At the Riverside Baptist Church, which he joined after arriving here, he stood at a service and spoke of his wife as being in heaven, pinching out a candle to show the transience of life. Both men were born and bred in the heartland: Matix hailed from Lewisberg, Ohio; Platt from Bloomington, Ind. His car was the one Mr. Matix and Mr. Platt were using Friday when the F.B.I. ''All I can surmise is that when he got down to Miami things started to fall apart,'' Mr. Culver said. David Culver, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, said in a telephone interview. A search of Mr. Matix's house turned up a .38-caliber pistol and a .22-caliber rifle owned by Jose Collazo. Michael Lee Platt (February 3, 1954 – April 11, 1986) and William Russell Matix (June 25, 1951 – April 11, 1986) met while serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Burnett was later charged with mail fraud a few years later. spotted them in Kendall, a suburb south of Miami. Once Matix quit working with Blade Cutters in 1985, he and Platt formed their own landscaping business, "Yankee Clipper". Tony Lanata, chief of detectives in Columbus, of Mr. Matix, who was 35. Shortly after the Vending Machine incident, the duo commited the following Bank Robberies: *Robbery A, October 9th, 1985 - Platt and Matix (with possibly a third was a getway driver, speculated to have been an employee of Yankee Clipper) robbed a Loomis Armored car at a Steak & Ale restaurant in the 9000 block of 97th Avenue, Miami. *Robbery B, October 10th, 1985 - Platt and Matix (with possibly a third as a getaway driver, see above) pulled up to a Wells Fargo armored car parked in front of a Winn Dixie at 7930 SW 104th St. in Miami. Although all crimes seem to be comitted by the same group, they can't hunt them down. The experienced officer Ben Grogan and his youngest colleague Gordon finally have to rely on their luck when they set up a trap. 'No One Can Make Any Sense of It', ''I can ask myself questions a million times for the rest of my life and I don't think I'll ever be able to get to the bottom of it,'' said Tim Platt, the 28-year-old brother of Michael, who was 32. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. William Russell Matix and Michael Lee Platt were ex-military and had killed before – and they packed an arsenal that ensured they were not going quietly. Libri; In edicola; Novità; Tutti i prodotti; Giochi da tavola ed educativi On March 12 Mr. Collazo went to the rock pit for target practice, where two men stole his guns, money and automobile and marched him into a canal where they shot him four times. In Miami, until Mr. Matix remarried, he and Mr. Platt were almost inseparable, associates said, although Mr. Matix dated women he met at his church. Murders at IMDb This article related to an American TV movie is a stub. The true 1985/86 Dade County, Florida account of two ex-Army buddies, William Russell Matix and Michael Lee Platt and their twisted "my way or the highway" attitudes against the local FBI Bureau (Miami Division). Platt enlisted in 1972 as an infantryman and served with the U.S. Army Rangers. ''It was like something out of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' '' said one investigator. William Matix for one, his wife, Patricia, was murdered two and a half years ago in Columbus, Ohio. One investigator calls William Russell Matix and Michael Lee Platt a modern version of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. This page was last edited on 10 May 2020, at 01:54. Platt's infamy was assured on April 11, 1986, when an eight-man team of federal agents took down Platt and William Russell Matix in what became known as the Miami FBI shootout. Here, Matix underwent Airborne training and served in a Military Police unit with the 101st Airborne Division as a patrol supervisor until his discharge in 1976. Take a look at all you need to know about michael lee platt and william russell matix self help. By using our services, you agree to our use of cookies. Matix was honorably discharged from the Army in 1976. VideoHound's golden movie retriever 2001 by Jim Craddock; External links. since the shootout last Friday can shed any light. A month later, Mr. Matix used a Mini-14 semiautomatic rifle to mow down the F.B.I. Platt and Matix' first forray into crime began in early 1985 where a Nebraskan man named Earle "Tad" Burnett, who at the time operated a mail order Vending Machine business, sold ten vending machines to Platt and Matix for $10,000, who told Burnett that they were in with the "local boys" and other criminal elements, which was ignored. The investigators say they believe the men were, in the words of one detective, ''cold-hearted killers'' operating as armored car robbers who shot down anyone who crossed their paths. Similarly, detectives in Miami are reopening the inquiry into the death of Mr. Platt's first wife, who died of a shotgun wound to the head in December 1984. The inquiry in Miami, which has linked Mr. Matix and Mr. Platt to at least five slayings, still does not shake some people's belief that Mr. Matix was not capable of killing his wife. Mr. Collazo survived and crawled miles to get help. The death of Regina Platt on Christmas Eve 1984 was considered a suicide. Michael Lee Platt was born on February 3rd, 1954 in San Diego, California. However, the details of their interactions are unknown. He said he was a ''born-again Christian'' and very patriotic, according to those who knew him best. Two Special Agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan died in the line of duty. Officials have reopened their investigation since her husband, Michael Lee Platt, and William Matix died along with two FBI agents in the shootout April 11, the bloodiest day in the agency’s history. (It should be worth nothing that, unlike the other robberies on the list, they made their getaway in a dark grey car with tinted windows, license plate DMX-388). 1988) case opinion from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit The death was officially listed as a suicide. As investigators last week traced the paths that Matix and Platt followed to their deaths, a strange story unfolded, a shadowy tale of two men who left a trail of cold blood. With Ronny Cox, Bruce Greenwood, Michael Gross, Doug Sheehan. On June 1985 at 7:30 AM, Burnett was leaving home for work when he was accosted by Platt and Matix, who claimed they were armed and demanded their money back. Platt enlisted in the army in 1972 as an infantryman and served with the US Army Rangers. On April 11, 1986, an FBI task force was attempting to bring in Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix over multiple deadly robberies when a shootout occurred. This is the incontrovertibly indefinitive, more or less true though incomplete, story of the making of Satisfaction Garage. A Question of Suicide. His father was a naval Corpsman and had to frequently move as the job demanded, moving to Pearl Harbor, Alameda, and finally Yuma, Arizona, where he was an accomplished football, basketball, and baseball player in high school. Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix were two former military veterans-turned serial bank robbers who were involved in the deadliest shotoout in FBI history on April 11th, 1986, where two agents were killed and five were wounded. William Russell Matix (Left) and Michael Lee Platt (Right) photo id’s courtesy of the Department of Motor Vehicles for Miami-Dade County, FL. Christy Matix said in an interview with The Associated Press that she did not grieve for Mr. Matix. In 1973, he enlisted in the Army and served in the military police. They escaped with $54,000 and made their escape in a 1977 Monte Carlo (more below), before switching to Matix' white Ford pickup, as seen by a witness who followed them from the bank to the switch point. ''I guess the F.B.I. They then told Burnett that the two have been watching Burnett for the past two days before confronting him. *Robbery C, October 17th, 1985 - Platt and Matix were involved in the robbery of a Loomis Armored car at 11641 Sw 88th St in Miami. Matix attended Meat Cutting School and Aviation Mechanics Training while Buckanich worked as a lab assistant at the Riverside Methodist Hospital. In Columbus, Ohio, homicide detectives are taking a fresh look at the 1983 murders of Mr. Matix's first wife, Patty, and one of her co-workers at a hospital where they were laboratory assistants. Here, he met Michael Platt. ''Bill ran into a lot of tension with his in-laws, who were from Pittsburgh,'' Mr. Culver recalled. Mireles was hit in the left forearm, creating a severe wound. Then, last Friday, the two Miami men were shot and killed by a wounded agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation after a gunfight on a sun-splashed suburban street that left two agents dead and four wounded. With Mr. Platt, wounded in the neck, beside him, Mr. Matix kept firing until a wounded F.B.I. The police took Matix and Platt outside and searched them and their rental car for weapons, but none were found and no charges were filed against the two. Home; La nostra storia; Catalogo. For a year or more, William R. Matix and Michael Lee Platt slipped undetected between dual worlds of light and shadow. USA, c. 1984. Matix was a suspect in the case, but no proof could be brought against him. Mr. Matix entered the Marine Corps after high school in Ohio, served two tours before becoming a civilian again, then after six months enlisted in the Army. *Robbery F, March 19th, 1986 - Platt and Matix entered the same Barnett Bank from Robbery C and made off with $8,338. ''They saw an instability in him, his jumping from one vocation to another, that they didn't think was good for Patty.''. ''I grieve for the families of the agents who were slain.'' While Platt and Matix were mortally wounded during the shootout, they were not incapacitated. agent reached around and at close range emptied his .38-caliber pistol into both men. coming to rest just inches away from Hanlons face. After graduating high school, Matix enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1969 and served for three years, attaining the position of an E-5 Sergant while working in a bakery. He worked there until 1985, where he was terminated due to personality differences, opening up a landscaping business with Platt, "Yankee Clipper", as a result. Both Platt and Matix were killed, as were FBI agents Benjamin Grogan and Jerry Dove. ''I know how much in love they were, how much Bill loved his baby and how devastating the murder was to him,'' the Rev. But these same friends and associates said he apparently harbored deep resentment over his father, an alcoholic who divorced Mr. Matix's mother, remarried and then left his son out of his will when he died. Matix first served in the Marine Corps from 1969-1972 and was honorably discharged. In 1973, Matix enlisted in the Army and served in the military police. Both were considered exemplary soldiers, Platt serving as an airborne ranger and Matix as a military policeman. Two of those agents, Herman Hollis and Samuel Cowley, were killed after Nelson had sustained mortal injuries during a 1934 shootout in the Chicago suburb of Barrington, Ill.On that day some 30 people bore witness that Nelson was struck by the agents' submachine gun and shotgun fire before advancing on them. Unlike Matix' military service which is well documented with the help of official documents provided by the military under the Freedom of Information Act, Platt's are unavailable. Matix was honorably discharged from the Army in 1976. Shortly after, Matix collected a 350,000 dollar insurance policy on his wife and, at the urging of Platt moved to Miami, Florida, where he began active in the local church professing to be a "Born Again" Christian, meeting several women and entering short-lived relationships with them as a result. I have a cheap dvd player that plays pretty much anything like mp3 cds and video cds and other odds and ends and it plays fine, and on my computer (Mac). After service in Korea he left the Army, went to a chef's school in New York, learned meat-cutting, and after his marriage attended school in Columbus to learn helicopter maintenance. They married after his discharge and moved frequently across the mid-Atlantic including Takoma Park, Maryland, Hyde Park, New York, and finally Columbus, Ohio. Similar to Patricia, Regina was found dead under suspicious conditions on December 21, 1984, having shot herself in her bed. Vai al contenuto. Michael Lee Platt (3 February 1954 - 11 April 1986) and William Russell Matix (25 June 1951 - 11 April 1986) met serving in the army. A google search shows that the father of Regina was employed at a "D.U.I. Matix was honorably discharged from the army in 1976. But in the view of friends and relatives the two Army buddies, who had met as military policemen in Korea, were clean-living upright citizens. Matix served in the Marine Corps from 1969–1972 and was honorably discharged. Captain Lanata has sent investigators to Miami to see if evidence found by the F.B.I. Belligerent(s) William Russell Matix† and Michael Lee Platt† The FBI Miami shootout was a gun battle that occurred on 11 April 1986 in Miami, Florida between eight Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents and two serial bank robbers. *Robbery E, January 10th, 1986 - Platt and Matix shot a Brinks armored car guard as he was opening the door of his truck at the Barnett Bank of 13593 South Dixie Highway. Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix were two former military veterans-turned serial bank robbers who were involved in the deadliest shotoout in FBI history on April 11 th, 1986, where two agents were killed and five were wounded. See the article in its original context from. While eating breakfast, Burnett spotted some policemen and ran to them, screaming that Platt and Matix were trying to kill him. COUNTERMEASURES OF DADE COUNTY" which was active between 1973 and 1994, but it's anyones guess) before quitting abruptly in 1982 and starting a landscaping business with his brother Tim known as "Blade Cutters". *Robbery Db, November 8th, 1985 - Platt and Matix entered the Professional Savings Bank at 13100 South Dixie Highway in Miami, wielding rifles and demanding the money that Wells Fargo recently dropped off, stealing $41,469 altogether. Platt and Matix took a bag with profits worth $2,800 from a guard shortly before forcing him to open the back of the truck up, which contained over $400,000. However, the driver took off before the back of the truck could be opened, leaving the three with only the contents of the bag. ''Someone said Matix used the church the way some men used a singles bar,'' one investigator related. The couple met at Walter Reed Army Hospital, where she was assigned and where Mr. Matix had been sent by the Army to correct his stammering. Mr. Matix was said to have proposed to some women after a few dates, was engaged to one who broke it off and married his second wife, Christy Lou Horne, last year. Despite this, the case never went to court. Five other agents were wounded but survived. However, he was active in his school's FFA Club and presented himself with a kind, quiet, and courteous demeanor. *October 4th, 1985- Platt and Matix shot and killed Emilio Briel as he was target shooting in an abandoned rock pit, stealing his gold colored 1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo to be used in robberies B, ,C, Db, and E. *March 12th, 1986 - Platt and Matix shot Jose Collazo who was target shooting at the same rock pit as Briel was killed, stealing his black 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo to be used in robbery D and the shootout. https://reallifevillains.miraheze.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Lee_Platt_and_William_Russell_Matix&oldid=73955, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). A check of the records showed it was registered in Mr. Matix's name. FBI file on the April 11, 1986 shootout between eight FBI agents and two bank robbers, leaving the two robbers (William Russell Matix, Michael Lee Platt) and two special agents (Jerry L. Dove, Ben P. Grogan) dead. As Platt and Matix ordered him to hand over the money in the back of the truck, the guard opened fire, prompting Platt and Matix to flee. ''No one who knew them can make any sense of it.''. Four hours later, Mr. Matix appeared in a law office to answer questions about his wife's divorce petition. In addition, agents have found a white pickup truck that officials suspect was used in an armored car robbery. After the vending machines were shipped to Platt & Matix, they were shipped immediately back to Burnett in damaged condition, demanding their money back, which was ignored. Directed by Dick Lowry. The couple bought a small house on a few acres in Delaware, 20 miles north of Columbus. The suspects, William Matix, 34, and Michael Platt, 32, were also slain. Information provided by Find-A-Grave Member. In a month she moved back in with her parents, giving birth later in the year to a boy. William Russell Matix was born on June 25th, 1951 in Lewisburg, Ohio. In the afternoon of December 30th, 1983; an unknown assailant broke into the labratory and murdered Buckanich and a coworker with a knife, before stealing Buckanich's wedding ring and $20 in cash. Burnett told the two that he would get the money for them once the banks opened later that day, but in the meantime they could get breakfast at Kuhl's Restaurant in Lincoln, Nebraska (a frequent spot for the police, unbeknownst to Platt and Matix). SHOOTOUT IN MIAMI UNCOVERED 2 OLD ARMY BUDDIES' LINKS TO VIOLENT CRIME, Jon Nordheimer, Special To the New York Times. At Fort Campbell, he met his first wife, Regina Lylen, and were married on October 31, 1975. -, Mireles first shot at Platt hit the back of the front seat behind Platt’s left shoulder. ''Everyone thought he was a real nice guy till now,'' said Capt. 1986 FBI Miami shootout He and his partner Michael Lee Platt were killed in a shootout with FBI agents. Then, last Friday, the two Miami men were shot and killed by a … It has been stated in one of the movies based on the two, as well as a few news reports that Platt and Matix have been robbing drug dealers for their money in the past, yet no mention of this is shown in the official FBI papers. Mr. Matix held a black belt in karate, according to Mr. Culver. Platt was then stationed in Camp Kittyhawk (now Camp Bonifas), South Korea. While in Miami, Matix bought a 1/4 stake in Blade Cutters, a landscaping business owned by Platt's brother, Tim. David Soul as Mike Lee Platt; Michael Gross as William Matix; Doug Sheehan as Agent McNeill; Richard Jenkins as Agent Hanlon; Ronald G. Joseph as Agent Mireles; Teri Copley as Vickie; References. did me a favor by taking him out,'' said Mrs. Matix, whose divorce was pending when her husband died. agents who stopped him and Mr. Platt in Mr. Collazo's auto. Matix met his first wife, Patricia Buckanich, while getting his aforementioned stuttering problem corrected at the Walter Reed Army Hospital. Read more on the Wikipedia page here. Shortly after attending basic training, Platt applied for Airborne Ranger training and entered the program at Fort Campbell Kentucky, where upon completion of the course was assigned to a military police unit with Matix. He was honorably discharged in 1979. I would welcome an opportunity to serve with this soldier anytime". (Much like robbery A, they made their getaway in a vehicle not listed below, a black 1983 Chrysler New Yorker). This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. He kept active playing table tennis, badminton and in pickup games of basketball, the brother said. ''I never saw my brother lift so much as a beer.''. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. On March 12, Mr. Collazo was gunned down at the rock pit by two men, one holding a Ruger Mini-14 semiautomatic rifle. The F.B.I. The Injuries of Michael Platt and William Matix. I would be surprised and sorely disappointed if this SM did not become a Command Sergeant Major. Matix lived at 15615 Southwest 85th Avenue in Miami at the time of his death. After Platt's army discharge, he and his wife moved to Monterey, California and had a son. Michael Lee Aday. Manauzzi was wounded when Matix fired his shotgun and the pellets penetrated the door of Manauzzi's car. Mr. Matix was reportedly paid $350,000 in insurance and other benefits as a result of his wife's death in the first week she was back at work after a three-month leave for the birth of the couple's child. Michael Lee Platt, born February 3rd, 1954, and William Russell Matix, born June 25th, 1951, met while serving in the Army in the 1970s. Like Matix, Platt was considered a suspect yet not enough evidence was found to convict him. Shortly after his discharge from the Marines, he worked at a manufacturing company before joining the US Army. But Mr. Matix was the product of an unhappy childhood and had a poor self-image and a penchant to express blunt opinions that often upset others, a number of people who knew him said. He Visited Lawyer That Day. Then there's killer Michael Lee Platt. In 1973, Matix then enlisted in the army and served in the military police. He was viewed as a model soldier, with one of his commanding officers even going so far as noting in his evaluation report: "If it was in my power then I would like to promote this man immediately. Matix had a severe stuttering problem which wouldn't be corrected until his enlistment in the army later in life, and was called cruel names by his classmates such as "Wah wah Willy". They then decided to find a lawyer to sue Burnett for defamation and slander, eventually going across the street to a nearby attorney's office, who said that Burnett's kidnapping claim was to get the two arrested and unable to collect the money from Burnett that was theirs. Platt was the aggressor while Matix tried to play the calm guy in a "good cop bad cop" routine. Patty Matix was 30 years old when she died. Florida 1985: A series of brutal robberies and murders keeps the F.B.I busy. Shortly in 1979, Platt moved to Miami, Regina's hometown, where he acquired employment with Regina's father (the details of the employment are unknown, as it is all retracted in the official FBI statements. Michael Platt (born 23 March 1984) is a former Ireland international rugby league footballer who played for the Salford Red Devils; he joined the Salford Red Devils in April 2014 and is contacted until the end of the 2014 season following a successful trial with the Superleague club..Michael joined the Red Devils following 3 appearances with the North Wales Crusaders in 2014. A college graduate with a major in biochemistry, she also served in the Army, according to Mr. Culver. Sandra S. Grogan, et al., Plaintiffs-appellants, v. Brenda F. Platt, Defendant,jane Doe, As Personal Representative of the Estate Ofwilliam Russell Matix, Deceased, Defendant-appellee, 835 F.2d 844 (11th Cir. ''Mike was a big, healthy guy,'' said Tim Platt, who worked with his brother and Bill Matix in a landscaping business until the two others set up their own business, the Yankee Clipper. The case never solved. Friends recalled Mr. Matix's penchant for setting cans on a tree stump outside his house and shooting at them. Again, the details of their interactions are unknown. The minister said he still believed Mr. Matix lost his bearings after leaving Ohio with his insurance money in mid-1984 to begin a new life with his Army friend, Mike Platt. By Jon Nordheimer, Special To the New York Times. caught them driving Collazo's Monte Carlo in a stakeout and, after having them cornered in a driveway, proceeded to have a four minute gun battle with them where both Platt and Matix were killed, along with two other FBI agents and many others injured. To preserve these articles as they originally appeared, The Times does not alter, edit or update them. For a year or more, William R. Matix and Michael Lee Platt slipped undetected between dual worlds of light and shadow. Erego, all is known is available in the summary of the FBI's official papers on Platt; Platt was in the US Army from 1972 to 1979, first serving as an infantryman but later becoming a platoon leader at the end of his career. The two robbery suspects, William Russell Matix and Michael Lee Platt were also killed. Michael Lee Platt (February 3, 1954 – April 11, 1986) and William Russell Matix (June 25, 1951 – April 11, 1986) met while serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.. Matix first served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1969-72, working as a cook in the officers' mess, serving overseas in Hawaii and Okinawa from April 1970 to March 1971 and April 1971 to March 1972 respectively. Severely wounded and struggling to remain conscious, Special Agent Mireles stood up and began firing at the criminals as they entered and tried to escape in Dove and Grogan’s car. produced more evidence Wednesday to tie Mr. Matix and Mr. Platt to a series of armored car robberies and the shootings of men in an abandoned rock quarry that was often used for target practice. Cookies help us deliver our services. Michael Lee Platt (February 3, 1954 – April 11, 1986) and William Russell Matix (June 25, 1951 – April 11, 1986) met while serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. When the door couldn't open the door, Platt and Matix stole the teller's bag, containing $10,000 and made their getaway. Michael Lee Platt and William Russell Matix were known to use high-caliber weapons and stolen cars in a string of robberies that left multiple victims dead. Michael Lee Platt (February 3, 1954 – April 11, 1986) and William Russell Matix (June 25, 1951 – April 11, 1986) met while serving in the Army in the 1970s. He and his partner Michael Lee Platt were killed in a shootout with FBI agents. *Robbery Da, November 8th, 1985 - Platt and Matix drove up to a teller station at the Florida National Bank of 14801 South Dixie Highway and approched a teller and a guard from behind, telling them to open the door to the teller station. The duo were then involved in the deadliest shootout in FBI history, trying to evade eight FBI agents who. He was honorably discharged in 1979. Despite shooting the guard, they made out with nothing. On April 11, Matix and Platt died on a suburban Miami street in the bloodiest shootout in FBI history, leaving two agents dead and another five wounded. The men, William Matix, 34 years old, and Michael L. Platt, 32, were killed Friday in a gun battle with agents behind a shopping center in the suburban community of Kendall. Matix first served in the Marine Corps from 1969–1972 and was honorably discharged. The victims were bound and had been stabbed numerous times. The pair met while they were stationed at … Miraculously, Collazo survived the shooting and lived to make a composite sketch of Platt and Matix. Unhappy as Child, They Report. Michael Platt and William Matix met while stationed at Ft. Campbell, Kentucky in the early 1970’s. He was the same armored guard as Robbery A. correct this error in a future revision to his report.). In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. The firefight claimed the lives of Special Agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan.
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