UPDATE: NEWS REGARDING TEXAS KILLINGS

Former justice of the peace Eric Williams has been charged with capital murder for allegedly killing three people in Kaufman County, Texas, earlier this year. Williams's wife confessed, implicating both herself and her husband in the murder of an Assistant District Attorney, a District Attorney, and his wife.

While it seems unlikely that Williams’ wife would have been physically able to commit the crimes, given her health condition, it is believed that she may have encouraged or participated in them in some way. She confessed to the police that her husband was the one who actually shot the three victims, quoting Bennett, Eric Williams Charged with Murder of District Attorneys, The Atlantic Wire, April 18, 2013.

It remains to be seen whether Williams’ wife will testify against him to try and avoid the death penalty. Given the savagery of the murders, and Texas’ active stance in favor of executions, it would appear that the Texas prosecutors will most certainly seek the death penalty.  It is a sad tale that Williams went from a sentence of probation for theft to a potential sentence of execution due to his act of revenge.

 ~Leonardo G. Renaud