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Prices went up in 47 of 50 states. only delaware, alabama, i will knoy reported price drops. -- illinois. martha: we want to get back to one of the biggest stories of this week. that is the ongoing murder investigation in texas right now. this past weekend police say they found kaufman county district attorney mike mclelland and his wife shot dead in their home outside of dallas. theyre trying to figure out if the murderers are connected to the death of an assistant prosecutor in the parking lot...

Doing. other news were following. in texas right now, hundreds of investigators are trying to figure out who killed two local prosecutors in two months. were learning about a new development in this case. cnns ed lef augh an laugh an d is working the case for us. >> reporter: the assistant prosecutor in kaufman county, we know investigators have been starting from scratch. poring through over his case files trying to find some clues in those case files that might point them towards someone who...

Mrs. mclelland was found near the front door, appeared to be shot first, and the theory that were hearing at the dallas morning news is that mr. mclelland ran back toward a back bedroom to retrieve a firearm he kept back there, but he never made it. >> scott, thank you. and i hope this one gets solved very quickly. its very tragic. thank you, scott. >> good to be with you. >> and its the january murder of his one assistant prosecutor, district attorney mclelland vowed to help track down the kill...

Might have to do with all of it. >> anything you people can do to accelerate getting our hands on this scum will be appreciated. >> reporter: mike mcclellands tough talking texas swagger was on full display when he vowed to come after the killer of his assistant prosecutor mark hasse. he was gunned down in broad daylight as he walked to work at the kaufman county courthouse back in january. >> i hope that the people that did this are watching because were very confident that were going to find y...

>> anything you people can do to accelerate getting our hands on this scum will be appreciated. >> reporter: mike mcclellands tough-talking texas swagger was on full display when he vowed to come after the killer of his assistant prosecutor mark hasse. he was gunned down in broad daylight as he walked to work at the kaufman county courthouse back in january. >> i hope that the people that did this are watching because were very confident that were going to find you. were going to pull you out of...

Brotherhood supremacy group might have to do with all of it. >> anything you people can do to accelerate getting our hands on this scum will be appreciated. >> reporter: mike mcclellands tough talking texas swagger was on full display when he vowed to come after the killer of his assistant prosecutor mark hasse. he was gunned down in broad daylight as he walked to work at the kaufman county courthouse back in january. >> i hope that the people that did this are watching because were very confide...

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This weekend was likely no random act. the couple was found dead in their home near dallas just two months after an assistant prosecutor was gunned down nearby. the fbi, texas rangers and local authorities are working together but so far, no word on a motive or a suspect. tomorrow morning, prosecutors in colorado are expected to announce what they will seek the death penalty for accused movie theater gunman, james holmes, charged with killing 12 and injuring 58 others last summer. earlier this...

Possible. this is the 13th u.s. prosecutor that has been killed since the national association of district attorneys began keeping count back in the 1960s. the big questions now are about the investigation. authorities here are still very tight-lipped. not releasing hardly any information about it. all we know is that mike mclelland and his wife cynthia were found dead at their home saturday. the motive is still a mystery. there is a question about whether it could have been connected to that ot...

What are people telling you about these latest murders and the killing of the d.a. in january? >> authorities arent saying much but clear from the response that we saw last night to this murder scene at the home of mike mcclelland where he and his wife were gunned down in their own home. so, clearly, that response that you saw descend in that neighborhood where the mcclellands live gives you an indication of how serious this situation is here in kaufman county. these murders coming almost two mo...