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Mary Carol Winkler (born December 10, 1973) is an American woman who was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 2006 shooting of her husband, Matthew Winkler, the pulpit minister at the Fourth Street Church of Christ in the city of Selmer, Tennessee.
19 kwi 2024 · Mary Winkler, who shot and killed her abusive husband in 2006, was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and served 60 days in a mental health facility. She changed her name to Mary Carol Freeman, moved to Knoxville, and became an activist for various causes, while regaining custody of her daughters.
19 kwi 2024 · On March 22, 2006, minister Matthew Winkler was found dead, shot in the back in his Selmer, Tennessee, home. Winkler’s wife, Mary, and the couple’s three children were missing in the aftermath of the grisly discovery, and there was growing concern that the family had been kidnapped.
16 gru 2022 · Mary Winkler shot and killed her husband, Reverend Matthew Winkler, in 2006 and claimed he abused her. She was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and served a short prison sentence, while his family sued her for wrongful death.
20 kwi 2024 · Mary Winkler is known for having been the wife of a Tennessee preacher, Matthew Winkler. She gained national attention after becoming the main suspect in her husband's murder. He was shot in the back while lying in bed with a 12-gauge shotgun on March 22, 2006.
18 kwi 2024 · On April 17, 2007, a Tennessee jury found the mom of three guilty of voluntary manslaughter. “We were very stressed during that time because we didn’t know how to work it out,” a juror told ‘20/20.’.
The drone of an alarm clock roused Mary Winkler awake at 6:15 a.m. on March 22, 2006. As her preacher husband, Matthew, 31, lay sleeping, the diminutive woman slipped out of their marital bed and padded quietly to the bedroom closet at their parsonage in Selmer, Tenn.
