[Colonel Kangaroo]

Dan Winkler, the father of the deceased, is a preacher in Huntingdon Tennessee. These are good people and it is sad that such horrible events has befallen them.

[Jaded]

How very true.

[EmilyGeiger]

Thanks for the post. :)

Ping. Thought you might like to read this.

[SF Republican]

each family member visited with Mary Winkler, embraced her and reaffirmed their love for her with a willingness to forgive Gods love and the ability to not hate people will get you through many trials. God bless this wonderful family.

[ConservativeDude]

I know a lot of people here are wont to speculate that the deceased was a child molester.

The more I read about this the more I think the perpetrator of the crime was just a hate-filled bitch who killed her husband in cold blood and deserves to die.

That is just speculation and it may well be that in some way "he deserved it." But until we know that he was a child molester I think we need to give equal time to the speculations that he isn't to blame; but that she is simply evil and had no reason to kill.

I have to say...her pictures give me the creeps. A little bit too much of an Andrea Yates look for me.

[LucyJo]

The world is thankfully getting to see the truth of that ("these are good people")in the face of so much ignorance and misinformation about the church of Christ. They are fine Christian examples. God bless them.

[Sloth]

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Thanks for the heads up, EmilyGeiger.

[Phsstpok]

One of my coworkers grew up going to church with Dan Winkler as his minister. Reverend Winkler's slain son, Brian, was in his school but a couple of years younger than he is, so he knew him, but not well. Some of my coworker's family still lives in that home town (not where the murder took place) and the gossip there is that the wife was bipolar and had gone off her meds.

This looks like a tragedy, aided and abetted by "modern chemistry" and the medical profession.

Pray for all involved and condemn any who try to tarnish the victim of this murder in any way without absolute proof.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

True Christians. They must be following what the Bible teaches. How often do we hear relgious leaders calling for revenge or claiming one must stand up for one's "rights"?

[Rte66]

For whoever is interested, we have collected a lot of info, pix, articles and transcripts on the Winkler case on a big thread here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1602406/posts

[george wythe]

“I know the kind of husband and father he was and what a man he truly was,” said the minister.

And lastly, he expressed thankfulness for his daughters-in-law.

Before the family left Alabama, he said each family member visited with Mary Winkler, embraced her and reaffirmed their love for her with a willingness to forgive.

How moving. I've a knot on my throat.

The contrast between Christianity and Islam is so great... Light versus darkness, Love versus hate, Forgiveness versus retaliation.