Custom face mask used to frame ex-girlfriend
Paul Hicks ordered a custom wearable mask of Kelly's face from a company called 'That's My Face' and used it to frame her for arson.
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The Insurance Investigation: Masks, Spoofcards, and a Deadly Scheme Exposed
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Brought in after Paul filed his insurance claim, attorney-investigator Zach McCune quickly grew suspicious. Paul's phone contained a contact for Spoofcard — a service that lets users disguise their caller ID — which explained the fake 60, 90, and 100+ calls 'from Kelly' that Paul had been posting to Facebook. Then, digging through a phone Paul shared with a woman named Terri Sweet, McCune found receipts from 'That's My Face,' a company that manufactures custom wearable face masks from photos. The person in the arson video wasn't Kelly — it was someone wearing a lifelike mask of her face, deliberately walking in front of cameras to be identified. Kelly was being framed with movie-level precision. McCune concluded Kelly was 'the main victim in all of this.'
The Arson Frame-Up: A Custom Face Mask and Spoofed Calls
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.
Spoofcard used to fake 100+ calls
Paul Hicks used Spoofcard — a phone spoofing service — to manufacture fake records of Kelly calling him over 100 times to make her look like a stalker before the arson.
Kelly Loses Her Son: The Real Price of Being Framed
Paul's frame-up wasn't just about the arson. False drug accusations and the manufactured criminal record led courts to strip Kelly of custody of her son — which Paul knew was the most devastating thing he could do to her. She eventually got full custody back, but the trauma remains.
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