Nicole Diar death row photo.

Nicole Diar murdered her 4-year-old son and then started a fire in her house to conceal
the crime. Diar herself was severely burned in a fire when she was 4 years old.
(David I. Andersen/Plain Dealer file)

Nicole Diar

Nicole Diar, convicted in 2005 for the 2003 murder of her son, Jacob, leaves a courtroom in
the Lorain County Justice Center on Thursday. Diar will spend life in prison without the
possibility of parole after a deal was approved that allowed her to avoid a retrial.
(CT photo by Bruce Bishop)

Nicole Diar listens to visiting Common Pleas Judge Judith Cross during the hearing concerning her
re-sentencing for the 2003 murder of her son, 4-year-old Jacob Diar, on Thursday, June 3, 2010
at the Lorain County Justice Center in Elyria, Ohio.
(Morning Journal/Nate Parson)

Nicole Diar's parents Marilyn Diar, left and Edward Diar talk with defense attourney Grey Meyers, right,
as the three judge panel deliberates during the re-sentencing of Nicole Diar for the 2003 aggravated
murder of her son, 4-year-old Jacob Diar at the Lorain County Justice Center in Elyria.
(Morning Journal/Nate Parson)

Nicole Diar