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DISGRACED JUDGE PULLS TRIGGER IN EXECUTION MURDERS

DISGRACED JUDGE PULLS TRIGGER IN EXECUTION MURDERS

FromCrime Stories with Nancy Grace


DISGRACED JUDGE PULLS TRIGGER IN EXECUTION MURDERS

FromCrime Stories with Nancy Grace

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Length:
41 minutes
Released:
Jan 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

January 31, 2013, a 911 call comes in. The caller tells the operator that a man has been shot. Around 9am, five shots were fired and seconds later, 3 more shots were fired. Police arrived at the crime scene swiftly and find chief assistant district attorney for the Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney's Office Mark Hasse bleeding. No traces were left at the crime scene, not even bullet casing. The only evidence, eyewitnesses. One witness said the shooter was completely dressed in black, and after firing the shots, jumped into the back seat of the white sedan and disappeared. Another witness,  according to Medium.com,  said he heard Hasse shouting loudly “No, no, I’m sorry.” Hasse dies.  
Just two months after Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse is gunned down, Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney Mike McLelland, and his wife, Cynthia McLelland, plan an Easter dinner for friends and family.  Dallas police officer CJ Tomlinson is a family friend, his mother is supposed to drop off vegetables for Cynthia McLelland to prepare for the dinner, when she doesn't get the McLelland's on the phone she asks her son, Tomlinson to check on the couple. Tomlinson and his stepfather go to the McLelland home. The front door is open, shell casings are on the entryway floor. Mike and Cynthia McLelland, both have been shot dead. One of the shots was directly into Cynthia McLelland's head. Tomlinson describes the scene as a "home invasion" style assault.
Mark Hasse and Mark McLelland acted as prosecutors in former judge Eric Williams' felony theft Case. That history put him on police radar. When officers checked his internet search history, they found that Williams had been actively searching for information on Mark Hasse and Mike McLelland. Documents were found on a white sedan, issued in a false name, and the login and password for an account which had been leaving anonymous messages for police about the murders was found, but there was not enough evidence to charge him with the murders.  
Then came a break. An acquaintance of Eric Williams’ says that he had been asked to rent a garage in his name. Police find the white sedan in the garage, as well as police uniforms, badges,  weapons, and even homemade napalm.  There were also more than 30 guns,  but there was no weapon matching the one that shot the victims. And there was still one question to be answered. If the suspect jumped into the back seat to speed away from the crime scene, who was driving?
Kim Williams was driving. She was Eric Williams' wife. She confesses to the police. The pair are convicted. Eric Williams gets the death penalty, which he has appealed repeatedly. 
 
Joining Nancy Grace Today:

Judge Erleigh Wiley - on Eric Williams ‘hit list’, Kaufman County Criminal District Attorney,  Author: “Target on My Back: A Prosecutor’s Terrifying Tale of Life on a Hit List”  
Alan Bennett - Former Assistant District Attorney, Partner at Gunter, Bennett, and Anthes, gbafirm.com 
Caryn L. Stark - Psychologist, renowned TV and Radio trauma expert and consultant, www.carynstark.com, Instagram: carynpsych, FB: Caryn Stark Private Practice
Fil Waters- Former homicide detective for the Houston police department, President & CEO of Kindred Spirits Investigations & Security, Inc., kindredspiritsinvestigations.com 
Dr. Michelle DuPre - Forensic Pathologist, Medical Examiner and Detective: Lexington County Sheriff's Department, Author: “Money, Mischief, and Murder…the Murdaugh Saga. The rest of the story” available now on Amazon. “Homicide Investigation Field Guide" & "Investigating Child Abuse Field Guide", Forensic Consultant,DMichelleDupreMD.com 
Hayden Sparks - Senior Reporter for The Texan, thetexan.news, X: @HaydenJSparks & @TheTexanNews 
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Released:
Jan 12, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Nancy Grace dives deep into the day’s most shocking crimes and asks the tough questions in her new daily podcast – Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. Nancy Grace had a perfect conviction record during her decade as a prosecutor and used her TV show to find missing people, fugitives on the run and unseen clues. Now, she will use the power of her huge social media following and the immediacy of the internet to deliver daily bombshells!