Priscilla Hickman

Priscilla Dawn Hickman, known to her loved ones as Dawn or Dondi, was a 46-year-old woman from Heath, Ohio. She was a petite woman, standing 4 feet 10 inches tall and weighing around 104 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.

On January 15, 2009, neighbors became worried after not seeing Priscilla for several days and contacted the police. Officers then got in touch with her family, who went to her home at 1100 Thornwood Drive, Lot 918, on Sunday, January 18. There, they made a tragic discovery: Priscilla's body was hidden inside her bedroom closet.

Investigators determined that Priscilla had been strangled. Her body was found wrapped in blankets and concealed in a corner of the closet. The exact date of her death could not be confirmed, but authorities learned that the last known contact anyone had with her was on a Monday, though it was unclear if it was January 5 or January 12.

A key piece of information came from neighbors who saw a man entering Priscilla’s residence on Tuesday, January 13. They reported having seen him there on four or five prior occasions but did not know his identity. They described him as a white male in his late 40s or early 50s who was exceptionally tall, at 6’4” or more, with a “bean pole” skinny build. He had sunken cheeks, was missing most of his top front teeth, and had short, sandy brown or dirty blond hair that looked mostly shaved.

The man had several "prison looking" tattoos, including a possible skeleton on his right arm and a spider web on an elbow. More distinctly, he had an uncolored tattoo on his right upper chest of what appeared to be a woodpecker face with a cigar, with the face pointing toward the left side of his chest. He was seen driving an older, "boxy" Ford Ranger from the 1980s or 90s, described as a "piece of junk." The truck was a regular cab with an extended bed and was painted a dull, primer gray, as if from a spray can. It also had what was described as a "crappy sunroof."

The man seen at Priscilla Hickman’s home has never been identified. As of the initial investigation in January 2009, her murder remains unsolved.