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Winkler states that she was arguing with her pastor husband about money before she shot him

David Cowen     Updated: 6/30/2006 2:03:46 PM    Posted: 6/30/2006 1:48:09 PM
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A TBI agent today read a statement Mary Winkler gave to police after her preacher husband was found shot to death in Selmer. Agent Brian Booth quoted from the statement, saying Winkler told investigators she and her husband, Matthew Winkler, had argued about several things, including finances.

In the statement, Mary Winkler is quoted as saying she doesn't remember getting the shotgun from a closet at the parsonage, but recalls holding it and said the blast wasn't as loud as she had expected.

The statement said Matthew Winkler rolled out of bed onto the floor and asked why she had shot him.

Mary Winkler said she wiped blood from his outh and said she was sorry and that she loved him. Judge Weber McCraw held the hearing on whether to grant bond. The state is asking no bond be allowed.

Prosecutors haven't said whether they'll seek the death penalty.

The courtroom in Selmer was crowded and it's expected some members of the Fourth Street Church of Christ will testify in favor of Winkler being allowed bond.

The Associated Press


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