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Donnah Winger
In 1992 Abe Winger beat his
wife to death with a hammer.
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Roger HarringtonHarrington was a 27 year old airport limo
driver who Mark Winger called to meet him. He shot him in the head.
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A Desperate SceneThere is blood everywhere, the wife had 30%
of her skull missing. The driver was shot once, laid bleeding for ten
minutes, and they Abe shot him again.
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Detective WilliamsonDetective Doug Williamson was also
not convinced of Harrington’s guilt.
“Roger Harrington was allowed into the house. There was no forced
entry. Somebody let him in," says Williamson. "Why would Donnah leave
her baby alone on her bed and open the door to Harrington, a man she
supposedly feared?”
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The Wife's
FatherDonnah’s
stepfather, Ira Drescher, were inconsolable when they heard about the
murder. He blamed the gentile airport driver.
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A Suspicious Detective Gets Counseling
The local congreation rallies around Abe and pressure is
brought on the detective to quit harrassing a good Jew.
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Wingman Marries in 1997
Abe was swinger and married a 'Trophy Shiksas', a Rebecca
Handity.
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Old Mistress Gets MadNiomi Schultz was cut off from the
couple, felt jilted, and turned Abe in. "He mentioned that it would be
- easier if - if Donnah died," says Schultz.
She said that Winger suggested that she play a role in the murder, and
that he talked about the van driver, Roger Harrington.
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Detectives Reconstruct Crime SceneWhen detectives put Abe's
story against the crime scene it was obvious that nothing happened the
way he said.
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Things Don't Add Up
The bodies aren't in the right positions.
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Cries Of Anti-Semitism
Winger claims the detectives are anti Semitic.
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Winger Found Guilty In 2002
After deliberating for 13
hours, the jury reaches its guilty verdict. They were
convinced that Harrington did not just show up at the Winger's house
with murder on his mind.
“If you’re going to go over to kill somebody,” says Karen, a juror,
“you don’t bring a pack of cigarettes and something to drink. And just
hope that the murder weapons going to be there.”
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Abe Is Sent To Pontiac Prison
His fellow Zionists are clamoring for a minimum security medical
facility.
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Winger Hires A Contract Killing In Jail
Abe Winger
hire out the murders of an ex-girlfriend, and childhood friend Jeffrey
Gelman, a wealthy real estate developer living in Florida.
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Boyhood Pal To Be
Killed
The plot
involved having Hubbell, serving natural life for the 1983 murder of a
14-year-old girl in Olney, arrange for “hit men” to kidnap Gelman — who had
apparently offended Winger when he wouldn’t post his million-dollar bail in
the Sangamon County case — then obtain a large ransom in exchange for not
harming his family. Gelman and his family were to be killed anyway,
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A Second
Killing
And
the ransom money was to be used to pay the killer for the deaths of
both Gelman and DeAnn Schultz, Winger’s girlfriend at the time he
killed his wife.
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Abe Gets Another Trial
Winger said Geman had a $100 million and he he posted bail the
Winger could have escaped to Israel. Winger replies that Gelman
“still gets a cup of ice and a cup of soda. He’s just real stingy
Jew.”
He gets another 60 years.
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