SELMER, Tenn., March 28 (UPI) -- The motive a Tennessee woman gave arresting officers for the shooting death of her pastor-husband was undisclosed and under her lawyers' review Tuesday.
Mary Winkler, 32, made her first court appearance in Selmer, Tenn., for arraignment on a murder charge. Her attorneys entered no plea, and the judge granted the defense's request to postpone a bail hearing until her preliminary hearing Thursday.
Her husband, the Rev. Matthew Winkler, was found shot to death in the family home last Wednesday, and his funeral was set for Tuesday, the Nashville Tennessean reported.
His wife was found in Alabama with the couple's three young daughters and arrested Thursday.
One of Winkler's defense attorneys, Leslie Ballin, said he hadn't seen Winkler's statement to Alabama police, but said he's not convinced it will amount to a legitimate confession.
"We will be looking at what condition she was held in, if she was without sleep or food, or any pressures that may have been lent (sic) upon her," Ballin said.
The children are in the custody of their paternal grandparents.
