OMFG -Wife of ex-judge confesses in Texas DA slayings

[malaise]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/10751598
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Authorities say the wife of a former judge has confessed to being involved in the shooting deaths of a North Texas district attorney, his wife and an assistant prosecutor.

Kim Lene Williams was arrested early Wednesday. Kaufman County sheriff's spokesman Lt. Justin Lewis says Williams is being charged in all three deaths. Lewis says she is being held on $10 million bond.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Williams told investigators Tuesday that she was involved in the shootings of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland, his wife, Cynthia, and one of his prosecutors, Mark Hasse.

The investigation has also focused on her husband, Eric Williams, whom McLelland and Hasse successfully prosecuted for theft.

The McLellands were found dead March 30, two months after Hasse was slain.

[Horse with no Name]

1. This entire thing is nuts

but someone that I know that lives in Kaufman says that her husband (the JP), Eric Williams, is way too stupid to pull anything like this off.

I think this is really going to be a twisted story once it comes out.

But very strange.

[malaise]

2. I'm still shaking my head

Unfuggingbelievable

[Lone_Star_Dem]

8. Oh, he's not the brightest crayon in the box, no question about that.

A probable cause affidavit says the ex-judge sent an email one day after the McLellands' bodies were discovered March 30 implying there would be another attack if authorities didn't respond to various demands. The email was sent from his personal computer.
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/wife-of-ex-jp-of-kaufman-county-arrested

My mouth hung open when I read that.

[malaise]

9. You mean he is that fugging stupid??

WTF???

[Lone_Star_Dem]

11. Amazing, right?

And this man was a Justice of the Peace. The folks who voted for him should be very ashamed of themselves.

[Horse with no Name]

10. LOL

Oh my!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

12. Makes you wonder how he stayed out of jail after the first murder.

I guess his internet was down or something.

[Horse with no Name]

13. Yeah

Maybe all of the "Mexican Mafia" talk was put out there for a reason?

One thing that needs to be made clear though for those that don't live here...a Justice of the Peace is a locally elected office that basically overseas traffic tickets, marriages, small claims court.

It isn't a "Judge" in the truer sense of the word.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. Good point on the powers of a JP.

They're a local Judge Judy position. Not a criminal court type judge. They're usually someone that's been around the community for awhile and people recognize the name in smaller communities.

We had one once who had a serious problem with getting drunk and then getting naked in his bass boat.

[Horse with no Name]

19. LOL

I know the feeling. We had to call our local one to commit someone to Terrell and we had to wait for him to sober up first.

[malaise]

14. You mean he stole three computers

You murder three people over three computers

http://news.lalate.com/2013/04/17/kim-williams-kim-lene-williams-eric-lyle-williams-case-photos-released/

[Horse with no Name]

17. You know

Our ex- Chief of Police went to PRISON for that. They said that he removed stuff from the evidence room and was convicted.

The conviction ended up being overturned for lack of evidence...but he spent quite a bit of time in prison due to it.

And then, on his way back into the county, was arrested on child molestation charges--apparently his ex-wife's who has a relationship with another law enforcement official accused him of molesting her daughter 10 years ago or some such shit. He never even made it home before he went back to prison. I have watched innocent people chewed up and swallowed.

Not to say that I don't believe justice should be served if these folks are guilty...but I am not sure we have heard the entire story.

This is small town Texas "just-us". Jungle survival...whatever you want to call it. Get them before they get you. I honestly really hate it sometimes...

[malaise]

20. Damn!!!

Still shaking head - one of my sisters lived in Texas for 25 years and one of my nephews still lives there.

[Voice for Peace]

3. she must be making a deal...

or I've been watching too many Law&Order episodes..

[alcibiades_mystery]

4. Left blogosphere screamed "Neo-Nazis!" Right blogosphere screamed "Mexican cartels!"

And it turns out to be far dumber than anyone could imagine.

Bit of a lesson here, no?

[malaise]

5. The media did some screaming as well

Lesson for all

[seabeyond]

7. yes. exactly. nt

[LanternWaste]

18. And the horrible and dire consequences of the idle and benign speculation was...?

And the horrible and dire consequences of the idle and benign speculation was...?

Lynchings? Mob rules? Extra judicial assassinations? A glass of tea spilled on shag carpeting left over from the seventies?

The horror... the horror.

[alcibiades_mystery]

21. Well, the lesson isn't "Don't Speculate."

Speculation is fun and, as you note, largely inconsequential. The lesson, rather, is that you're probably, like, wrong planet wrong. Not a little wrong. But way, way off. And more so the more your speculation aligns with your pre-existing philosophies.

[JVS]

22. Since the 24 hour news media needs to split into news networks and poltics networks.

Because news and politics are not the same thing, but having the stations brand themselves by politics leads to treating all news as politics.

[seabeyond]

6. that one was out of left field. being in texas, i was a little more interested in the story.

wow

[AngryAmish]

15. Did this justice of the peace know his wife was in the Aryan Brotherhood?

[malaise]

23. LOL

Was she?

[UnrepentantLiberal]

24. The Investgation Discovery channel

has rushed 20 camera crews to the area.

[ananda]

25. I know!

That's a right twist, isn't it?