tragedy. you were very close with them. tell us a little bit from your perspective, what kind of friends they were, their commitment to loved ones and the community. they were the best friends, the best friends that you could possibly in your wildest imagination, imagine. they loved their community. they loved their children. they loved their friends. if you met them, you were their friend. it was just an amazing, amazing couple and you can t replace these people. it s just such a tragic loss. christina, can you describe how your parents felt about their own safety and security, both before and after mark hasse s murder in january? i mean, obviously after mark was hurt, concern went up greatly. my parents were more concerned for their friends and their co-workers than they were themselves. that s just how they were. that was the kind of people that
we don t know any of the details. i don t have any information to give on that. okay. sure. did mike and cynthia share with you any concerns about safety? no. as a matter of fact, the day that mark died, they showed up at a big event at the terrell performing arts theater to prove that or to show the citizens of kaufman that it was okay, that people needed to see him because everybody was scared and it was just a tragedy losing mark, and mike said we re not going to let this put us in a shell and stand behind a guarded wall. christina, i saw a press conference mike had given and his bravery was evident. you remarked about it at the service yesterday in no uncertain terms. where do you think that strength came from? both of your mom and mike?
people needed to see him because everybody was scared and it was just a tragedy losing mark, and mike said we re not going to let this put us in a shell and stand behind a guarded wall. christina, i saw a press conference mike had given and his bravery was evident. you remarked about it at the service yesterday in no uncertain terms. where do you think that strength came from? both of your mom and mike? you know, he was in the military and that s just how he was. i believe he s probably been that way his whole life. i believe his parents gave him that strength. my mother s parents gave her her strength and they have given me theirs. i just believe it was innate in them and it was evident. they worried more about their friends, their neighbors, their family than they ever did about
church evacuated when someone phoned in a bomb threat. no bomb was found, nor was whoever made the call. tonight, we want to focus on mike and cynthia mclelland, the lives they lived and the work they did. joining me now only on 360 is christina foreman, who buried her parents today. also her close friend, leah phillips. thank you for being with us. christina, i m just so sorry for your loss. what do you want the world to know about your stepdad and about your mom? they were amazing. they were the most amazing people i have ever known in my entire life. they had such conviction and such strength and they really believed in what they were doing, and they loved their family, you know. we have a blended family and five kids and they loved all of us and they had so much to give, and they were there for their community. and mike really believed in what he was doing in the d.a. s office and he really believed that he was making a difference,
welcome back. in crime and punishment tonight, government offices were closed today in kaufman county, texas. hundreds of mourners turned out for a public memorial for district attorney mike mclelland and his wife, cynthia. they were shot dead in their home last weekend. mclelland is the county s second prosecutor to be killed in just two months. as we ve been reporting all week, kaufman county is a community on edge. investigators have yet to name any suspects. they are asking for the public to help. today, that call for help got louder with governor rick perry announcing a new reward for information. for many in kaufman county, today was a day for good-byes. ed lavandera reports. reporter: it was a poignant farewell to mike and cynthia mclelland. mike took his office because he loved what he did, and he really thought he was making a difference, and he was. and my mom supported him in every step of the way. reporter: the mclellands daughter, christina foreman,