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  • BULLETIN: Arrest Made In Shooting Deaths Of Texas Prosecutor And Wife — And Assistant District Attorney

    Kim Williams: Source: Kaufman County Sheriff's Office.
    Kim Williams: Source: Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office.

    BULLETIN: Kim Williams, the wife of a former local Justice of the Peace, is listed as an inmate at the Kaufman County Jail in Texas on charges of capital murder in the shooting deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, his wife Cynthia McLelland — and Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse.

    Hasse, 57, was shot and killed Jan. 31 near the Kaufman County Courthouse. The McLellands were found shot and killed in their home March 30, Easter Eve.

    McClelland’s office had prosecuted Eric Williams, the husband of Kim Williams, on theft charges.

    Kim Williams, 46, is being held on $10 million surety bond, according to the jail docket.

    Eric Williams, 46, has been jailed since April 13 on charges of making a terroristic threat. His wife has implicated him in the shooting deaths, according to an affidavit filed by the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office.

    CBS News has the arrest affidavit on this page.

    Also see Dallas Morning News.

  • UPDATE: Suspects Still At Large In Murder Of Texas Prosecutor; Kaufman County Crime Stoppers Offers Up To $71,500 Award For Info Leading To Arrest/Indictment

    Mark Hasse, 57, was gunned down last week in Kaufman County, Texas.
    Mark Hasse, 57, was gunned down last week in Kaufman County, Texas.

    Authorities have released the identity of the Kaufman County, Texas, prosecutor shot and killed last week near the Kaufman courthouse. The victim was Mark Hasse, an assistant district attorney who once worked as a prosecutor in the Dallas County D.A.’s office.

    Hasse was 57. An intense investigation involving multiple agencies is under way.

    Here is a statement from Kaufman County Crime Stoppers:

    1/31/2013 – Kaufman County Assistant DA Murdered

    Kaufman, Texas — At approximately 8:30 am. on January 31, 2013 Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was walking across a Kaufman County employee parking lot on his way to work, when he was assaulted and shot multiple times.

    The Kaufman Police Department along with the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in finding the suspects who fled the scene.

    Any information that you may have that will help us in this investigation, please call the Kaufman Police Department at 972-932-3094, or the Kaufman County [Sheriff’s] Office at 972-932-4337. You can also call Kaufman County Crime Stoppers at 1-877-TIPSKCC.

    Kaufman County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $71,500.00 reward for any information that will lead to the arrest and indictment of the suspects.

    Link.