Matthew Winkler (minister)

Matthew Brian Winkler (November 21, 1974 – March 22, 2006) was a minister who was the victim in a high-profile murder case in 2006.

[3] Winkler was serving as the pulpit minister at the Fourth Street Church of Christ in Selmer, Tennessee, at the time of his death.

Members of his congregation found him dead inside his home after he failed to appear at the church for a Wednesday-night service he was to lead on March 22, 2006.

[4] Mary Winkler, his wife; and the couple's three small daughters were reported missing along with the family's minivan.

The state of Tennessee issued an Amber Alert, and Mary and the children were located the next day in Orange Beach, Alabama.