Tennessee Woman Accused of Killing Husband to Make Court Appearance Today; Final Words From 9/11
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: The preacher is dead, and now his wife faces the justice system. Look for a Tennessee woman accused of killing her husband to make a court appearance today. Mary Winkler is charged with first-degree murder. Our Rusty Dornin has the latest.</s>RUSTY DORNIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So far, the motive in this case has been a very closely-guarded secret. Police say they know but they're not telling. They say infidelity is not an issue but won't comment on whether any domestic abuse was involved. Meantime, her colleague and her attorney did visit Mary Winkler in jail over the weekend. They said they found a woman very upset about what has happened.</s>STEVE FARESE, ATTORNEY FOR MARY WINKLER: What I can tell you is that she is a very quiet, demure young lady who seems very confused. When I first saw her Saturday night she was in a state of semi-shock, obviously did not know the gravity of what was going on. And yesterday, when I visited to her, she's getting a little better and is acclimating herself to being in prison, concerned about her children and concerned about her husband's family.</s>PAM KILLINGSWORTH, FAMILY FRIEND: Just repeatedly through our conversation she was asking me to apologize to this one or that one for all of the problems that she'd caused them, that she was so sorry that she had caused the church all of the problems that we're going through right now. She was just -- she was very sorry. She kept repeating how sorry she was and that she wanted me to apologize to this one and that one.</s>DORNIN: Pam Killingsworth says that Mary Winkler did not admit to her that she killed her husband, and her attorney says that he has not even seen the confession yet and will not see it until he sees the discovery. He says that Mary Winkler will plead not guilty to the charges today. Her husband's wake will be held this afternoon, and funeral services will be held on Tuesday. Rusty Dornin, CNN, Selmer, Tennessee.</s>KAGAN: A manhunt this morning for a suspected serial bomber. Federal investigators want to find 54-year-old Robert Burke. Agents say he also uses the name Robert Pope. Authorities in Colorado believe Burke may be connected with five bombs. The explosives were found at the home of five people he worked with at an aviation company. Two of those bombs exploded. Authorities say the devices were similar to one that blew up at the aviation company's Tennessee office. No one has been hurt so far. Burke was fired from that company two years ago. Final words from 9/11, they were captured in calls to emergency dispatchers that infamous day. Now the public will get to hear some of those recordings, and some family members are not happy about that. Our Chris Huntington reports from Ground Zero.</s>CHRIS HUNTINGTON, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice over): The terrifying sounds of 9/11 at Ground Zero will never be forgotten. Later this week, a more personal and potentially more painful soundtrack is expected to be released, partial and, in some cases, complete recordings of 911 calls from more than 100 people trapped inside the twin towers. Sally Regenhard, who lost her firefighter son Christian on 9/11, helped secure the release of the 911 recordings by joining other firefighters' families and "The New York Times" in winning a lawsuit against New York City last year.</s>SALLY REGENHARD, MOTHER OF 9/11 VICTIM: There is no reason to secrete it and to hide the really truth about the valiant effort that people made to save their lives to get out of the buildings and to help other people. However, you know, since shortly after 9/11, the Giuliani administration, the port authority and the governor of New York had a vested interest in suppressing the real true facts about what happened in those buildings on 9/11.</s>HUNTINGTON: New York City officials tell CNN that of the more than 130 911 calls, 28 callers have been positively identified, one of whom survived. For that caller and the families of the 27 who died, the city will turn over complete and unedited recordings of their 911 calls. The public versions of the recordings will only have the dispatcher's half of the call. The callers' voices and all names, numbers and identifying information will be deleted. On Friday, the city sent letters to the surviving caller and the families of 24 of the victims, notifying them that the recordings would soon be available. To some, the official six-page letter was a shock.</s>BILL DOYLE, 9/11 VICTIMS ACTIVIST: I had one family call me today. She was hysterical. She actually fainted. She opened it up in an elevator and she couldn't believe it because she never heard from her husband that morning, but apparently he called 911.</s>HUNTINGTON: New York City officials tell CNN they meant to send out a preliminary e-mail, but because of miscommunication that notification never went out.</s>REGENHARD: Why wasn't this made known to the families in the last four and a half years? It's really very discouraging.</s>HUNTINGTON: A spokesperson for New York City's Department of Law explained the timing. "There was a decision to not release the 911 call recordings until we knew the identities of as many callers as possible. That work was only completed earlier this month. We did not want to create false hope nor expectations." Chris Huntington, CNN, New York.</s>KAGAN: They were looking for work, but these Iraqis found another day filled with death. A suicide blast targeting an Iraqi army recruiting center near Tal Afar killed at least 40 people. That's according to the Iraqi Defense Ministry. We're told many of the victims had lined up outside the facility to apply for jobs with Iraq's security forces. Tal Afar is a city, by the way, that was recently singled out by President Bush as a success story in the fight against insurgents. There is fresh blood on the streets in other parts of Iraq as well. Let's bring in our Nic Robertson to tell us more about that following the developments from Baghdad. Nic, first, this incident in Tal Afar, as we said, tell us more about the town, why it was considered a success story and more about today's incident.</s>NIC ROBERTSON, CNN SR. INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, Tal Afar was considered a success story because the town was in the grip of insurgents, and last summer, along with Iraqi forces, U.S. troops went in on a -- on a program to get the insurgents out. We sent a crew up there last week. The story's a bit more mixed than that. The town is now sort of sectarian -- divided along sectarian lines. This attack today happened about 30 kilometers outside of -- outside of the town. It was at a mobile army recruitment center which seems to have been, rather than one of these fortified structures, a group of tents. Iraqis were lining up to sign up to join the new Iraqi army. They were targeted about a suicide bomber, apparently wearing a suicide vest. Iraqi military says 40 people dead, 30 wounded. U.S. military says 30 dead, 30 wounded. But what is clear is that the insurgents saw this line of people and this temporary, relatively unprotected, unguarded facility as an opportunity to target the security forces and target the Iraqi population -- Daryn.</s>KAGAN: Nic, it seems that one of most common targets we hear about are recruiting centers or police stations. And yet, remarkably, Iraqis keep showing up to apply for these jobs.</s>ROBERTSON: Absolutely. Iraqis know that their best future -- that their future is really in their own hands, that if they want an opportunity to live in a safe and secure Iraq, they need to join the security forces. Many people don't have an opportunity to go anywhere else. This is their only option. Iraq is their only option. And that they see joining the security forces as a decent paycheck, a relatively stable job, if you will, apart from obviously the threats of violence. But they see it as the best way that they can make their country safer. The insurgents see the security forces as a great opportunity to target people, to dispirit them and try and sow the seeds of chaos in the country. It is a battle of wills, as a lot of Iraqi people want -- desperately hope the country can be stable.</s>KAGAN: Nic Robertson, live from Baghdad. Nic, thank you. That battle continues. We'll continue to check in with you as well. Meanwhile, coming up, speed kills. A rookie's dream ends behind the wheel. 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