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SC death row inmate dies
WIS News 10 • • nation
Key Points:
- Louis Michael Winkler Jr., a South Carolina death row inmate, died Friday morning at Kirkland Correctional Institution at the age of 66.
- Winkler was pronounced dead at 8:49 a.m. in the prison infirmary after an illness, with an autopsy planned to determine the cause of death.
- He was convicted and sentenced to death in 2008 for the murder of his estranged wife, Rebecca Grainger Winkler, as well as first-degree burglary and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature.
- Winkler committed the murder in 2006 by shooting his wife in the face at close range in front of her teenage son, after being out on bond for previous kidnapping, rape, and assault charges involving her.
- Following the crime, Winkler evaded capture by hiding in a wooded area for two weeks before being apprehended.
