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The wife of a former judge has been charged with capital murder in connection with the slayings of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor. The wife of a former judge was charged on Wednesday with capital murder, in connection with the deaths of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant district attorney, a law enforcement official said. The overnight arrest of Kim Lene Williams is the latest twist in an investigation that had narrowed on her husband.
The charge on Wednesday, against Kim Lene Williams, is the latest twist in an investigation that had recently focused on her husband, Eric Lyle Williams. A law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation said she had been arrested and charged with capital murder. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation into the deaths of Kaufman County district attorney Mike McLelland, his wife, Cynthia, and assistant district attorney Mark Hasse. Authorities did not describe the evidence against Kim Williams. The official said she was being held on $10m bond. Jail records did not yet list a charge, but a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation told the Associated Press that Williams was arrested and charged with capital murder. The official said Williams was being held on a $10m bond at Kaufman County Jail. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation into the deaths of Kaufman County assistant district attorney Mark Hasse in January and district attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, last month. The official did not describe the evidence against Williams.
Eric Williams, a former justice of the peace, was charged on Saturday with making a terroristic threat in connection with the shooting deaths of Mike and Cynthia McLelland. McLelland and Hasse prosecuted Williams' husband, Eric Lyle Williams, last year, in the theft of three computers. A jury found Williams guilty and he was stripped of his law license and lost his elected position as justice of the peace.
A probable cause affidavit said Eric Williams had sent an email one day after the McLellands' bodies were discovered, implying there would be another attack if authorities didn't respond to various demands. The email was sent from Eric Williams' personal computer. Authorities arrested him on Saturday and charged him with making a terroristic threat. He was being held on $3m bond on that charge. Eric Williams was arrested on Saturday and charged with making terroristic threats. The law enforcement official has said authorities were trying to build a case against him in the prosecutors' slayings while he remains jailed on a $3m bond. A probable cause affidavit says the ex-judge sent an email one day after the McLellands' bodies were discovered on 30 March, implying there would be another attack if authorities didn't respond to various demands. The email was sent from his personal computer.
Williams lost his elected position as justice of the peace after he was convicted of stealing three computer monitors from an office. McLelland and assistant district attorney Mark Hasse, who was shot and killed in an apparent ambush outside a courthouse in January, prosecuted that case. During closing arguments, the prosecutors presented testimony indicating that Williams had made death threats against a former girlfriend and a local attorney. Jail records did not list an attorney for his Kim Williams. A message left with her husband's attorney was not immediately returned Wednesday morning.
A jury found Williams guilty; he received two years' probation and lost his law license and position as justice of the peace. "The good old boy network is gone," McLelland said at the time.
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