Wife Charged With Murdering Minister
From Times Wire Reports
A minister’s wife was charged with shooting her husband to death in a Selmer parsonage in a crime that shocked the congregation.
Mary Winkler, 32, was arrested on murder charges and confessed to slaying her husband, Matthew, 31, authorities said. She had fled to Alabama in the family’s minivan with the couple’s three young daughters, authorities said.
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent John Mehr would not disclose what authorities believe to be the motive, but he did rule out infidelity.
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