Todd Winkler Convicted Of Stabbing Wife Rachel To Death With Scissors As She Held Their Baby

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Rachel & Todd Winkler

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California man has been convicted of killing his wife after a court heard how he stabbed his wife to death with scissors as she held their baby son.

A jury convicted 47-year-old Todd Winkler in October of first-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Rachel Winkler, http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article4373015.html
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He was sentenced to 26 years behind bar.
Rachel Winkler's father Don Hatfield reportedly told
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of his grandchildren 'Those beautiful children were orphaned in one cruel deed. How will I ever explain, or even comment, on the question: "Why did Daddy kill Mommy?"'
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Todd Winkler claimed in his trial that Rachel Winkler's neck was stabbed with scissors in self-defense as the couple engaged in a verbal fight on February 27, 2012 about a divorce.

Rachel Winkler's affair with a Cameron Airpark co-worker was also included in the trial
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The couple's children - Eva, Ariel and Alex - are now being parented by Don Hatfield
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The grandfather reportedly recounted Eva's and Alex's trauma in the wake of the slaying.
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Hatfield claimed Eva yells 'Mommy, don’t leave me! Mommy, don’t leave me! Mommy
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Hatfield expressed anger over both his daughter's affair with 46-year-old James White and her husband's mental health issues being used by the defense.
'I had to listen while Rachel was portrayed...as a sick, incompetent, wayward drunk who cared little for her children and was impossible to please,' Hatfield said
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'Nothing could be further from the truth.

'I fell into deep despair and depression, thinking only of the one juror who would believe this stuff. In the end, none of them did.'
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Todd Winkler said 'I would just say, your honor, that I feel deep remorse for what’s happened, for Rachel’s family and for my family and, especially, for Rachel,'
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Rachel Winkler's longtime friend Shannon Thurman spoke Monday in court, . [...]
Her brother David Hatfield's written statement was reportedly read to the court by her father.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ced-26-years-prison-murder.html#ixzz3LTQHjtwD

Speaking out: Don Hatfield is seen speaking in court while Todd Winkler, in orange, listens on Monday
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[Kathy]

I don't think self defense is a good argument since she was holding her baby. God help these children when they are old enough to realize exactly what happened to their mother and especially the child she was holding on to while she died. I had an abusive father and watched while he beat my mother regularly and to this day I feel so ashamed of him as my father and so sorry she had to go through that for so long. I cannot even imagine what they are going to remember and the guilt of not remembering what she was like, her laugh, her smile, etc, and they really did not get to know her that much to hold on to. So sad.

 

[reneelvsbrian]

i checked out the facebook page, the little girls are so adorable, sosad they will be growing up with no mother.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

He was about to be sentenced to 26 years to life in state prison for the brutal Feb. 27, 2012, murder of Hatfield’s daughter, Rachel Winkler, 37, with a pair of scissors in their upscale home near the Cameron Airpark.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article4373015.html

 

[Sejanus]

Coward and monster.
The defense attorney sounds like a weasel.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article4373015.html

Such a sad story.