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The Secret in the Water

May 2, 2026·1h 24m·5-min readnarrativetrue crime
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A meticulously orchestrated arson in 2015 unravels into a decades-spanning investigation that exposes a web of deception, domestic abuse, and ultimately, a long-unsolved murder — the killing of Regina Rowe Hicks in 2001, finally brought to justice 24 years later through the testimony of a

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Ashley Ford

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Paul HicksRegina Rowe HicksKellySteve GatesAshley FordLaCella Holbrook

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That's My Face

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Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismTrue Crime

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