The Perfect Patsy: The Winger Murders - Hardcover

Cunningham, Edward

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1493112716 ISBN 13: 9781493112715

Publisher: Xlibris, 2013

Synopsis

Deborah Winger was 31 years old when she was killed in August of 1965. She was a slender, attractive young lady. She was in the process of adopting a three month old baby Her husband of eight years, Mark, had graduated from V.M.I in Nuclear Physics and was working for the Illinois Nuclear Regulatory Agency. All who new them thought they had a perfect marriage. On Sept. 29 at about 4:30, Mark said he heard some noise in the dining area; he ran to that area and saw his wife being bludgeoned to death with a hammer by an intruder. He shot and killed him. The police said it was a justifiable homicide. In 1999 the police reopened the case. In June of 2002, Mark was convicted of the double murder of Donnah and the intruder partially on the testimony of a person with whom Mark Winger had an affair. He was sentenced to two life terms. While in prison he attempted to hire a con to kill this lady and several others including the step-dad. He was convicted of two counts of solicitation of murder and sentenced to two additional terms of thirty- five years in a maximum security prison. This is the story of Mark Winger's arrogance and betrayal and how justice finally caught up with him.

About this title

About the Author:

Edward Cunningham is a trial lawyer, having engaged in significant civil litigation for over fifty years. He is a graduate of Yale University and of the University of Chicago Law School. He started working on this book ten years ago when he started collecting the records of this case and interviewing witnesses. It is his first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Xlibris
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1493112716
• ISBN 13: 9781493112715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 358