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Authorities Say Minister's Wife Confesses
Associated Press ^ | 3/24/06 | WOODY BAIRD

Posted on 03/24/2006 1:01:33 PM PST by outlaw1_2003

The wife of a minister found dead in the church parsonage has confessed to shooting him and fleeing to Alabama, where she was found the following night with their three young daughters, authorities said Friday.

Mary Winkler told investigators she shot her husband on Wednesday, Selmer Police investigator Roger Rickman said.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: matthewwinkler; pastor; tennessee; winkler
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To: Old_Mil

Believe it or not, I think the incidence of women harming their children is actually higher than the father. I honestly haven't the foggiest clue what the motive was, but the fact that she confessed leads me to believe that she felt that she was in her right to do so.

Still, I feel sick looking at the photo of the family. This is sad.


41 posted on 03/24/2006 1:56:32 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: Frank_2001

If she was a LEO it might work but not without.


42 posted on 03/24/2006 1:58:43 PM PST by Spirited
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To: MineralMan

I'm voting "Went Nuts."


43 posted on 03/24/2006 1:59:44 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (If you believe ANYTHING in the Treason Media you are a fool.)
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To: MineralMan

Actually I was in protective services for seven years. It could be underreported, but then we wouldn't know.

Reported cases most often involve a boyfriend or stepparent.


44 posted on 03/24/2006 2:03:31 PM PST by js1138 (~()):~)>)
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To: RXSalesman

Seeing I have had PPD and I wanted to kill my DH a few times myself I'd say that was the cause. She was depressed and he was driving her nuts. There was a gun in the house and when they were arguing she went and got it and out of anger shot and killed him. However, she is being charged with 1st degree murder and 1st degree mean she planned it, it wasn't something she just did out of the blue.

So maybe insurance money and she was falling in love with some guy she met on the internet but knew she could never just leave her husband.

WHO KNOWS!


45 posted on 03/24/2006 2:27:29 PM PST by Halls (One Proud Texas Momma!!)
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To: outlaw1_2003

Bush's fault


46 posted on 03/24/2006 2:30:11 PM PST by muglywump
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To: Mr. Jeeves
He was ministering to a troubled young person . . .

Yes! Thanks for the reminder.

47 posted on 03/24/2006 2:39:10 PM PST by Jacquerie (Democrats soil institutions)
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To: nikos1121

Just read the latest update and that's the impression I'm getting. They say in the article it's not infidelity...but they know the motive. And they won't answer questions as to whether it was abuse.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/03/24/D8GI6QAG3.html


48 posted on 03/24/2006 2:40:07 PM PST by dawn53
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To: Doe Eyes
At least its been narrowed down to one or the other. He was obviously a very bad man

A very bad man deserving of being shot in the back..errr execution for his crimes.

49 posted on 03/24/2006 2:41:26 PM PST by Brytani
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To: Spirited

LEO as in astrological sign?


50 posted on 03/24/2006 2:44:14 PM PST by johnny7 (“Nah, I ain’t Jewish, I just don’t dig on swine, that’s all.”)
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To: nikos1121

Women, by a wide margin, murder family members or intimates at a rate much higher than men.

See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1602406/posts?page=201#201

Source and stats to back this up.


51 posted on 03/24/2006 2:44:16 PM PST by Brytani
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To: outlaw1_2003

"What makes me think that she is going to claim abuse by her husband!"

Or, could he have done something to his children. Time will tell.




52 posted on 03/24/2006 3:00:14 PM PST by fabriclady
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To: dawn53

He looks controlling & she looks browbeaten. Just looking at the photo.


53 posted on 03/24/2006 3:00:40 PM PST by madison10
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To: madison10

Exactly, and look at the faces of the older girls.
I have looked at them several times and I see the same thing every time.
She does not look like a murderer.


54 posted on 03/24/2006 3:05:46 PM PST by fabriclady
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To: fabriclady

It's the way he has his hand on the oldest girl's shoulder and how he's leaning into the whole group. The girl looks like she doesn't like it very much. The middle girl looks stressed, but maybe she doesn't like having her picture taken.

(then again maybe I'm looking for trouble)


55 posted on 03/24/2006 3:12:54 PM PST by madison10
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To: subterfuge

Minister Wives Gone Wild?
I know, not funny.

That depends... PRIME minister wives gone wild... now that's funny... just ask Tony Blair!


56 posted on 03/24/2006 3:30:40 PM PST by dangus (1.)
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To: lilylangtree

Presbyterian Ministers' Syndrome?


57 posted on 03/24/2006 3:31:19 PM PST by dangus (1.)
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To: stm

>> Not to mention the Spring Break Pastor's Wives Gone Wild DVD. Sure to be a hit on late night "paid programming" channels <<

Not sure I'd pay to see ORANGE Jello and CATFISH casserole. "Gone Wild" is a relative term, you understand.

Excuse me... I-37... I won! I won!


58 posted on 03/24/2006 3:33:56 PM PST by dangus (1.)
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To: nikos1121

>> "Sexual abuse of natural children by their father is rather unusual. Generally it's a stepfather." <<

I'm Catholic. Around these parts, sexual abuse by a Father... Aw, no nevermind... I better not.


59 posted on 03/24/2006 3:35:54 PM PST by dangus (1.)
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To: nikos1121

I'm afraid I find some of those statistics hard to believe. I know many sexually abused women, and most of them were abused my natural fathers living at home. You wouldn't believe how many. I think something about my personality draws them to me, like I'm "safe" or something.

I'm not saying that I necessarily know a representative sample; I certainly wouldn't say most women who are abused are abused by natural fathers, even though that's what my anecdotal evidence suggests. But I simply know waaaaay to many abused by natural fathers to believe that there are 40 TIMES more who are abused by step-fathers.

On the other hand, NOT ONE of the women I know had a mother who became aware of it and intervened. So I wonder if what really is true is that biological fathers' closer ties to the rest ofthe families keeps such things in the dark.


60 posted on 03/24/2006 3:44:03 PM PST by dangus
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