25 years old at time of death
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Introduction: Willard, Ohio — Where Rumors Outrun Truth
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Morrison opens with an evocative portrait of Willard, Ohio, a flat-farmland railway town where rumors outpace facts and community knowledge is both intimate and dangerous. He poses the episode's moral core immediately: if someone had told the truth a quarter century ago, could 24 years of heartache have been prevented? Karen Johnson, the investigative reporter who first connected the dots, marvels at how one person could be responsible for so much death and drama — and get away with it for so long through sheer silence.
Regina Hicks: A Life Cut Short at 25
Regina Hicks was a 25-year-old Ohio mother who wanted nothing more than a happy life with her son and her family. In October 2001, she disappeared on the way to pick up her 4-year-old boy — and was found days later, drowned in her own car at the bottom of a pond.
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