European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 7, 1990 the stars and stripes family feud slaying of son linked to attempt to collect insurance Pompano Beach. Fla. It a it a police say Christopher Morris plotted Wilh his parents to kill his sex with to collect $35,000 in insurance. When Thev found out the policy had lapsed authorities allege the parents killed him instead a to collect a $70. 100 policy. Therein and Leila Mary Morns Kepi a Well tended Yard in their Mobile Home Community. They were regular churchgoers Friendly Quick to lend a hand with Yard work. And they re charged with murder accused of killing their 42-Ycar-old son in a deadly double Cross. Police say the Morrisey schemed with i hair sex convict son to kill his former wife. Sharon and her 10-year-old daughter for the insurance. Bui they turned on their son after they Learned that the insurance coverage had lapsed authorities say. The Morrisey also were angry their son sold them bogus cocaine for ii.000 that they had intended to resell investigators say. The couple and Marlin Rector their son s Roommate and onetime prison buddy who is accused or being the Trig German. Then conned a drifter with drinking and blackout problems into confessing to the crime police say. The drifter. 40-Ycar-old John Woods was released from jail after the three others confessed. A live been doing homicide for 12 years Quot said sheriffs la. Tom Carney. A it s the strangest most cold blooded murder i be Ever seen. It seems they were upstanding citizens never had a Brush with the Law they look just like any other grandparents you would find any place in the country the alleged murder scheme stunned residents of the Morrisey Mobile Home Community North of fort Lauderdale. Quot they were Good  said John Brennan a retired school administrator from Binghamton. . A the was a Good Church member. When we resumed in Winter with All that Yard work he was the first one to come Over and help you clean up theron Morris. 76. A retired Chrysler corp. Engineer and his wife 62, who a it he theron Morris worked for United air lines for 23 years moved to Florida four years ago. Their son was released from prison late last year after serving Lime on drug and assault charges. Neighbors said the Morrisey were trying to help him overcome a cocaine habit. They housed him fed him bought him a ear and found him a place to live. But there was tension. A there was arguing Yelling. It was kind of like a family feud Quot said Michael Kern 23, who lives across the Street. Dorothy Brennan another neighbor recalled theron Morris ordering his son out of the House and telling h in not to return. Police say Chris Morris and Rector halhed a scheme to kill Sharon Morris and her daughter. The two later recruited the cider Morrisey police say. But when Rector went to Sharon Morris House to kill her. Posing As a lower delivery Man she would t come a Leila Morris to the door because Rector was not in uniform said Carney. Then police say. Me plotters discovered that a $35,000 insurance policy on Sharon had lapsed. So the target of the murder plot shifted to Chris who was insured for $70,000. On the evening of Jan. 8, the younger Morris went with Rector to his parents Home. Once there police say Rector pulled out a ,38-Calibcr revolver with a Silencer and ordered Morris to the floor. Morris father then bound him with duct tape and helped Load him into the Back seat of the car but Chris Morris broke free and was shot three times by Hector. They chased Chris and told him they would take hint to the Hospital but instead Thev took him to the nearby town of Coconut Creek shot him three More times and left him in the car police a Christopher Morris said. Detectives said mrs. Moms followed in another car. Picked up her husband and Rector and took them Home. Chris body was found the nest Day. The Morrisey told neighbors he was killed by drug dealers. Leila Morris a came Over and Pul her arms around me and cried and cried. Recalled mrs. Brennan. Sharon Morris attended her cd husband s funeral unaware she had once been a target. The Morrisey housed and fed Rector after Chris death gave him an Alibi for the night and said their son had gone out for Beer and cigarettes. But police immediately suspected Rector and said that under questioning. Rector and the Morrisey implicated each other then ultimately confessed. The insurance Money has not been paid Hen dad s in White House children May suffer Wash Rutan apr an unusual study of presidents children cubs Udes that having a father in the White House bring St Ujj problems than opportune a a a. A almost any Enterprise is critican said the report on Quot All the presidents children Quot commissioned by George Bush a eldest son George w. Bust Nhill his father was still president elect. Douglas Wead a while House Liaison to cons Rya live groups reviewed the lives of presidential offspring from John Adams to Ronald Reagan and concluded that history Quot should be a sobering warning to any new arrivals Quot at the White House. Quot being related to a president May bring More problems than  Wead cautioned in his 44-Page treatise. Excerpts appeared in the latest Issue of . News i world report. A if an Enterprise is successful it s assumed Taftt is because of the  Wead report Tirol the Public assumes the son or  or  Wead Quot found a consistent pauper it of trouble far the sons and daughters of presided the Magazine reported Quot there were  rates of divorce alcoholism and Acra Sintal death a wide variety of scandals Over read or perceived conflicts of interest and constant frustration Over Lack of  some presidential offspring became prominent in 1 their own right John a Shrof Quincy Adams became president himself and Theodore Roosevelt a four sons were War heroes. Others met tragedy during their father s term Calvin Coolidge or. Died Bijj Alood poisoning after a freh1rs�cidciit on the White hot tic court and a coins san Waale. Dan of  his Fath _ Arjamie Magazine ran Yin Corgi a. Bush excerpts As part of a Story origin the five Bush children Are faring under the spotlight a George Walker Bush 43, became part o?9lmfcjmd managing partner of the Texas rangers baseball last year. He also ruled out a race for governor of Texas. A another son Neil 3 5, a Denver Oil executive is under investigation by Federal Bank regulators the probe involves his former membership on the Board of directors of a major Bank that collapsed Silverado banking. Savings amp loan association. The Silverado bailout is expected to Cost taxpayers �1 billion. 1 the Magazine reported that swirl my called his father recently to say  Light the Silverado charges rathm�1taii accept a negotiated settlement the president told him a Don t worry about  about the presidency. Do what s Tor Neil  j Daug Hlor Dorothy Leblond. 30, a tourism official for the stale of Maine rec Nily filed for divorce from her husband of seven years. A Jeb Bush 36, is a Miami real estate Developer Active in slate gop politics. A Marvin 33, is a business entrepreneur who lives just across the Potomac in Alexandria a. Part of his Colon was removed in 1986, and he has been a prominent supporter of the National foundation or ileitis and colitis. Wead spelled out some of the Pitfalls of White Louse kinship for the Bush children. A try something great and you appear grandiose and  he said. Quot try to Lead a quiet armal life and Lyou appear Lazy or  citing artistic and you will offend those who drawer  Quot the proft Menual child in business faces the pressure of in orbit scrutiny Quot Wead added. A two things the Media Ami the Public won t allow Success or failure. Keep  mediocre maintain a personal Low  you will be left