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Former justice of the peace who was convicted by mark hasse, the assistant district attorney that was killed back at the end of january, hasse prosecuted his theft case of county property there. and that's the connection there. at the end of that trial eric williams told the court that that verdict in that case dramatically altered the course of his life. interesting comments there as we look back at what happened about a year ago. >> thank you, appreciate it. follow it closely. in the world of sports kobe bryant expected to be out six to nine months. that is right. but the lakers playoff ho...

Welcome back to "starting point," everyone, i'm john berman. >> good morning, i'm brooke baldwin. this morning potential break in the murder of the two district attorneys in texas. a former justice of the peace, eric williams, was arrested over the weekend after authorities discovered possible ties to the murders of district attorney mike mcclelland, his wife, cynthia, and assistant d.a. mark hasse. >> now williams has not been named as a suspect but he was taken into custody on saturday and he's being held on $3 million bond. joining us live now from dallas, an attorney who handled cases in k...

This house belongs to a former kaufman county justice of the peace named eric williams on friday investigators spent hours combing through the house. then on saturday, those investigators descended on this storage unit 15 miles away. several local media outlets report investigators found 20 weapons inside the storage unit that was rented for eric williams. and investigators also discovered this crown victoria, a police-style vehicle. local media also report this type of car was seen in the neighborhood the night the mcclellands were murdered. eric williams is now sitting in jail. over the week...

Standard. hasse ripped into williams calling the disgraced justice of the peace a dishonorable liar and he was using kaufman county at his own pig by banc. he lost his job and law license and sentenced to two years' probation. denise said after mark hasse's murder in january mcclelland was worried about eric williams. did mcclelland tell you that he believed eric williams was responsible for that murder? >> yes. >> he did? what exactly, and in what context did he tell you that? >> in a context of, be careful, denise. >> he told you to be careful? >> yes. >> why would he tell you to be careful?...

>> brooke, i very much believe that mr. williams, if he's involved in this case, didn't act alone. i think the two crime scenes from the first assistant d.a., mark hasse, killed in january, and of course the mcclelland scene, they're very different scenes. one was very cleaned up. the other one a lot of forensic was left. the most important thing about that crown vic that may explain why the mcclelland's opened the door that night. in a county the size of quaffman it's not uncommon for a d.a. to go by a d.a.'s house to ask for assistant, a search warrant, that may have been the ruse to get the...