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ye Matix met his first wife, Patricia Buckanich, while eee De RAS eee ee DU Te oe ee oe undergoing stuttering therapy at Walter Reed Army Hospital in 1975. They were married after his Army discharge in 1976, and began a series of moves to include Takoma Park, Maryland; Poughkeepsie, New York; Hyde Park, New York; Toledo, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio: and Delaware Ohio From Delaware, Ohic. they eh A She te Shae be sre RATHER A al A ot tet AW See Wo Ne hd de Send returned to Columbus, Ohio, where they lived until his wife, "Patty," was murdered on December 30, 1983. In the three and one-half years of marriage, Matix attended Culinary School, Meat Cutting School and Aviation Mechanics Training. He also : ta ‘ i. oe eee Tnay continued his association with the military structure by serving from November, 1981, to April, 1984, as Senior Assistant Investigator and utility Helicopter Repairman in the Ohio National Guard. Matix did not stay with any employer for any sustained period of tine, expressing to relatives and friends a £ 4+ 7 longing for the regimentation and romance of military service. b7&L On December 30, 1983 female co-worker were murdered (stabbed) a employment, the Riverside Methodist Hospita Columbus, Ohio. , companion r place of ) 2 prt i ie ee: Gatio br Matix's father, Russell Matix, suffered a stroke on the day that Patricia Matix was murdered, and his health deteriorated until his death from terminal] cancer in April, 1984. During this four-month period, William Matix traveled back and forth from Columbus/Delaware, Ohio, to Cincinnati, Chio (Russell Matix's home). He became increasingly active in his local church, professing to be a "Born Again" Christian, and giving public testimony of his religious convictions and his ability to overcome the stigma of Patty's murder. Matix received a sizable insurance claim payoff (exact amount unknown but believed to be in the $180,000 range) from an existing life insurance policy on his wife, Social Security benefits resulting from her death, and also received monthly employee's compensation payments as @ ox... surviving unemployed spouse. The insurance settlement was far iess than he had anticipated and he was ‘bitter, bianing the jack oO 3 -