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Reputation. >> we had several discussions about it. of course, eric's name came up in the discussions but if you can't prove it, then it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter what you think, if you can't prove it. >> and now this former justice of the peace was a convicted murderer. how? why? was he living a double life? >> i think he was. most people were fooled by his exterior. he looked so normal. he looked so average. he had the trappings of success, being a lawyer and a judge. but behind that mask was a homicidal psychopath. >> just angry at the world? >> yeah. i think he had a very dark, col...

On law enforcement, in a small town. >> nbc five ken says the suspected murder ending up in texas was especially intriguing to investigators. >> it made people wonder if perhaps there could be some connection with the hasse murder. >> they did tests on suspect evans weapon. his bullet was identical to what killed the prison chief back in colorado. but then they found out that it was not the weapon that killed mark cassie. and what is more -- >> he was deemed to have not been kaufman at the time that cassie was killed. so -- >> so it weeks in, the cassie case was going nowhere. >> we were leadi...

>> and the next morning, she said, she was lookout in the crown vic, as her husband went inside to murder the mcclellands. >> if someone came, was there a plan for what you were supposed to do to alert eric? >> yes. he told me to honk the horn. >> but if these had been revenge killings of mike mcclelland and mark hasse, why did cynthia mcclelland have to die? >> because she would be there as a witness, and he described it as collateral damage. >> and prosecutors wanted the jury to know how callous eric and kim williams were after killing two people in cold blood. >> we had steaks on the grill,...

They needed only 90 minutes to reach a verdict. >> we, the jury, unanimously find the defendant, eric lyle williams, guilty of capital murder as charged in the indictment. >> guilty of capital murder in the death of cynthia mcclelland. >> you heard the word "guilty?" >> it was a gift. it was a gift for all of us. it's probably a gift for everybody else because i don't believe that this would've stopped at the end of these killings. >> there's a sad postscript to this case that raises a painful question. could williams have been stopped after the hasse murder and before the mcclellands? did the...

>> investigators tell us tonight, there is simply no promising leads in this case right now. this murder -- >> any assistance that anyone can give us and finding the people that did this, will be greatly appreciated. >> da had a particularly tough time. he had an office to run while mourning a good friend. >> how hard was it for mark to come back to the office after the shooting? >> with mark store clothes, and his buddy gone, it was very difficult for mike. he talked a lot about the case. >> and the case was about to get a lot bigger with another brazen murder! only this one crossed another l...