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2 a CRIME continued from 1 A grief, their father, Russe!) Matix, died two months later. Pay! Matix said their mother, Yvonne Emerick of New Madison, Ohio, left for Florida on Saturday to have William Matix's body brought back to Ohio for a funeral and burial. He said he Jast saw his brother in September while visit- ing Miami. He described his brother as a shy, clean-cut man who had re- spect for the law. He said William Matix, who drove a 1982 Oldsmo- bile 96, jived a moderate lifestyle in Miami. He dressed in shorts and knee-high socks. “My brother is no cojd killer,” . Pau) Matix said. Pav) Matix said his brother was born to Yvonne and Russelj Matix in a smal! crossroads town near Dayton. The family later moved to Greenville, Ohio, where the par- ents eventually divorced, Paul Matix said. The brothers and their mother moved to New Madison, Ohio, just south of Greenville, where the brothers graduated from high school, he said. After graduating, William Matix immediately enlisted in the Marines, Paul Matix said. Paul ees Matix was later drafted in the Army and served in Vietnam from 1969 to 1971, he aszid. One of two sisters, Elaine, later joined the Navy. The other sister, Judy, still lives near Dayton. William Matix served two tours of duty with the Marines in either Guam or Okinawa, his brother said. William Matix then left the military for about six months and worked odd jobs, such as painting cars, before joining the Army, Paul Matix said. He said his brother left the Army in the mid-1970s and en- rolled in a meat-cutting school in Ghio. He later graduated from a chef school in New York, Paul said. In 1976, Wiliam married Pa- ‘tricia Buchanich, his firat wife, whom he met during his tour in the Army. They iater settled near Delaware, Ohio. After her mur- der, Wiliam changed, Pau] Matix said. “Bill kept a lot of things to himself. Some people keep it bot- tled up inside,” he said. He said Platt contacted his brother after the murder and asked him to leave Ohio and work for him at a Jandscaping business in Miami. William Matix and Platt, best friends since they met