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ee? him fost after 6:00 pum. to relate & news Teport aboul murders al the hospital. This also was confirmed by police, but ander their scenaris, Hetlx could heve returned te his by phen. oie said he began calling Patricia's lab after hearing of the murders, bul there was no answer. Lanata said his men were there in ferce, and there was no euch cab. Found fingerprint Police alsa reportedly found a William Maux fingerprint in the fab. He said he visited Patrica there two days earlier, "When police focused on motives, the spotlight fell on the victims’ Husbands. : Lawrence McFadden, an execu five. for & computer compsny, cooperated entirely, Lanata said. McFadden took apg opagsed & lie-defector test. Matix refused to take the test. saying he was concerneg abou the tesi’s accurEty. Lanata sald police also selzed on inconsistencies in Matix's all bl, including some confused accounts . of his movements. He wuld detectives also didn't tke Matin‘s reaction to the death of his wife. “The level of cércern, the tevel af willingness to kelp, some of those ‘ype of things. some of the things he said." Lanala said. Neighbors, friends and others, said Matix seemed shattered. — They believe that Patricia's death, rather than being the first episode of Malix'’s crime spree, triggered a deep emotional! re: sponse that developed more fully hater. Found it in Mianit--~ “ET was with him the day after the murder, and the man was broken.” - = “No way could he have done it. Whatever he got into, he got into is Mismeth-—* Police said they Investipated Matix completely, then focused on another suspect — an unidentified Construction worker in the grea at the time: The worker owned a pair of JC. Penney boots that matched & bloody footprint found on the LENE. Although police claim their in vestigation was the most thorough fn-city history, acighbors on either side. of Matix’s home told The Herald police never questioned them. never asked if they saw Matix leave his home during those crucial 28 minutes. Neither saw him leve. After hearing reports of Matix's eiose Triendship with Platt, Lanata dispatched detectives fo South Florida last week to gee if Platt was linked to the murders in fcoeeeeereees Columbus. Anna Buchanich said nant: ghe was introduced at her daugh- REE id Culver, the pastor. Breet ter’s. funeral to & man called Michael aaid to be Matix's old military buddy and whose descrip. Nes. generally matches that. of Platt. After his atfe's death ena before moving to Florida six months later, Matix began a spending spree. “Patty hed to live on a meager amount, and he went and splurged Uke a millionaire alter her death.” ‘said Anne Buchagich. She said she and her hushend believe what has happened since then conlirms their initial fears of William Matix. “YF suspected he had something fo do with Patty's death from the beginning,” she said. “I don't know exactly why, but } did. “Wei knew something was wrong with him from ue om day we met him.” she said, “Just b looking at Aim.” Sunday: A reconstruction of the Kendall shoot-oul, Perea, ye > La RRNA RRR eA eee EE