…but it makes for a quiet blog.
There are few stories in the news right now where people wonder what the truth is — so with that — if you see a local or national story that you are interested in a getting a second opinion on — don’t hesitate to tell me about it.
I just request that you send me a video link that clearly shows the person’s face when they talk.
– Michel de Montaigne
I think of the person who tells me that I look good when I know I don’t. Perhaps I have an outfit on that isn’t flattering, or a haircut that leaves much to be desired. For it is he, who says I look good when I don’t, that convinces me he has bad taste, and isn’t a good judge of such attributes.
So you may think you are being nice telling a political lie. I see it differently. I believe, instead, you are tarnishing your credibility.
Last night, the jury came back with voluntary manslaughter for Mary Winkler.
With that, I wanted to read the police report again, because I remembered something else that was a hot spot for me. But instead of finding the police report, I found Mary’s confession — which was transcribed as she spoke. You can find it here.
I find this document to be interesting. What Mary says seems to be inconsistent with a woman who accidentally shot her husband.
(1) “I don’t know of anything he specifically said or did to me to upset me, but I had an uneasiness about me. I remember not sleeping well.”
Usually when women reach their breaking point with their husbands, especially when they are abusive, there is a breaking point. There is a moment, a memorable moment that sets them off, that makes them snap. This is odd. Either this isn’t the truth, or perhaps she didn’t snap – but premeditated this?
(2) “The next morning, the alarm went off 6-6:30 and I got up. He was still in bed. I don’t think I left the room. He had a shotgun he kept in the closet just in case. I don’t remember going to the closet or getting the gun. The next thing I remember was hearing a loud boom, and I remember thinking that it wasn’t as loud as I thought it would be.”
If you shot your husband by accident, you don’t have any preconceived notions about how loud a gunshot would sound if you didn’t anticipate discharging it, would you? Doesn’t this hint at premeditation?
(3) “I heard the boom and he rolled out of the bed onto the floor and I saw some blood on the floor and some bleeding around his mouth. I went over and wiped his mouth off with a sheet. I told him I was sorry and that I loved him, and I went and ran.
I do remember me holding the shotgun, hearing the boom, and then the smell. He asked me why and I just said I was sorry.”
She was so calm, she just wiped away the blood — as if she was resolved to the outcome, wouldn’t you say? She obviously wasn’t in shock about what she just did, was she?
If she was truly boiling over from abuse when her husband asked her why she did what she did — would you expect that she would tell him? “You were a bastard! You deserved this!!” Perhaps she did — but she wasn’t going to admit to it?
Furthermore, if she shot him “by accident” — and he was still taking — why didn’t she call the police? She left him to die, knowingly.
(4) “Patricia came to the hallway and asked what was going on, and I told her Daddy was hurt and I told her we were leaving.”
She even has enough reason about her to talk rationally to her daughter and say that daddy is hurt. It obviously registered what she had done.
(5) “That Tuesday night, we had also talked about our finances that night. I had gotten a call from the bank and we were having troubles, mostly my fault, bad bookkeeping. He was upset with me about that. I was upset at him because he had really been on me lately, criticising me for things, the way I walk, what I eat, everything. I was just tired of it. I guess I just got to a point and snapped.”
I find the choice of the word “guess” interesting. You know you either snapped or you didn’t. You don’t guess that you did — for no apparent reason.
Does this sound like a woman whose husband was horrible to her? As I have seen this morning, Mary was involved in a check fraud scam of sorts — and if her husband knew about it as she suggests above — if he was abusive — don’t you think he would have really let her have it here? She is admitting it was mostly her fault, and she doesn’t say he hurt her in anyway. Earlier she even says “I don’t know of anything he specifically said or did to me to upset me, but I had an uneasiness about me. I remember not sleeping well.” This is a complete contradiction.
What a complete tragedy.
I have to admit, I double-checked the documents source — it seems so unreal.
The Mary Winkler case has gone to the jury today. While I haven’t followed the court case because I’ve been busy with work, I did look for a video of Mary Winkler’s testimony this morning.
You can see the video I saw by clicking on this link.
Move the video to time marker 6:55. Then watch Mary when she listens to the person questioning her. He says, “Did you intentionally, purposefully kill your husband?”
At time marker 7:01 — watch Mary’s expression.
What do you see?
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My personal opinion: I don’t believe Mary Winkler accidentally killed her husband.
When the man in the video says “Did you intentionally…” — at the point he says the word “intentionally” – Mary Winkler grins the most eerie grin I have seen in a long, long time. It’s bone-chilling! The grin lasts only for a split-second and disappears but that expression is very telling as to what Mary really believes…
CNN has a good article on “Resumes Lies you can’t get away with”:
Although just 5 percent of workers actually admit to fibbing on their resumes, 57 percent of hiring managers say they have caught a lie on a candidate’s application, according to a CareerBuilder.com survey.
Of the hiring managers who caught a lie, 93 percent didn’t hire the candidate.