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4/17/2013

Suspect’s Wife Arrested for Capital Murder in Case of Slain North Texas Prosecutors

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 6:35 pm



Slow news day, huh? After looking at Hot Air’s post headlines, I could close my eyes and read them in green font on the back of my eyelids.

Because of all the red, you see.

The Boston Marathon bomber either was arrested or wasn’t; a gazillion anti-gun measures got voted down; a second ricin-laced letter was discovered and an arrest has been made . . . did I miss anything?

Oh yeah: that dude who is suspected of having murdered the prosecutors in North Texas? Yeah, his wife got arrested for capital murder:

The wife of a former Kaufman County justice of the peace told authorities that her husband shot and killed Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, his wife, Cynthia, and Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse, according to an arrest warrant affidavit.

In an interview Tuesday with an investigator, Kim Williams, 46, “confessed to her involvement to the scheme and course of conduct in the shooting deaths,” according to the affidavit signed by Sgt. Matt Woodall of the Kaufman County Sheriff’s Department.

The affidavit said “Kim Williams described in detail her role with that of her husband, Eric Williams, whom she reported to have shot to death Mark Hasse on January 31, 2013, and Michael and Cynthia McLelland on March 30, 2013.”

Holy mackerel.

My thanks to JD for giving y’all timely posts on all the other developments so that you could comment away.

5 Responses to “Suspect’s Wife Arrested for Capital Murder in Case of Slain North Texas Prosecutors”

  1. Crazy day.

    Patterico (9c670f)

  2. So much for the white supremacist storyline. The news media seems to be batting .000 on their theories lately.

    Brian Epps (2f898a)

  3. You can read the arrest affadavit here. It looks as if she was involved in the murders, according to her confession.

    Ag80 (19f299)

  4. http://www.newser.com/story/166439/wife-confesses-husband-murdered-texas-das.html

    She drove the car, he did the shooting; she knew specific details about the crime never released to the public.

    SarahW (b0e533)

  5. She ratted out her own husband. This is a person of very low character. Hmm. I wonder about the marital privilege in Texas. And even if that doesn’t apply here, she might not testify at her husband’s trial (everything she said to the police being excluded under hearsay/confrontation and only used against her). Will he have the brains to keep his mouth shut?

    nk (d4662f)


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