MURDERED: Mary Morris
Two women, both in the same county in Texas, are murdered within days of each other. But along with the timing and location, there’s one more big similarity that still puzzles both investigators and their families to this day…
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The murders of Mary Morris and Mary McGinnis Morris
If you have any information about the murder of 48-year-old Mary Morris on October 12, 2000, in Baytown, TX, or the murder of 39-year-old Mary McGinnis Morris, found on October 16, 2000, in Houston, TX, please call Crimestoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).
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Episode Source Material
- Unsolved Mysteries: Mary Lou & Mary McGinnins Morris.
- Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack – Season 11 Episode 3: Two Mary Murders via YouTube.
- Unsolved Mysteries with Dennis Farina – Season 3 Episode 18: Two Mary Murders via YouTube.
- The Murder in My Family (podcast): Episode 36 – Mary Henderson Morris via Apple Podcasts.
- The Baytown Sun (Baytown, TX): Who killed Mary Lou Morris? by David Bloom via NewspaperArchive.com.
- Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX): The two deaths of Mary Morris, by Roma Khanna.
- The Monitor (McAllen, TX): Strange slayings still under investigation, by The Associated Press (no byline).
- ABC News: Two Women, Same Name Slain in Houston.
- Houston Chronicle: Two Mary Morris slayings remain unsolved, by Rhea Davis.
- The Clermont Sun: The mysterious murders of Mary Morris and Mary Morris, by Marc Hoover.
- FOX 26 Houston: Unsolved murders in Baytown inspire dark comedy movie, but grieving families seek justice, by Randy Wallace.
- Entertainment Weekly: Maggie Moore(s) is based on a true story – the family of murder victims speak out, by Marueen Lee Lenker.
- The Prosecutors (podcast): Episode 48 – The Murders of Mary Morris, Part 2.
- The Prosecutors (podcast): Episode 49 – The Murders of Mary Morris, Part 3.
- Finding Mary McGinnis Morris’ killer (Facebook page)
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