Kaufman County District Attorney, Wife, Found Dead in Home
Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife were found dead in their home Saturday night, police say.
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Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were found shot to death inside their Forney home Saturday, nearly two months to the day after his top assistant was gunned down on his way to work earlier this year.
Kaufman County Sheriff's Department investigators confirmed the deaths to NBC 5 Saturday evening, but had little else to say in the early stages of the investigation.
One source close to the probe said McLelland and his wife were found at about 4 p.m. Saturday by a concerned relative or friend who had gone to the house after being unable to reach the couple.
Other sources told NBC 5 that the McLelland's front door had been forced open and that gunshots had been fired and that an assault rifle was used in the murders.
There was no immediate, confirmed link between Saturday's murders and the Jan. 31 slaying of Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse. However, as a connection between the two is explored, investigators continue to search for possible connections between Hasse's murder, the slaying of a Colorado prison offical and the chase that ended with the fatal shooting of Evan Ebel last week in Wise County. With all of that in mind, and with the possibility of a plot still afoot, after learning of the murders of Mike and Cynthia McLelland, a welfare check was performed on everyone who worked in the district attorney's office on Saturday. All were OK, though one former Kaufman County prosecutor was "in hiding" Saturday evening and said others were as well.
While police officers are frequently the target of violence while trying to apprehend criminals, attacks on prosecutors are extremely rare, though not unheard of. McLelland said as much in January when speaking about his slain friend when he said Hasse was aware of the dangers associated with being a prosecutor.
At the time, he described Hasse as a really, really good man that was an excellent friend and a spectacular prosecutor who wouldn't be easily replaced. He also vowed to catch Hasse's killers saying, "I hope that the people that did this are watching. Because we're very confident that we're going to find you, pull you out of whatever hole you're in, bring you back and let the people of Kaufman County prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law."
FBI agents and Texas Rangers, who were still investigating the unsolved slaying of Hasse, are now leading the investigation into Saturday's murders, according to a federal law enforcement source.
McLelland and his wife, Cynthia Woodward McLelland, have five children including two daughters and three sons. One of the sons is a Dallas police officer.
Investigators are expected to hold a news conference Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. More information is expected to be released at that time.
NBC 5's Ray Villeda and Scott Gordon contributed to this report.
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