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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. >> reporter: just angry at the world? >> yeah, i think he had a very dark, cold heart. >> reporter: but this case was far from over. prosecutors had won, but they were saving their best witness for last. investigators always suspected eric williams did not act alone. and he didn't. you're about to hear from his accomplice, someone who will take you in...

>> this is cell phone video of thursday's shootout. >> reporter: what grabbed the attention of investigators in the mark hassie murder is this, wise county is 100 miles from kaufmann, could he have killed another public servant in texas? seven weeks earlier? >> the fbi is now investigating this case, they want to see if ebol is connect to mark hassie's murder. >> reporter: two public officials gunned down in two states. somebody seemed to be targeting law enforcement at point blank range. coming up: as the investigation grows more urgent, sudden concerns about d.a. mike mcclell mcclelland and ...

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 william's 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. >> reporter: the second number on that scrap paper was even more important, because it turned out to be the real thing. it matched back to that computer message that gave details about the hasse murder weapon...

You heard the word, guilty. >> it's a gift. it was a gift for 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. >> reporter: 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 mclelland's? did they have to die? in a haunting irony, mike mclelland always thought williams was likely the killer. >> he certainly suspected it was eric williams after mark hasse was shot. and he made no secret of what his opinion was. and i had numerous c...

Range. execution style. all this, led investigators to think that this could be an organized crime hit. >> rumors are sweeping the town. talk of mexican drug cartels and prison gangs. >> we are open to every avenue right now. >> reporter: nbc's channel five in dallas covered the case from the beginning and the reporter ken kaltoff was there for it all. >> mexican drug cartels were suspect immediately because he had been involved in drug cases over the years. >> reporter: and investigators also suspected another group. less publically known but very dangerous. the arian brotherhood of texas. a ...