Minister's Wife Hires High Profile Attorney

Eyewitness News Memphis
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Selmer, Tennessee (US):
Mary Winkler, the woman accused of killing her preacher husband is getting help from high profile attorney, Steve Farese.
Farese is known for taking on cases involving well-known community figures including some who were involved in the Tennessee Waltz scandal.
Winkler is charged with first degree murder, and has reportedly confessed to killing her husband. However, Farese says Winkler will enter a not guilty plea in the case.
Attorney Steve Farese says there are facts about this case that could explain what might have happened in the Winkler home the day her husband Matthew was killed.
Selmer authorities claim that Mary Winkler confessed to shooting her husband in the back.
The preachers wife then fled Selmer Tennessee with her three children.
Police caught up with her in Orange Beach, Alabama.
Mar 26, 2006