KAUFMAN, Texas — Authorities investigating the deaths of a North Texas district attorney and his wife appear to have narrowed their focus on a former justice of the peace prosecuted last year by the official for theft.
Eric Lyle Williams, 46, was arrested Saturday on a charge of making a terroristic threat and is being held in the Kaufman County Jail on $3 million bond. His arrest came after federal and local agents investigating the March 28 deaths of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, searched Williams’ home on Friday.
Authorities have said little about their investigation into the McLellands’ deaths and have not named any suspects. Previous possible culprits mentioned included a white supremacist prison gang known as the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas.
Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Justin Lewis declined to discuss the weekend developments. “Mr. Williams has not been charged with murder,” Lewis said Sunday in an e-mail. Williams’ attorney said in a statement Friday that Williams “has cooperated with law enforcement and vigorously denies any and all allegations.”
