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In this episode, Ashley and Britt walk us through the haunting story of two women, both named Mary Morris, both murdered within days of each other in the same Texas county. As we delve into their cases, we uncover a shocking twist that leaves everyone baffled.
Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And I'm Britt. And the story I have for you today is actually two stories about two women who were living in the same county at the same time, each living their own life until their tragic and untimely deaths. Just three days apart under suspiciously similar circumstances would link them together forever.
This is the story of the murders of Mary Morris. The crime feels too brutal to just be some random robbery. Like, and this didn't feel random. Investigators think that whoever killed Mary set out to kill her.
And the important thing to note is that there is some time missing in this timeline, right? Like we know she left the house for work at 6 a.m. And then investigators don't think that the fire started until sometime around 10 based on that report that came in. So the big question becomes what happened and where was Mary between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m.?
According to that Baytown Sun article, Marilyn doesn't have any answers by the time she buries her mom's remains, 19 pounds of ashes and bone fragments, on October 16th.
Now, when they release her mother's remains for burial, they'd forgotten to give her the jewelry that her mom still had with her. So that afternoon after the funeral, Marilyn calls the medical examiner's office to check about getting her stuff back. And the person on the other end just says, oh, you can pick up the jewelry when you come pick up the body. And Marilyn's like, what?
No, no, no. You're not understanding. Like, I just buried my mom. Like, that part is done. I just need to come get her jewelry. But the Emmy's office fights her on this. They're like, no, like in no uncertain terms. Like we have Mary Morris's body like in our morgue right now. Well, then who did she bury? Well, that's exactly what Marilyn is asking herself.
And it takes some time, like a few different people have to get on the phone. But eventually they figure out that the M.E. does indeed have Mary Morris's body in the morgue. What? A royal f**k up? Oh, no, no, no, no. They didn't mess up. What? Everyone is right. Marilyn just buried Mary Morris. Right. And the M.E. has Mary Morris still in the morgue.
They have a different Mary Morris. Yes. Also from Harris County. Also found dead in her car. Just recently? Really recently. Like this second Mary, 39-year-old Mary McGinnis Morris, had been found dead in her company car the same morning of the first Mary's funeral. I mean, same thing? Or is this the strangest coincidence of all time?
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