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Wife Kills Minister - Mary Winkler Case 31st Dec, 2008 - 8:34pm Everybody thought about the Winklers as the perfect family. He was a preacher and they had three beautiful children together, they always looked happy then why this woman without criminal record or history of violence would coldly murder her husband, taker her kids and run away? QUOTE Mary Carol Winkler (Born December 10, 1973) was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband, Matthew Winkler, the pulpit minister at the Fourth Street Church of Christ in the small town of Selmer, Tennessee. She had gained national attention for the short length of her jail sentence. According to police, Mary Winkler confessed to the March 22, 2006 fatal shooting of her husband, whose body was discovered in their home by church members after he missed that night's services. He had been shot in the back with a 12 gauge shotgun. The couple had been married since 1996 and -- according to many friends and church members -- were seemingly the perfect family. However, one neighborhood family reported that Matthew Winkler had repeatedly threatened to shoot that family's dog after it strayed onto the Winklers' lawn. Also, other friends, as well as Mary Winkler's family, allege that Matthew Winkler was abusive to Mary Winkler [3]. Mary Winkler maintains that this is the reason for the shooting. After police issued an Amber Alert due to fears of kidnapping, Mary Winkler and the children (Patricia, 8; Mary Alice, 6; Breanna, 1) were discovered in Orange Beach, Alabama. Mary Winkler was placed into custody there and later extradited to Tennessee to stand trial. Source 5a Politics, Business, Civil & History.

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Mary Winkler Case
31st Dec, 2008 - 8:34pm

Everybody thought about the Winklers as the perfect family. He was a preacher and they had three beautiful children together, they always looked happy then why this woman without criminal record or history of violence would coldly murder her husband, taker her kids and run away?

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Mary Carol Winkler (Born December 10, 1973) was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband, Matthew Winkler, the pulpit minister at the Fourth Street Church of Christ in the small town of Selmer, Tennessee. She had gained national attention for the short length of her jail sentence. According to police, Mary Winkler confessed to the March 22, 2006 fatal shooting of her husband, whose body was discovered in their home by church members after he missed that night's services. He had been shot in the back with a 12 gauge shotgun. The couple had been married since 1996 and -- according to many friends and church members -- were seemingly the perfect family. However, one neighborhood family reported that Matthew Winkler had repeatedly threatened to shoot that family's dog after it strayed onto the Winklers' lawn. Also, other friends, as well as Mary Winkler's family, allege that Matthew Winkler was abusive to Mary Winkler [3]. Mary Winkler maintains that this is the reason for the shooting. After police issued an Amber Alert due to fears of kidnapping, Mary Winkler and the children (Patricia, 8; Mary Alice, 6; Breanna, 1) were discovered in Orange Beach, Alabama. Mary Winkler was placed into custody there and later extradited to Tennessee to stand trial. Source 5a

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