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TX DA found Killed w/ Wife In his Home- Arrest Made

 
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:04 am    Post subject: TX DA found Killed w/ Wife In his Home- Arrest Made Reply with quote

A very dangerous job and this DA was known to protect himself. No details have been released on who may be a suspect.
DA Mike carried a gun everywhere as one of his asst.prosecutors was gunned down two months ago.

May they rest in peace.

Goz

Link- http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/30/mike-mclelland-found-dead_n_2986663.html?ref=topbar

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Mike McLelland, Kaufman County District Attorney, Found Dead With Wife In Texas Home
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and NICHOLAS RICCARDI 03/31/13 06:46 PM ET EDT


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Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland took no chances after one of his assistant prosecutors was gunned down two months ago. McLelland said he carried a gun everywhere he went and was extra careful when answering the door at his home.

"I'm ahead of everybody else because, basically, I'm a soldier," the 23-year Army veteran said in an interview less than two weeks ago.

On Saturday, he and his wife were found shot to death in their rural home just outside the town of Forney, about 20 miles from Dallas.

While investigators gave no motive for the killings, Forney Mayor Darren Rozell said: "It appears this was not a random act."

"Everybody's a little on edge and a little shocked," he said.

The slayings came less than two weeks after Colorado's prison chief was shot to death at his front door, apparently by an ex-convict, and a couple of months after Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was killed in a parking lot a block from his courthouse office. No arrests have been made in Hasse's slaying Jan. 31.

McLelland, 63, is the 13th prosecutor killed in the U.S. since the National Association of District Attorneys began keeping count in the 1960s.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:51 am    Post subject: Possible lead Reply with quote

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/texas-da-and-wife-killed-possible-aryan-bro

There may be a possible Aryan Brotherhood link in their deaths.

See link above.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:53 am    Post subject: What may have taken place at the home/another lead ? Reply with quote

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Kaufman County Sheriff's Department investigators confirmed the deaths to NBC 5 Saturday evening, but officials have had little else to say about the investigation since. Sources close to the investigation told NBC 5 Saturday evening that McLelland and his wife were found at about 4 p.m. that day by a concerned relative or friend who had gone to the house after being unable to reach the couple. Other sources told NBC 5 that the McLelland's front door had been forced open and that gunshots had been fired and that an assault rifle was used in the murders.

On Sunday afternoon, Kaufman County Sheriff David Byrnes spoke with the media, but offered little on the investigation thus far and wouldn't confirm details released by sources. Byrnes also wouldn't speculate on whether the murders are connected to the Jan. 31 slaying of Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse saying, "there is nothing to indicate that, for sure."

While there remains no immediate, confirmed link between Saturday's murders and Hasse's murder, the similarities between the cases prompted county officials to conduct welfare checks on all employees in the district attorney's office Saturday. All were OK, though one former Kaufman County prosecutor was "in hiding" Saturday evening and said others were as well.

Meanwhile, as a connection between the Hasse and McLelland murders is explored, investigators continue to search for possible connections between Hasse's murder, the slaying of Colorado prison official Tom Clements and the shooting of Montague County Sheriff's Deputy James Boyd that sparked a wild car chase that ended with the fatal shooting of Evan Ebel last week in Wise County.


McLelland Vowed to Catch Hasse's Killer

While police officers are frequently the target of violence while trying to apprehend criminals, attacks on prosecutors are extremely rare, though not unheard of. McLelland said as much in January when speaking about his slain friend when he said Hasse was aware of the dangers associated with being a prosecutor.

At the time, he described Hasse as a really, really good man that was an excellent friend and a spectacular prosecutor who wouldn't be easily replaced. He also vowed to catch Hasse's killers saying, "I hope that the people that did this are watching. Because we're very confident that we're going to find you,

--five children including two daughters and three sons. One of the sons is a Dallas police officer.

NBC 5's Ray Villeda and Scott Gordon contributed to this report.




http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Kaufman-County-District-Attorney-Wife-Found-Dead-in-Home-200752591.html
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:58 am    Post subject: Tip Line Reply with quote

A tip line has been set up for the investigation and anyone with information to share with investigators is asked to call 1-877-847-7522.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 03, 2013 12:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

update:


The Texas district attorney killed in his home three days ago was shot 20 times, according to an unnamed federal source quoted by an NBC News report.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:57 am    Post subject: Update Reply with quote

As of this morning, there has been no arrests made in connection with these two horrible murders. This is the most updated article I can find.
WIll keep all posted.

Goz


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Police investigating DA murder make arrest over 'terroristic threat'
Former justice of the peace charged a day after his home was searched as part of investigation into prosecutors' murders
Associated Press in Texas
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 13 April 2013 13.26 EDT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/13/texas-da-murder-arrest-threatLink--



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A former justice of the peace in Texas has been charged with making a "terroristic threat", a day after his home was searched in connection to the murder of two prosecutors. Eric Williams was admitted to the Kaufman County Jail early on Saturday morning, jail records show. A prison spokesperson said he was scheduled to go in front of a judge later on Saturday.

Federal and local authorities had searched Williams' home on Friday, as part of an investigation into the deaths of District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, whose bodies were found 30 March in their home. In late January, assistant DA Mark Hasse was fatally shot as he was leaving work in Kaufman, about 30 miles southeast of Dallas. Williams, 46, has not been named a suspect in any of the deaths.

The district attorney's office prosecuted and convicted Williams last year, for theft. He lost his justice of the peace position as a result.

Spokesmen for the FBI and the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office confirmed on Friday that they were executing a search warrant but declined to provide details. The warrant's underlying affidavit has been ordered sealed by a judge, said sheriff's lieutenant Justin Lewis.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 2:54 am    Post subject: Arrest Made Reply with quote

This woman's husband was being looked at by LE and now we find she is being arrested for the crime. She stated her husband is the "Trigger Man".

He was the justice of the peace and was fired, removed from the position.
He blamed the DA.

She also is being charged w/ murder of prosecutor Mark Hasse.

Rest in Peace
Goz

http://us.cnn.com/2013/04/17/justice/texas-da-killed/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

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Wife of former official charged with murder in Texas DA killing
By CNN Staff
updated 5:02 PM EDT, Wed April 17, 2013

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The wife of a former justice of the peace in Texas is being held on murder charges in connection with the killings of Kaufman County District Attorney Michael McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, county officials announced Wednesday.

Kim Lene Williams, 46, is also charged with murder in the death of prosecutor Mark Hasse.

She is in jail, with bail set at $10 million. The Kaufman County jail website lists her as being booked about 3 a.m. Wednesday.

The McLellands were killed in March, and Hasse was killed in January.



Was man's arrest connected to DA deaths?

Texas D.A. sought protection for staff

Texas judge mourns slain D.A. The arrest warrant said she confessed in detail to her involvement and her husband, Eric Williams', role in the scheme.

The warrant said she "intentionally and knowingly" caused the deaths and accused her husband of being the trigger man.

McLelland and Hasse prosecuted Eric Williams on a charges of felony burglary and theft by a public servant last year, according to the warrant. He was removed as a justice of the peace, an elected office, after he was convicted in March 2012, it said.

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:59 pm    Post subject: Update on Defendant Reply with quote

A case where the death penalty is being sought and I hope it is afforded. A very heinous crime.

Goz


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Former Texas justice of peace convicted of murder, could face death
By Greg Botelho and Mayra Cuevas,
CNN
updated 12:09 PM EST, Fri December 5, 2014



http://us.cnn.com/2014/12/05/justice/texas-da-killings/index.html?hpt=ju_c2

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Eric Williams, a former justice of the peace in Texas accused of killing two prosecutors, could soon be sentenced to death after being convicted of capital murder.

A Kaufman County, Texas, jury on Thursday took about 1½ hours to find Williams guilty of murder in the death of Cynthia McLelland, the wife of that county's then-District Attorney Michael McLelland, the county's Bruce Wood said. The couple was fatally shot in March 2013 at their home in Forney, which is about 20 miles east of Dallas.

Williams wasn't put on trial for Michael McLelland's death or the January 2013 killing of Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse, though authorities did accuse him in both of those deaths.

Even then, Williams could be executed. The sentencing phase in the Cynthia McLelland case is set for Monday morning, at which time prosecutors will ask jurors -- the same ones who found him guilty -- to recommend the death penalty, Wood said.

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