Horry County man dies in prison while serving life sentence for death of estranged wife

GEORGETOWN, SC (WMBF) – A South Carolina inmate has died.

The South Carolina Department of Corrections announced that 66-year-old inmate Louis Michael Winkler Jr. died on Monday at Kirkland Correctional Institution.

He was pronounced dead 8:49 a.m. in the infirmary after an extended illness.

Winkler was sentenced for murder, first-degree burglary and assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in the death of his estranged wife, Rebecca Grainger Winkler of Loris…

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