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Fa eid . Questions & : still linger, “wile says But calls suspect ‘master of deceit’ £ , WIFE /from IA ; sign that used to be on the froat of ‘ everyone else had. How could it be? Why didn't anyone know? He " was &8 master house: “The Matix's.’ “T have the same exact questions . of deceit and \ disguise. Whether Bill was a born-again Christian or not, only the Lord will know. I do have some answers, though. i “When I left this house, that : was something I would never have done. I didn’t understand why I eft Te went t feve fy about family end enh * dren. Now J know: The Lard tok . me cut of bere.” Christy, who married Matiz inst nee the two met In a church woleyball game, ieft him two 1 She was alntedy | Pregnant When Matix was killed, thelr divorce eult was nearing a ¢ trial. aee—efivenue, the Knew nothing Like Matix’s other relatives, Christy knew nothing. Nothing about the guns. The FBI revealed Wednesday that agents found an arsenal of weapons ip a closet In the Matix house. Nothing about any robberies. Police gay they aré¢ now virtually certaln Matiz and partner Michael Platt were reaponsible for the anvane barch 19 enhharvehontine RRS A ed A eS NE, of aman at a Wesi Dade rock pit. Nothing about the mental and Christy found s changed man. Matix was, for one thing, Uving with another woman, a woman who moved in with him in February and lived there nti. Matix was killed. Something €lse seemed wrong. Matix “Just flew off the handle . ond just got really, weil, he was trying to get me upset.” Christy sald. Se dl Never scen again Caristy decided che wouldn't let Metix ruin fer Easter. She tefl. She never caw him again. Friday morning. she drove past the Surillane Shopping Center on Goeth Dixie Highway ou ber amy to the hairdresser. She ssw the commotion of Southwest 82nd police cara, the erowd. Later, she heard about the shooting and the two slain FBI agents on the radio. “1 thought, ‘Those poor agents,” Christy recalled. “That evening, FT was at home. My parents were eway.” About 7 p.m., a relative calied to ack whether Matix’s first name was William. Yes, Christy said. That's the same name as one of the men who killed the FBI agents, the relative said. “yf made & mental note to watch CLS 7 A A wer Oe eee the Ten O'Clock News on Channe! 6,” she sald. She watched and heard he names of ber husband and Platt, his partner m & “When 1 beard cutting Mike's name, | knew It couldn't be another Bill Matix.” around her chuech and ber family until she met Matix. : Recent arrival See teas on es me He ene re i ne EE I tr Bill Matix and daughter Melissa: Christy, in a church volleyball game. She left him two months later. “with Melissa, big 2-year-old daughter, his constant reminder of Bis first wife Patricia’s horrifying murder in December 1983. Patricia was bound, gagged and. stabbed 16 times at the Columbus, Ohio, epital where she worked. Her ding ring was stolen. The case Was never solved. “t wasn't hooking for anybody,” she éald. “But he kept calling the house. Nothing ever seemed right before. He seemed to have every- thing. His priorities were on Melissa, hls bome, his church and his walk with the Lord.” They prayed together. " to guppori Biany people. He aout have to his own Ee pusiners. busiaess: went well. His pet tare