Ohio man convicted in 1995 murders of mother, child

MARIETTA, Ohio — A Washington County man was found guilty by a jury for the murders of a mother and her 17-month-old son 30 years ago. 

Scott Hickman, 53, was convicted of four counts of aggravated murder and two counts of murder for the deaths of Kimberly Fulton, 28, and her son Daniel. 

“These brutal murders went unsolved for three decades, leaving a family searching for answers and justice,” Attorney General Dave Yost said. “Thanks to the dogged work of detectives and prosecutors from multiple agencies – masterfully led by Senior Assistant Attorney General Dan Kasaris – this villain is finally behind bars.”

According to Yost’s office, Hickman was indicted in Oct. 2021 after an investigation by cold-case detectives with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation. The team started re-examining the case in 2019, 24 years after the Fulton’s bodies were found in a burnt-out mobile home in Palmer Township on March 5, 1995. Investigators exhumed and autopsied the bodies, concluding the victims had died before the fire was set.

Hickman will be sentenced on Oct. 14. 

Alongside Hickman, additional defendant Johnny Ball of Marietta was indicted in May 2024 on five counts of perjury and one count of obstructing justice. His case is ongoing.