When Mary Morris was found murdered in a burnt-out car in October of 2000, the case was already

strange. With no reason to believe she would be the target of murder, there were very few

clues to help solve the crime. When another woman named Mary Morris was found dead just three

days later, the case went from strange to absolutely perplexing.

That was because the second Mary was also murdered in her car only miles from the first murder.

It would turn out that these women had no idea they were going to run into the same monster.

Music The When you think of a hitman, the first image that likely comes to mind is a cold and

precise killer, someone who, for better or worse, is an expert in ending the lives of others and

who absolutely doesn't allow for mistakes to take place.

In reality, contract killing can be a far messier job. In fact, sometimes it can lead to the wrong

person being taken out, or at least that's one of the main theories for why two otherwise unrelated

women named Mary Morris were murdered within three days of each other in

2000. Mary Lou Morris left her home to go to work on the morning of August 12, 2000, not expecting

anything unusual to take place. After all, it was just another day in Houston, Texas, and her job

as a loan officer at Chase Bank often didn't

lead to much excitement.

Still, even if it wasn't exactly a thrill ride, it helped to pay the bills for her and her

husband Jay.

It wasn't like it was going to last forever anyway.

No, while retirement was still a ways off yet, with Mary now being 48 years old, she was at least

beginning to see the potential for that on the horizon.

What she didn't realize at the time, though, was that she would never make it to retirement.

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