Regina Hicks's manner of death was officially changed from undetermined to homicide years after her 2001 death, a pivotal moment for her family though her mother did not live to see it.
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Andrea Canning raises a question that nagged at her throughout the episode: how could investigators not immediately conclude that a woman found dead in the passenger seat of a submerged car was the victim of a homicide? Keith Morrison offers a measured explanation — coroners can be reluctant to classify a death as homicide unless the evidence is unambiguous, and in this case, remote possibilities still existed. [1] — Andrea Canning "Manner of death changed to homicide: Regina Hicks's manner of death was officially changed from undetermined to homicide years after her 20…" 09:31 Canning draws a parallel to another case she covered — the Ashley murder in Blue Mountain, where a fire captain pushed his wife's car into a ditch and her body was also found on the passenger side. The group notes that what ultimately made the difference in Regina's case was the official change of manner of death to homicide — a moment Andrea called 'movement' — though it came too late for Regina's mother, who had campaigned for it with billboards for years and died before it happened.
Regina Hicks's mother campaigned for years to keep the cold case alive, including putting up billboards, but died before the manner of death was officially changed to homicide.
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