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did you start to think that there was a list? >> no, sure. i don't think there was any doubt in my mind this was a serial killer we were dealing with. >> someone had declared war on law enforcement and their families. >> i have kids. my husband, i can't keep putting them at risk. >> my wife had two guns out. i said unless you know it's me coming through the door, be ready to use them. >> is there some sort of antigovernment militia group? i had no idea what we were dealing with. >> before leading investigators back home. was he living a double life? >> i think he was. >> you're makin...

He's strangely swept in on his segway. >> is anyone suggested to you that you are a person of interest in the investigation? >> no. >> after the denial, his sympathies. >> my heartfelt condolences go out to both the mclelland family, and the hasse family. because, they were in public office. doing the right thing. and, for some reason, they were not aware of. it made the ultimate price for that. >> williams was known to be a bit of an are duct. but a murder suspect? >> it seems so farfetched. that a justice of the peace, a man who had served his county not only as an attorney. and a judge. but...

>> i think it did offend mike on a basic level. these people elected you. you're supposed to be doing good things for the community, not stealing from it. >> a jury found williams guilty of theft. he got probation, but lost his job and license to practice law. and now, a year later, both men who prosecuted him were dead, and williams was under suspicion. >> did you bear either of those men any kind of grudge? >> no. absolutely not. >> the media got wind of the interest in williams. and just days after the mcclelland murders, he was interviewed by nbc affiliate kprc. he strangely swept in on hi...

He would run out in about 12 minutes. >> mark's longtime friend, marcus busch, also memorialized him. >> this world is a better place because of mark. and so are we. the world lost a good man. someone who was resolute, always near the difference between right and wrong, and would fight for that. >> now, special prosecutors toby and bill, along with a multi agency task force were fighting for mark. searching for his killer, but not coming up with easy answers. because he was so close to his friend, an employee, da mark had to bow out of the investigation. he and his coworkers were doing what th...

But it was slow going. >> how do you sift out, well, it couldn't be this person. maybe this person. >> first of all, you see if they're still locked up. you see where they are. their whereabouts. you see if there's anything unusual or specific about a case that would give someone cause to have a grudge. >> four weeks into the investigation, a tip came into the county crime stoppers tip line that look like a big break. >> a tipster said they had been in a bar, in a small town in kaufman. and overheard two white males talking about the hasse killing. in taking responsibility for it. >> the tip l...