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Death Row Inmate Dies After 20-Year Sentence | Greenville News
Louis Winkler Jr., the South Carolina death row inmate convicted of murdering his estranged wife Rebecca Grainger Winkler in 2004, died Monday at age 66 after a nearly two-decade-long legal saga. Found guilty of murder, burglary, and assault — including crimes like kidnapping and rape — he had been on bond for those charges when he broke into his wife’s home, shot her point-blank in front of her son, then vanished into the woods for two weeks before being captured. Sentenced to death in 2008, Winkler passed away in prison’s infirmary before 9 AM, reportedly from an extended illness; an…
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