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The Bizarre Arson Scheme: Face Masks and Spoof Cards
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Andrea Canning admits the arson subplot had her hooked from the opening minutes. The scheme Paul allegedly engineered involved ordering a custom wearable face mask from a UK company called 'That's My Face' — now defunct — to make his current girlfriend appear on security cameras as someone else, while setting fire to a house for insurance purposes. [1] — Andrea Canning "Paul's plan to commit arson involved ordering a custom-made wearable face mask from a UK company called 'That's My Face' — now defunct — to…" 14:26 A spoof card compounded the deception by making phone calls appear to originate from innocent parties, initially pointing investigators in completely the wrong direction. Tim Uehlinger credits Clermont County Sheriff's Department with beginning to crack the scheme, but reserves his highest praise for insurance investigator Zach McCune — a certified fire investigator who, in his own words, had never seen anything like it in his career. Keith Morrison quips he could have listened to McCune all day. The identity of the second person inside the burning house remains unknown, though Paul had an alibi: he was at a hotel three hours away.
The arson scheme involved a custom-made wearable face mask from a UK company called 'That's My Face,' which is now out of business, used to make one person appear to be someone else on security cameras.
Paul used a 'spoof card' to make calls appear to come from a different number entirely, which initially made innocent people look guilty and guilty people look innocent. It took a deep investigative dive to untangle the deception.
Paul would never have thrived in a big city — but in Willard, Ohio, he was the dominant personality who collected 'satellites': enthralled followers who were simultaneously afraid of him and desperate to stay in his orbit. That dynamic is what allowed him to keep witnesses silent for decades.
