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Hey everyone, and welcome back to Big Mad True Crime, where we get Big Mad over True Crime.

I'm your host Heather Ashley, and today's case is

out of Springfield, Illinois. Small talk sucks, so let's dive in. Donna Brown radiated warmth, the kind that made people feel lucky just to be around her.

Her father once described her as 100% sunshine, as pretty inside as she was on the outside,

a better friend to you than you could be to her. When Donna was 26 years old, she married Mark Winger,

a Virginia military institute or VMI grad, who had served in Korea and stayed active in the Army Ready

Reserve. Everything about Mark just seemed right. Donna's sister Jenny told 2020, he was smart,

he was attractive, and he was fun. Donna just felt like she had found her person. Her mom said

they looked like a model couple. They were affectionate, supportive, and happy.

After a wedding, Mark was offered a job as a nuclear engineer for the state of Illinois, so the

couple packed up and moved to Springfield, which is around an hour and a half outside of St. Louis.

Donna took up a job as an operating room technician for a plastic

surgeon, and the couple purchased a red brick house on Westview Drive, a quiet, modest street

that was lined with different kind of ranch-style homes. It wasn't long before they'd settled

into their home and their new jobs, made friends, and found their rhythm.

The only thing missing was a baby, which was something that too desperately wanted.

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