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Be more than a coincidence i would think. martha: the d.a. and his assistant murdered in their homes two months apart. that is mike mcclellan, his wife cynthia was with him when they were murdered at their home on saturday. as i said it came just two months after the assistant d.a. mark haase was shot and killed in broad daylight in the courthouse parking lot. boy, that is kaufman county, texas. well keep you updated as we get more. bill: they are expected to find out if prosecutors will seek th...

Two months ago now. why do you think there hasnt been more, at least public leads in that first case? >> you know, there just hasnt been a lot of information thats been provided. i mean, you know, the killing of mark hasse, who was the assistant d.a., there was some speculation that it may not have been tied to his work at the d.a.s office. it could have been something personal of nature. and it really didnt make a lot of headlines. i think now that the elected d.a. here has been killed and its ...

Unnerving to the law enforcement community and the community at large. thats why were striving to, you know, assure the community that we are still providing public safety and we will be able to do that. were meeting all of our obligations plus the investigative responsibilities. jenna: lots of concern, lots of questions in this texas community after a district attorney and his wife are gunned down in their own home. mike and cynthia mclelland were found dead over this weekend two months after o...

Strings, may also be fairly thin-skinned. the sheriff commented about a month ago that he will go and he will pull out the person responsible from the hole and bring them back to their county and actually use the word, scum, and said, i hope youre watching this. and then, within a month the sheriff and his wife are murdered. so if the puppet master or people around him are thin-skinned that would certainly be a personality trait for this individual who is also possibly very vengeful or revengefu...

Could it be part of a white supremacist plot down there? they already had the assistant d.a. killed. that could have been them, too. this is "hardball." pt place for politics. since, weve worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. weve shared what weve learned, so we can all produce energy more safely. bps also committed to america. we support nearly two-hundred-fifty thousand jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. were working to fuel america for ...

This community consumed with fear. >> were going to find you. were going to pull you out of whatever hole youre in, were going to bring you back and let the people of kaufman county prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. >> reporter: a promise from kaufman county, texas, district attorney mike mclelland two months ago to the unknown killer of an assistant d.a. in his office. a promise, though, he would never sefulfilled. saturday night police found the bodies of the d.a. and his wife cy...

The d.a. and the assistant d.a., what would you be looking for? because law enforcement says since that first murder they really have no leads specifically as to whos responsible for these murders. >> well, i would be looking for a variety but let me just zero in on the gang influence that has been suggested here and i would be looking for an individual, maybe that others have described as more of a puppet master. by that i mean, someone who is pulling the strings behind the scenes. gangs are no...

Law. this shut 13th u.s. prosecutor to be murdered in the u.s. since the national association of district attorneys started keeping track back in the 1960s. as for the investigation, that is the big question now. local officials are not saying much of anything. which do know mike mccell land and his wife, cynthia, were found saturday, shot dead. they were reportedly shot multiple times. she was shot multiple times, she was shot only once by an assault rifle, sources are telling our local station...

Latest killings and the murder of the assistant d.a. that happened in january? >> reporter: good morning, alison. so far, very little information, other than the fact that mike mcclellan, the district attorney, and his wife, gunned down in their home, and found yesterday, late yesterday. and obviously, with what happened here two months ago, a lot of questions swirling around, exactly what is going on with these cases. and the way the first prosecutor, a man by the name of mark hassey was gun do...

Supremacist groups and we learned that investigators were comparing notes. no direct link had been announced but we have learned that investigators were comparing notes and sharing evidence as to how those murders unfolded. now you add this latest murder to this. all of this cloud is hovering over these cases. what it means, we dont have the answers for you at this point. we know investigators will be taking a much closer look if they havent started that already. >> ed, thank you. i know you wil...