did you start to think that there was a list? no, sure. i don t think there was any doubt in my mind this was a serial killer we were dealing with. someone had declared war on law enforcement and their families. i have kids. my husband, i can t keep putting them at risk. my wife had two guns out. i said unless you know it s me coming through the door, be ready to use them. is there some sort of antigovernment militia group? i had no idea what we were dealing with. before leading investigators back home. was he living a double life? i think he was. you re making him sound like hannibal lector. it s just wild. the courthouse. the moral center of every american city and town. the place we go to settle differences, resolve disputes, find justice. it is the place where the story usually ends, but not this time. not in rural kaufman, texas, where life is leisurely and no one is a stranger. oh my god, someone just shot someone. they are laying on the ground.
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