>>> there has been an arrest and a confession today in the murders of those two prosecutors in kaufman county , texas .
>> we've announced an arrest has been made in connection with the shooting deaths of mike mcclelland, cynthia mcclelland and mr. hasse.
>> kaufman county district attorney mark mcclelland and his wife were murdered in their home. this comes eight weeks after mark hasse was shot several times in the parking lot of the county courthouse . the woman arrested in the case is being held on $10 million bond, which means she's not going anywhere. she's confessed to a role in all three murders, although she says it was not her, her husband who actually pulled the trigger. her husband is this man, eric williams . he is a former justice of the peace from the same county of the murdered prosecutors. his name surfaced immediately in connection to the murders. they both played a role in prosecuting him, costing him his job as a public official when he was convicted of stealing computer equipment from the county's i.t. equipment. within hours of the d.a. and his wife being found dead, police went to visit eric williams . they decided to not arrest him but swabbed his hand for gunpowder residue and looked at his cell phone . with he know that happened because eric williams told us so in a bizarre interview he did in dallas, ft. worth. this interview happened april 2nd . it's the only news outlet we know that he has spoken with. would only let them interview him with the cell phone camera and not the camera and crew that they had on scene. he said he was cooperating with police and that he did not do it.
>> i've cooperated with law enforcement . i certainly wish them the best in bringing justice for this just incredibly egg greej jous act.
>> anything you'd like to tell the community for someone who says this eric williams might have done this? what would you say?
>> i would ask, ask someone who actually knows me from the past and they'll tell you that that's not me.
>> that interview was conducted april 2nd by nbc channel 5 in dallas, ft. worth. that man's wife was arrested today in the kaufman county prosecutors after a confession in which she implicated herself and her husband in the murders. her husband, the former justice of the peace, is also now in custody. he's charged thus far with making terroristic threats -- but police say we will learn more at a press conference early tomorrow afternoon.
>>> the second murder of a prosecutor and his wife in kaufman county happened days after the prison's chief from the state of colorado was also shot to death in his home. a man believed to have committed that colorado murder was killed in texas two days after that killing. he was fleeing police. he was only about 100 miles from kaufman county when he was killed. that suspect was linked to white supremacist prison gangs in colorado . the kaufman county d.a.'s office was linked to prison gangs in texas . they played a role in prosecuting those gangs and that led to an investigation as to whether the colorado killing and kaufman county killings were connected. were they connected to the prison gangs , to each other, or both? now, as i say, we will know more tomorrow after that press conference. but today's arrests make it seem like what happened in kaufman county had no connection to gangs, no connection to prisons or colorado . it was essentially revenge by a disgraced former public official . we will know more at that press conference tomorrow and you should watch this space. i want
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