Mary Winkler--who shot her husband in the back and then refused to aid him or call 911 as he slowly bled to death for 20 minutes--walked away a free woman last year after serving a farcically brief "sentence" for her crimes. Posted on 08/04/2008 2:36:04 PM PDT by PercivalWalks
Mary Winkler--who shot her husband in the back and then refused to aid him or call 911 as he slowly bled to death for 20 minutes--walked away a free woman last year after serving a farcically brief "sentence" for her crimes.
Mary Winkler’s claims of abuse were largely uncorroborated during the trial. According to the testimony from Matthew Winkler's oldest daughter, Patricia, the dead father--who as he lay dying looked at his wife and asked "why?"--was a good man and did not abuse her mother.
Mary Winkler has been in a custody battle with Matthew Winkler's parents, who have been raising the three girls since the murders. The Winklers sought to terminate Mary Winkler's parental rights and adopt the girls, a position I've supported.
Mary Winkler was granted supervised visits with her daughters last year. Now, sadly, she has gained back custody of the three girls, which is clearly not in the girls' best interests.
Last year Dan Winkler said, "These young ladies have not expressed any desire to be with their mother or her family,” but he and wife Diane have now ceded custody, knowing that continuing their legal battle to protect the girls would in the end be unsuccessful. A judge has approved the custody transfer.
To learn more about this horrendous injustice, see my co-authored column No child custody for husband-killer Mary Winkler (World Net Daily, 9/14/07), or click here.
From Mary Winkler Gets Daughters Back (myfoxmemphis.com, 8/1/08):
FOX13 has learned that Mary Winkler has gotten her three daughters back. Winkler picked up her children Friday afternoon. The girls had been living with their paternal grandparents since Winkler killed her husband Matthew in 2006. Now it appears the bitter custody battle is coming to a close.As soon as Winkler's criminal trial ended, the custody battle began. But Friday, in an unexpected turn of events, she regained physical custody of her three children.
A source told FOX13 that Winkler picked the girls up Friday afternoon and brought them to her new home in McMinnville, Tennessee. She will soon enroll them in local schools...
Winkler lost custody in 2006 when she was charged with the murder of her preacher husband Matthew Winkler.
Winkler was convicted of manslaughter in 2007 and has been fighting for custody of her children since her release from a mental facility.
Matthew's parents, Dan and Diane Winkler, have had custody of the girls since 2006 and have been trying to adopt them.
"These young ladies have not expressed any desire to be with their mother or her family," said Dan Winkler in 2007.
The Winkler's filed appeals in an effort to stop Mary Winkler from having supervised visits and phone calls with her daughter.
But now, a source said they have turned over custody to the girls' mother.
This is being called the first step to full custody, although no official court order has been filed.
Glenn Sacks, www.GlennSacks.com
[Note: If you or someone you love is faced with a divorce or needs help with child custody, child support, false accusations, Parental Alienation, or other family law or criminal law matters, ask Glenn for help by clicking here.]
All the "testimony" came from her and her relatives. No other evidence was presented. The prejudice against Christian pastors that this case has revealed makes me sick to my stomach.
I don't.
I wonder, of all the people that think this was a travesty, how many have avoided their own jury duty?
This is exactly correct. Even if he really was an abuser, it’s still better to err on the side of caution and let the children live with their grandparents, who don’t have any history of violence.
His parents and some others said he was the nicest guy...
But abusive husbands are also great actors...
Something caused a quiet sober woman to suddenly kill her husband...
Was she protecting herself from him ???
Neither do I. People who “hate this country” should move elsewhere.
Am I missing something about this case? What gives? It’s been a long series of injustices from the verdict, to the pathetic sentence, to the suspending of that sentence and now this.
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
“Wow, this reminds me of OJ.
Sad, I pray for those little girls and the husband’s family. What a tragedy.”
This is much worse on the law. The woman was actually convicted of killing her children’s father. How could they give the children to her?
but women do not make as much as men do for the same jobs, so this is understandable.
“abusive husbands are also great actors...
Something caused a quiet sober woman to suddenly kill her husband”
Do you have any comprehension of the concept of evidence? Sadly, there are obviously others out there who share your inane thought process as we see demonstrated with this case. :(
Your argument doesn’t even follow the logic of your own perverted sensibilities. So the “abusive husband” must have been just “acting” to get a reputation as a nice guy. Could Mary Winkler have been “acting” to get her “quiet, sober” reputation?
I wonder how you would reconcile the idea that she is a “quiet and sober” woman with the fact that she went out partying at a bar, drinking and smoking while out on bond? How do you rationalize that? I’m sure if you can rationalize a shotgun blast to the back you should have no problems with that one.
So the “abusive husband” must have been just “acting” to get a reputation as a nice guy.
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Actually that is the MO of an abuser...
“Actually that is the MO of an abuser...”
*sigh* :(
You’re right. I was just thinking of kids being raised by someone who murdered their other parent. But of course, OJ’s kids probably believe he didn’t do it. These kids cannot believe their Mom is innocent. Such a shame.
susie
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