The Secret Marriage of Fred and Werner

Werner and Fred Riller had been married secretly by the same minister, but it was more than two years after the wedding on the beach. Their actual marriage date was July 12, 1980, just five months before Werner's death. By the time Werner died, the couple's assets had been transferred to a trust they'd set up with help from Fred's old friend and lawyer,. The purpose of the Johnson-Railer Trust, Fred said, was to prevent any gossip that might arise about financial gain should he or Werner die.