He Almost Got Away with This // He Almost Got Away With This
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How did Mark Winger’s marriage and affairs set the stage for a murder plot?
So this guy cheats on his wife with her best friend and then marries the nanny.
And that's not even the worst thing he did. So the guy's name is Winger and Winger is 32 years old when this story starts and he's living in Springfield, Illinois. But Winger has a problem. He's unhappy in his marriage and he doesn't want to be with his wife anymore. In fact, he started smashing with his wife's best friend on the side. So his side chick. Now, Winger, he could just divorce his wife like a normal person, but then he might lose half his assets and lose custody of his daughter, and he doesn't want that. So he decides the best thing to do is murder her. Now, his wife is this woman, Donna. And so Winger wants Donna dead, but he's not exactly sure how he's going to pull this off. Well, in 1995, he finally gets an opportunity.
Because one day, Donna is returning home from the airport, and she had just taken a trip to see her parents. And she's riding in an airport shuttle van, and the driver of that shuttle van is this guy, Roger. Now, Roger, he has a history of mental health problems, and he had previously spent time in a psychiatric hospital. So he's not the most stable guy. And during the drive home, Roger starts having some kind of episode. Like he's suddenly saying some really weird things to Donna. Like he's telling her how often he hears voices in his head, voices that tell him to hurt people.
Then after a while, he starts flirting with her. Then he even invites her to an upcoming sex party. And if that isn't bad enough, he's also speeding through all of this.
Now, while all this is happening, Donna is just in the backseat, holding her baby, and she's scared for her life. Well, luckily, she makes it home alive. But when she gets there, she tells Winger everything that just happened, about the absurd things the writer was saying, and how he basically almost killed her and the baby with his crazy driving. So Winger, he gets all pissed off, and he decides to file a complaint with the shuttle company. And because of that, Roger ultimately gets suspended from his job. Then over the next few days, Donna keeps getting strange phone calls from some anonymous person saying things like, I know where you live and I'm going to get you. Now, she believes Roger is behind these calls and that he's now stalking her and that she's in danger.
But it's never been confirmed who made these calls. It may have been Roger. It may not have been. Regardless, Winger is watching all of this unfold, and that is when he gets an idea. Roger is allegedly being creepy to Donna, so if he murders Donna now, he can blame it on Roger. So he comes up with an exact plan. Execute Donna, then stage the scene to make it look like Roger came back for revenge after losing his job. And so he gets to work on this plan and he contacts the airport shuttle company again. And this time he gets Roger's phone number.
Then he calls Roger and he starts acting all friendly and he tells him, I'm sorry you lost your job, bro. Maybe we can meet and talk and maybe we can help you get back on your feet.
And Roger's like, all right. Now, here's where his plan gets really dark. So, the agreed upon day comes, and Roger shows up at Winger's house to talk. And Winger welcomes him inside, and he leads him to the dining area. And the two are there, chatting. And then, suddenly, Winger pulls out a gun. And BLAM! BLAM! He shoots Roger. And unfortunately, Roger doesn't survive. Now, we don't know all the exact details, so some of this is speculation, but from what we can tell, Donna is in the other room, and she hears the gunshot, and she immediately runs there to see what's happening. And when she gets there, suddenly, POW! Winger attacks her with a hammer, and he hits her over and over again until she's no longer moving.
After that, Winger picks up the phone and he calls 911 and he starts acting all shaken up and he gives them a bullshit story. He says, a guy broke in and attacked my wife with a hammer and I had to shoot him.
What happened on the airport shuttle that escalated tensions with Roger Harrington?
And so police show up and Winger tells them the same thing, that he was only defending his wife.
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