The wife of a slain minister confessed to shooting him at their church parsonage, then fleeing to Alabama, where she was found the following night with their three daughters, authorities said. Mary Winkler told investigators she shot her husband, Matthew, on Wednesday.

The wife of a slain minister has confessed to killing him, police in Selmer, Tennessee, said today. Police said the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, which is taking part in questioning Mary Winkler, informed them of the confession. Winkler, 32, faces a charge of first-degree murder for the death of her husband, Matthew Winkler, 31. Church member Pam Killingsworth described Mary Winkler as always seeming like "the perfect mother, the perfect wife," with very loving children. Police say the couple's three children, who were with their mother, are in "very good condition."

The wife of a slain minister has confessed to killing him, police in Selmer, Tennessee, said today. Police said the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, which is taking part in questioning Mary Winkler, informed them of the confession. Winkler, 32, faces a charge of first-degree murder for the death of her husband, Matthew Winkler, 31. Church member Pam Killingsworth described Mary Winkler as always seeming like "the perfect mother, the perfect wife," with very loving children.

The wife of a slain Tennessee preacher will be charged with killing him, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said today. Mary Winkler, 32, will face a charge of first-degree murder, the TBI said. Matthew Winkler, preacher at the Fourth Street Church of Christ in Selmer, Tennessee, was found dead at his parsonage on Wednesday night. After a daylong search, Winkler's wife and children were 340 miles away in Orange Beach, Alabama.

Two days after charismatic Tennessee minister Matthew Winkler was found shot to death in the church parsonage, authorities say his wife is being charged with first-degree murder. Mary Winkler was found Thursday with the couple's three daughters in Alabama, about 340 miles from their home