The Preacher’s Wife
COURTHOUSE: Mary Winkler told police she didnt remember getting her husbands shotgun. I remember thinking that it wasnt as loud as I thought it would be, they quoted her as saying. I heard the boom, and he rolled out of bed onto the floor. (John David Mercer / AP)
PILLAR: Wilburn Gene Ashe, mayor of McNairy County, Tenn., is also an elder at Fourth Street Church of Christ, where Matthew Winkler was the preacher. Ashe knew the Winklers had some financial irregularities, and there would have been consequences, he said. (Lindsay McDonald / AP)
SEARCH: In this photo, a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent speaks with Selmer Police Lt. Kim Holley, right, in a wooded area near the Winkler home. Matthew Winkler had been shot to death early the previous day . Police were still searching for his wife and daughters, who turned up 500 miles away. (Lindsay McDonald / AP)
CONFESSION: I guess I just got to a point and I snapped, Mary Winkler told police. (Andrew McMurtrie / AP)
