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April 18, 2013

Wife of Jailed Texas Official Says Husband Killed Prosecutors 
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The wife of a jailed former Texas court official has reportedly
confessed to helping her husband kill two prosecutors. Eric Williams, a
former justice of the peace in Kaufman County, was detained Saturday for
last month’s killings of District Attorney Mike Mc Lelland and his
wife, Cynthia Mc Lelland, as well as of Assistant Prosecutor Mark Hasse
two months before. On Wednesday, police said Williams' wife, Kim Lene
Williams, had told them her husband committed the murders and that she
provided assistance. She's been charged with capital murder. Hasse and
Mc Lelland successfully prosecuted Eric Williams last year after he was
caught stealing computer equipment. He remains behind bars, but has not
been formally charged.

 

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