long?

 

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An Ohio man is on trial for the cold case murder of his wife 24-years-ago.

“Steve Gates has a photographic memory, and he’s going to sit on this stand and tell you Paul Hicks killed his wife,” said Prosecutor Dan Kasaris.

Gates told police he was with Hicks and Regina the night of her death. He said Regina came by his home to pick up her and Paul Hick’s son. Gates said Hicks and Regina began arguing, so Gates excused himself and went into his home. But when he came back outside, he said he noticed Regina’s car was moved from its original location.

“He walks up to the car and when he gets to the car, the passenger door is open. The passenger door is full of mud marks, and he sees Regina crumpled at the passenger floorboard,” said Kasaris.

Gates claimed he wanted to call the police, but Hicks told him, “she’s already dead,” and told Gates to follow him. Gates says he followed Hicks to a pond on Townline Road 12 with Hicks and Regina’s son in the backseat. Gates says he was having a hard time parking near Hicks, so he made a U-turn.

“As he's driving back to the pond, he sees the defendant drive the car into the pond. Regina Hicks was alive, she was alive in the car when it went into the pond,” said Kasaris.

Hick’s sister, Crystal Hicks, took the stand. She testified that the night Regina disappeared, her brother was living with her at the time. That same night, her bathroom was dirty from muddy clothes that belonged to Hicks.

Trial begins for Sandusky man accused of killing his wife

An Ohio man is on trial for the cold case murder of his wife 24 years ago. It’s one of the region’s oldest lingering questions: Who killed Regina Rowe Hicks?

www.news5cleveland.com

 

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I didn't realize this trial was going to occur so quickly.

Day 5 of jury trial for Sandusky man accused of killing ex-wife in 2001

The prosecution will continue to present its case Monday in the fifth day of the jury trial for Paul Hicks, the Sandusky man accused of killing his ex-wife in 2001.

www.cleveland19.com

Friday, Dec. 12:​

Hick’s ex-girlfriend testified about his obsession with true crime and methods to beat polygraph tests during a murder trial.

Janzen Phipps took the stand and told jurors that Paul Hicks discussed ways to beat a polygraph test with her and purchased a book on the subject.

“It was a soft back it wasn’t a hard back book, but it was how to beat a lie detector,” Phipps said.

She said when she asked Hicks about the book, “he was just trying to protect himself.”

Phipps testified that Hicks told her there were ways to beat a lie detector test and that polygraphs were “almost like entrapment.” She said he believed he was being targeted “because he is the estranged husband.”

The two consistently watched crime shows together, Phipps said.

“We watched a lot of forensic files and just shows about how people would get rid of evidence and things like that,” she testified.