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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...

A sheriff's deputy recognized the user i.d. for the county crimestoppers' anonymous tip line. the first number corresponded to a tip from early in the hasse case. the tipster claimed to have overheard two men in a bar saying they'd killed mark hasse. that meant the tip came from williams' computer. a follow-up computer search also revealed williams had searched several how-to websites. >> one of the websites was how to throw the police off an investigation by sending in fake tips. >> the second number on that scrap of paper was even more important because it turned out to be the real thing. it...

Been linked to that tip that came in after the mcclelland murders. >> he sent an e-mail in to law enforcement claiming credit for the murders, thinking law enforcement would never figure it out. but he was wrong. >> investigators didn't have the murder weapon, but they had something else, a bullet they found inside a bag taken from williams' storage unit. >> you know this is what you and your team recovered. >> yes. >> a ballistics examiner compared that single unfired bullet to the shell casings found at the murder scene and came up with a match. >> that live round was ejected from the same w...

Lives for something good. they stood up and they did what they were supposed to, and they died for it. >> this is my chance to tell you the story of the murders of mike and cynthia mcclelland. >> prosecutor bill wirskye thought if he could prove eric williams had killed cynthia, that would obviously show he killed mike. >> you'll hear the story of a massive law enforcement investigation -- state, local, federal agencies working together to build an airtight case. >> one of the first witnesses called -- c.j. tomlinson, dallas police officer and friend of the mcclellands. c.j. told the jury how ...

Mcclelland murder scene. records showed he did not. the case was still stalled. but soon, the task force would get one of those lucky breaks they'd always hoped for. it came out of the blue and gave the investigation some much needed juice. coming up, a special prosecutor goes on high alert. >> i get on the phone and tell my wife to make sure she knew where the kids were, get inside, and keep the doors locked. and a stranger calls with a stunning revelation. >> i could tell when i listened to his voice, "this is it. this is the real thing." >> when "dateline" continues. why burn a candle w...