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Wife kills husband, gets kidsupdated: Fri Sep 19 2008 19:53:00

Mary Winkler, convicted of killing her preacher husband, now has custody of her kids. Prime News' Mike Galanos reports.

Minister's parents balk at convicted mother visiting kidsupdated: Tue Dec 11 2007 19:35:00

The parents of slain Tennessee minister Matthew Winkler on Tuesday asked the state's Supreme Court to overturn a lower court's order giving his widow -- who was also his killer -- visitation rights with the couple's children.

Wife who shot preacher calls sentence too shortupdated: Fri Sep 14 2007 10:28:00

The parents of a Tennessee preacher shot to death by his wife convinced a judge to keep the convicted killer at home, but they couldn't keep her off the air.

Oprah talks with Mary Winklerupdated: Fri Sep 14 2007 10:28:00

Mary Winkler says the sentence she received for shooting her preacher husband wasn't long enough.

People.com: Preacher's Wife Mary Winkler Released from Custodyupdated: Wed Aug 15 2007 13:23:00

Mary Winkler, the Tennessee woman convicted in April of voluntary manslaughter in the 2006 shooting death of her husband, preacher Matthew Winkler, was released from custody on Tuesday, her attorney told CNN.

Wife who killed preacher set free updated: Tue Aug 14 2007 03:49:00

After spending a total of seven months in custody, the Tennessee woman who fatally shot her preacher husband in the back was released on Tuesday, her lawyer told CNN.

Wife who shot preacher guilty of manslaughterupdated: Thu Apr 19 2007 15:01:00

Mary Winkler was found guilty of the voluntary manslaughter Thursday in the 2006 slaying of her preacher husband, Matthew, after jurors rejected more serious murder charges that could have sent her to prison for the rest of her life.

Slain preacher's wife denies pulling triggerupdated: Wed Apr 18 2007 10:37:00

Mary Winkler told a Tennessee jury on Wednesday about her volatile marriage to a preacher she said berated her, forced her to watch pornography and to wear "slutty" costumes for sex.

Banker accuses slain preacher's wife of check fraudupdated: Sat Apr 14 2007 19:58:00

The day before a Tennessee preacher was shot to death, a banker tried to reach his wife several times about an account in her name that was nearly $5,000 overdrawn, a corporate fraud investigator testified Saturday.

Defense: Marriage for slain preacher's wife 'a living hell'updated: Thu Apr 12 2007 10:00:00

The defense attorney for a Tennessee woman accused of murdering her preacher husband described their marriage as "a living hell" Thursday as he recounted her alleged abuse.

Wife accused of killing preacher walks out of jail updated: Tue Aug 15 2006 10:06:00

A preacher's widow walked Tuesday out of the Tennessee jail where she had been held since her March arrest for allegedly killing her husband with a single shotgun blast.

Agent: Preacher's wife apologized to dying husbandupdated: Fri Jun 30 2006 17:38:00

As her minister husband lay dying from a shotgun wound to the back, Mary Carol Winkler wiped the blood bubbling on his lips and apologized, according to a statement read Friday in court.

Town looks for answers in preacher's killingupdated: Fri Jun 30 2006 08:08:00

For three months, the 4,500 souls of this God-fearing town were left to wonder how, if what the police said was true, a demure preacher's wife could shoot her husband in the back and run off to the beach with their three girls.

Preacher's widow pleads not guiltyupdated: Wed Jun 14 2006 11:18:00

A minister's wife pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a charge she shot him to death in the parsonage of a small town Tennessee church.

Wife indicted in preacher's slayingupdated: Mon Jun 12 2006 15:06:00

A grand jury on Monday indicted the wife of a minister shot to death in his church's parsonage, accusing her of first-degree murder.

'Perfect wife' confesses to preacher's slaying, police sayupdated: Fri Mar 24 2006 10:18:00

To people in the congregation of the Fourth Street Church of Christ, Mary Winkler was "the perfect mother, the perfect wife."

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