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We're very confident that we're going to find you. we're going to pull you out of whatever hole you're in and we're going to bring you back and let the people of kaufman county prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. anything that you people can do to accelerate our getting our hands on this scum will be appreciated. >> reporter: you can hear there the bravado and brashness of a texas prosecutor. there was a lot of talk back when mark hassey was murdered that perhaps the suspects, perhaps those involved might have been part of some aryan brotherhood white supremacist group and that tha...

D.a., hassey, may have both been involved in that may relate to these shootings? >> without naming a specific case because i don't want to libel anybody, but there was a case people have talked about that they both had worked on that involved somebody that was very angry about that case. but from what i understand about that situation, there's no evidence that that particular person was involved. this particular d.a.'s office had a reputation for being extremely kind of law and order, by the book. so there probably were a lot of angry defendants out there. >> well, what happened following the ...

We proceeded to the scene and did find the district attorney, mr. mcclelland and his wife, cynthia, deceased at that time. they both had been shot. >> that was the sheriff of kaufman county, texas talking about the shocking case, the district attorney and his wife found shot to death just two months after an assistant district attorney was gunned down. tanya eiser writes for the "dallas morning news" and joins us by phone. so what are your sources saying about the likelihood that there may be a connection? >> oh, they believe it absolutely has to be connected. the killing of mark hassey, the k...

Running in this video. they may have been part of a possible daylight kidnapping that took place in the city's busy washington heights neighborhood. more details on that in a moment. first, to kaufman county, texas. the deaths of district attorney mike mcclelland and his wife cynthia are shaking that community. it is 30 miles outside dallas. adding to the shock, it comes two months after an assistant district attorney was murdered. mark hassey was gunned down in a courthouse parking lot. listen to what the sheriff had to say when asked about a possible connection. >> do you believe that thes...

>> reporter: hi, fredricka. i just spoke with the county judge here in kaufman county who had spoken with mike mcclellan just last week. he was telling me again the question that everybody wants to know at this point is, is there any indication that these two cases are related. this particular gentleman is not part of the investigation but it is the prevailing wisdom around here that many people continue to think that they don't see how these cases are not related. that's what the county judge told me just a little while ago. he says it would be hard to imagine that these cases are not related...