[Excerpt on the hiring of Farese - from myeyewitnessnews.com, Memphis]
Mary Winkler, the woman accused of killing her preacher husband is getting help from high profile attorney, Steve Farese.
Farese is known for taking on cases involving well-known community figures including some who were involved in the Tennessee Waltz scandal.
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Police caught up with her in Orange Beach, Alabama. Farese says Winkler is still in shock and detached from everything that is happening around her.
"She certainly didn't understand... all the things going on," says Farese.
Farese tells Eyewitness News the only thing she is concerned about right now is her children and her congregation.
"If there is one thing I know, it's that Mary love the congregation and the congregation loved her," says Farese.
Winkler will make her first court appearance Monday March 27th. Her lawyer says this will be a very lengthy case ... " [snip]
Which makes it an abuse-type case -- he's got to bring in shrinks, experts, and whatnot to explain "why she finally snapped."