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The Arson Fire: Kelly Is Framed

At 21:11 · chapter starts 19:00

In June 2015, as a bitter custody dispute played out, Paul Hicks's house was burned to the ground. Paul reported being three hours away at the time and conveniently produced surveillance footage stored in fireproof gun safes that appeared to show the arsonists. One of the two figures — a woman — let long curly blonde hair flow from her hood and looked directly at cameras multiple times. Paul identified her immediately: that was Kelly. Deputies arrested Kelly in a supermarket parking lot at Taser-point, charging her with an outstanding hot tub damage warrant and questioning her about the fire. Kelly insisted she was home with her mother and son, completely in the dark about the fire.

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The Arson Frame-Up: A Custom Face Mask and Spoofed Calls

Secrets Unmasked · Jun 23, 2026 True Crime

Paul Hicks staged the burning of his own house, ordered a custom wearable mask of Kelly's face from a company called 'That's My Face,' dressed an accomplice in it, and used a service called Spoofcard to fake hundreds of calls from Kelly's number. The scheme was designed to frame her for arson — and it nearly worked.

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