Mary Winkler, the minister’s wife who confessed to killing her husband showed up for the first time in court today. The only words uttered by Winkler were “No sir” when she was asked if she had any questions. She didn’t enter a plea. She appeared in an orange jump suit and was shackled. (Video)
Winkler is charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of her husband, Matthew Winkler, the minister at Fourth Street Church of Christ in Selmer, Tennessee, a small town 80 miles east of Memphis.
Funeral services for her dead husband are scheduled for Tuesday in the church where he served as Pastor.
Meanwhile, a friend who visited Winkler in jail says the 32–year old is sorry for everything that happened.
Church member Pam Killingsworth visited Winkler after Sunday services and said the preacher’s wife gave no indication why her husband of 10 years was shot.
“She just said she was sorry and for me to write a note to the church saying that she was sorry for everything she had done,” said Killingsworth, as she walked away from the jail in tears.
So far, Winkler’s motive remains a secret.
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I don´t have the slightest notion of why Mrs Winkler shot her husband TWICE. First of all, why are authorities hiding the real motives for her to have committed such a terrible HOMICIDE? and second, It looks like she wanted to make sure the father of her three adorable daughters wouldn´t be able to defend himself (or was she ashamed to face her prey?). What makes a foreigner like me wonder is that the media acts as if MR WINKLER deserved what he got. Here in Brazil we always compare your legal system to ours to find out you have a much better system than ours, where criminals are almost always punished regardless of their race, creed or social class.(Here if you have money most likely you will never be punished). I ask your readers to clarify my mind because it is very hard for me to understand what is going on. Please excuse me for not being able to communicate my thoughts accordingly. BTW I am a friend of the good old US of A.