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.
every monday, and we will get donuts for them, and he would always get their first. in 2011, mark and shannon got a new boss, that seemed to fill right in with their office family. the newly elected district attorney, mike mclelland. my name is michael clung, the criminal district warning for kaufman county. mike stepdaughter, christina foreman, says he loved the job. i think he really did embrace the role as a leader, he enjoyed the people who worked with. he would talk about, you know, this person to this, and i was really proud of them. everything was new to him. he came in and took it over. was he tough? i wouldn t say he was tough on us at all. the greatest thing about him, he let us do will we do best. mike quickly formed a bond with mark cassie, the experienced prosecutor. mark was his best friend in the office. they were very close. mike s wife, cynthia, fit right in the office to.
runway. he survived but he had very severe brain injury. did he decide to fly again, at any point? he did. why do you think you want to fly again? he almost died. it s like being thrown from a horse. he wanted to be the person he was before. and he did it? he did. but it took a long time. mark s colleagues in the da s office admired his strength to fight through adversity. they also got a kick out of his weakness, his love for sugary snacks. he had a sweet tooth. he would eat people stuff. every monday, and we will get donuts for them, and he would always get their first. in 2011, mark and shannon got a new boss, that seemed to fill right in with their office family. the newly elected district attorney, mike mclelland. my name is michael clung, the criminal district warning for kaufman county. mike stepdaughter, christina foreman, says he loved the job. i think he really did
mclelland and cynthia were not the first prosecutor in kaufman county, texas to be gunned down recently and the fact that the killers remain at large. last night visitation services had to be suspended and the 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