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come back out of the house. >> there is no blood left in the face. they are white. >> district attorney mike mclelland, and his wife cynthia, had been shot to death! >> you never expect you have to see somebody like that. that you knew. that you loved. that was so close. and, i think that was the most, and it still is, obviously, that it is so difficult. >> because she had not been able to reach her parents, christina decided to drive to the house as well. her mom's friend leah, met her with the news that she was dreading. >> i just had the feeling that they were done. and i said both of them? and she said yes. >> and then it occurred to me, oh my god this is gonna hit the news! and my grandmother watches the news every day. and somebody needs to stop her before she turns on the tv! >> mark's high profile! >> he was. and i did not want someone else

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hundreds of investigators from multiple agencies had swooped in. >> this was all hands on deck? >> this became the number one case in the bureau at that time. >> fbi special agent michael and his partner, lori gibbs, who has since retired. we're coordinating teams from that task force. each team looking into different aspects of the case. >> we have to look at everything. >> so you decided to just divvy it up, everyone focus on their individual tasks. >> right. and some of these teams had 25 to 30 people on them. and there was a team that looked at all of the victims and what they may have had in common. they believe the killing of the da was linked with the shooting of prosecutor mark hasse he back in january. but it was all one big collective hunch. until a tip came through that would confirm the connection. >> the crime stoppers web based tip line. we get a tip that claims credit for the marchesi murders. >> it came in eastern sunday night. it began, do we have your full attention now?

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>> as he is camera kept going, his body mike picked up the audio for him to just keep getting going a little longer. >> ems is almost here, the ambulance is coming! >> i try my best to tell him, you're doing good! you're doing good! keep breathing! the ambulance is coming! >> officers fast knee had been at the scene for five agonizing minutes when the ambulance rolled up. >> anybody know anything about him? >> he's one of the da prosecutors. >> while -- she was getting updates on mark. >> i don't know how many minutes passed by when a prosecutor came into the courtroom saying how bad it was. >> about an hour earlier, shannon had walked from the parking lot to the courthouse. that is the same route her friend and colleague, mark, was walking when he got shot. now, too afraid to go anywhere, she stayed inside praying for him.

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line and it got into murdering family members, so i know my thoughts and prayers are with my wife and children back in dallas. >> it seems that the murders were connected, and everyone was terrified that the killings may not be over. >> did you start to think that there was a list? >> oh sure. there was going to be another victim if this person was not found. >> saturday night, shannon was shopping for easter dinner. when she was surprised by a phone call by her office. >> and i thought, my goodness who is out there on saturday, easter weekend. i'm not gonna answer right now. >> but her phone kept ringing, it was another prosecutor from her office. >> and i knew then at that point, something is going on. and i answered, and she proceeded to tell me that the mclelland's were found in the house shot. >> must of been the biggest bombshell of your life? >> biggest. it's so hard to imagine anybody that you know being killed.

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the murder, another salts on law enforcement. it looked like it was open season on the criminal justice system! >> the colorado head of the department of corrections was shot here at his front door on tuesday night. >> the man's name was tom closet men's. the highly regarded head of the prison system. and like mark cassie, a public servant. >> with more than 20,000 inmates in the system, tom clemens may have had a lot of enemies. >> it was another bold attack. this time, in the front door. instead of outside of the courthouse. evidence pointed to a former inmate named evan. he was a member of a white supremacist gang in colorado. similar to the aryan brotherhood. now, he was on the run from colorado authorities. armed, and dangerous. two days after the murder, a sheriff's deputy in texas would find out just how dangerous. at that violent attack caught

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>> mexican drug cartels were suspected immediately because of the fact that has he had been involved in drug cases over the years. >> and investigators also suspected another group. less publicly known, but very dangerous. the aryan brotherhood of texas. a prison gang of rights supremacists. >> why was the aryan brotherhood of potential group that had done this? >> there had been some threats that have come out about that time, from them, that said they would want to get even with people in law enforcement. >> get even? even three months before the murder, federal officials announced that 34 of the alleged gang members had been indicted for racketeering. they thought, among others, that the -- ford's role in the investigations. >> a lot of people were trying to put two and two together. >> it's one thing if it is one individual who went after mark. it's another thing if it is the aryan brotherhood. >> oh yeah. >> prosecutors, not just in kaufman, but across the strait were terrified. we were all targets. >> and then, seven weeks after

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nothing like that. >> mark cassie and mike mclelland knew eric williams as a colleague in kaufman small legal community. as boss of the da's office, mike rarely tried cases. but because williams was an elected public official, he made an exception. and teamed up with mark to prosecute the case. christina says that her stepdad believed williams had violated the public trust. >> i think it did offend mike on a basic level. these people elected you, you're supposed to do good things from the community. not steal things from it. >> a jury found him 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 -- any kind of grudge? >> no. absolutely not. >> the media that went, and just days after the mclelland murders, he was interviewed by nbc affiliate kprc.

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>> besides animals, and wide open spaces, mark had another passion, flying. back in 1995, he almost killed him. >> mark did have a bad accident. >> mark had a terrible accident. >> a five flank murmuration of world war ii's and, 50 years ago this month. mark was part of this aerial armada of vintage planes, when something went terribly wrong. >> we believe the engine had failed, and he made a forced landing, ran off the end of the runway. he survived but he had very severe brain injury. >> did he decide to fly again, at any point? >> he did. >> why do you think you want to fly again? he almost died. >> it's like being thrown from a horse. he wanted to be the person he was before. >> and he did it? >> he did. but it took a long time. >> mark's colleagues in the da 's office admired his strength to fight through adversity. they also got a kick out of his weakness, his love for sugary snacks. he had a sweet tooth. he would eat people stuff. --

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we didn't know if there was a bunch of people waiting trying to shoot us. >> the courthouse was locked down in the morning, then closed during the day. prosecutors and office staff were given extra security. >> as we were walking to our cars, they were carrying huge rifles and guns. >> when did it start to sink in for you that this could be me? you walked into work with mark. your offices right there. >> i think that was the immediate fair. it could've been any of us. >> we lost a really good man. >> district attorney mike, stood tall when he addressed the media about his killing of the good friends. >> i hope the people that did this are watching. because, we are very confident that we are going to find you. we are going to pull you out of whatever hole you are in. we are going to bring you back. so the people of kaufman county can prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law.

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