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SFO350 iRev. §-8-64) ee tekdchcasedeieeieenadibenmaenmeiaencorseanee ee ian oe eee, wee ee es By Harry Franken Aone Reporte. ' WIAMI — The vicient Geaths at Wil Haw R. Matix and Michael Lee Platt left many questions, but the FBI will investi- - gate their lives “from the cradle to the grave” to try to anawer them, FBI] Direc- -tor William Webster sald yeaterday. Webster, attending the funeral of one af two PBI agenis killed by Matix, 34, and Platt, 32, promised the FE! won't rest wotil it learns everything there is to know about the tuo killers. Some of that information might shed | _Jight on the murder of Matix'’s wife, ' Patricia, on Dee. 30, 1983, in Riverside Hospital in Cobbs. She and a fellow tesearch assistant, Joyee McFadden, were stabbed to dea th. yr his wite’s desth, Matix came here with his young daughter, 3 Metisaa. . He went into the landscaping Crnansasinnnnnacl with Platt, an old service buddy, and took part ip church ssa born-again Christian. Br. E y, pastor af the Riverside where Matiz lived in & comfortable home, ssid yesterday he cannot unravel the mystery of the man. “One of my deacons: suggested that instead of wondering how a born-again Christian could be a cold-blooded mur- gree, that we look af his training in the | where he wes trained to paeiee that bet prast Cat pining alnat agen sown tounizy.” said some chorch members. eon- Bidered themselves friends of Matix and era were friends of be agenta who feere hifed a and wounded fa the. shoot-out . “We have « lat of jaw enforcement ‘people in our group,” Ray esid. “There are ————-fideunt Cloning in Space Below) FBI will scrutinize Baptiot Church in suburban Kendall, fending 4 li i cal professional In this sort of thing and | ead. *Was he reall ¢ p lene don't os . . . © ys x “ nansannan, sedoeeneneinnsennen 4% fi wee tee Reet tor nereocerence cerecereerereneet lt lives of Matix and his partner _ two highway patroimen and members of ‘ the municipal and Dade County depart- , two drug enforcement agenta and {wo FBI agents. Gur FET members were backup for the ones who. were killed, and dt could juat as easily have been tham. as “anybody ela¢ at the ehooting.” “r* Looking back on when Matix Joined ‘hia church in August 1984, Ray aaid, “He wae lovely and distraught, and he was muth eotiearned about his little girl He was active in our group of single people, and he dated several of our girla He even * asked three of them to marry him. One of | them gaid to me e yesterday, T almost did marry that guy™ Ray ssid Matix played on the choreh softball team and was a tough competi- tor. He said Matix and Platt had done some work on the lawn and trees st the eburch and “they did a good job at a ‘Aaaincnemetonl reagonable price. OR tee {indicate pape, name of enwapagher, oity ard gtele.} THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH DS April i5, 2986 iGeie: lection: Character: Crsaticaton: Submitting Office: SERENE RTC UNECE TUTE TE TENET TNT NNNUU TT hoexdng: Tim 2 Plait, a brother of Michadl Platt. ,. told a Miami newspaper that his’ other. io, DEVET A wi any bint thet f-crimed oy y brother didn’t own én pune, to * my know! . He was 2 eroiling, epee po drin soe 80, mo arvgs, nb amok fe whe nol r typi a re] Ray said ha red i Hatix testimony of hig beliefs. “He waa distraught over the death of his wife, byt it Gd not reveal Seaper bt he know that { will ever Kaow.T do believe the church must retain ils winerabillty. Af we beeome too careful and ari we roay lose dur com, Phat te t ie eee fone spict of was also taken erie we must ake peo bye at face value and ova pene ft pie o comes Ray recalled that when Matiz apoke i: ¢hurch about the death of his wife, hi ‘ ended the talk by pinching pot the flam: of a candle as an example of the brevity « : Life and “how you'd betier get ready fo fo! The Dade County medical examine pisterday released the body of Matix to, néral director, who prepared it fo shipment by alr te Ohio, ; eno ane hile Webster bined more thas . Pie pac. te Visitation Cathet Church yesterday for the faner al af slain agent Benjamin Grogan, nl hela a Charles 2, Dove, the other slain B agent. ton Webster also va three Cee hos Pp after: woundgl in _ thoot-out, *