After a long-delayed quest for justice, Paul Hicks has been sentenced to 25 years to life for the 2001 murder of his ex-wife, Regina Rowe Hicks. The sentencing was handed down, capping a case that lasted two decades before reaching its conclusion. In a statement obtained by the Ohio Attorney General's Office, Attorney General Dave Yost expressed the persistence of truth: "Prison bars will now restrain the evil that stole Regina from her loved ones."
Convicted on Dec. 19, Hicks faced three counts of murder and one count of kidnapping after a jury heard the case over two weeks. The conviction comes more than two decades after Regina Rowe Hicks departed from her boyfriend's residence in her white Chevrolet Camaro on Oct. 18, 2001 – a Thursday evening under the blanket of 8 p.m.'s cloak – on what was to be a short journey to pick up her son, yet she vanished.
Regina's lifeless body was discovered inside her vehicle, submerged in a pond on Section Line Road 30 in Willard, the following Monday. While her ex-husband, now 50, stood accused, the time elapsed since the tragic night had done little to dim the resolute search for answers. With the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation taking the lead at the Huron County Sheriff’s Office's behest, new storytelling of a long-silent night emerged, propelling the case back into the light of a courtroom.
For additional information, contact has been provided to Steve Irwin at 614-728-5417 for inquiries regarding the case.
