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T'm sure the truth will come out, soogerorater.” MRS. MATIX said she had not been in contact with William since his father, Russell, died of cancer in a Cincinnati hospital in April 1984. . William attended his father's funeral in Franklin, Ohio, but left in a huff when he discovered that he had been left out of his father’s will, Mrs. Matix aaid. Mrs. Matix, who was married to Russell about 3 years, said her husband left everything to her. Russell lef, behind a pickup truck, the family house and some per- sonal belongings, she said. Hospita} bills had depleted the couple's bank account, Mrs. Matix S48)c0. “Russell didn't leave very much, but Bill really got upset when he was left out of the will,” Mrs. Matix said. “I told him I didn’t want to get into it now, and that we would talk about the mat- ter later.” Mrs. Matix said she never —_ talked to William again, DESPITE THE falling-ovt with William, Mrs. Matix has some fond memories of her step- son. “He worked during the week and went to church on Sunday. He eared about his family. That's just the kind of boy he was,” she said. William was hit hard by the death of his wife, Mrs. Matix said. “She was a sweet little woman, and she was his world. When she was killed, it hurt him awfully bad,” Mra. Matix said. She said she had heard that William had moved to Florida, married and wags “doing well fi- nancially.” Culver said Matix did not talk much about his marriage. He said Matix had told him it was a trou- bled marriage. ; He said Matix returned to Del- aware about three times after moving. “Whenever he came back he wanted to know what was new in the murder,” he said"