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Governor Perry offers another $100,000 for reward in ADA Hasse, DA McLelland and wife murders
Texas Governor Rick Perry spoke at a press conference the morning of April 4, 2013, in the Kaufman County Courthouse. Governor Perry announced the Governor's Office is offering an additional $100,000 reward in the now three unsolved murders in Kaufman County.
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Governor Perry honors slain Kaufman County DA with flags at half-staff
Texas Governor Rick Perry has directed State offices to fly the United States flag and State of Texas flag at half-staff on Thursday, April 4, 2013, in honor of murdered Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia. Thursday was chosen because a public memorial will be held that day for the McLellands at the Sunnyvale First Baptist Church in Mesquite, Texas at 1 p.m. Governor Perry will speak at the memorial.
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One year after the Forney tornado, residents remember the devastation
On April 3, 2012, the lives of many Forney residents was greatly changed. On that day an F-3 tornado tore through the city of 15,000 plus residents. It caused damage in downtown, tore roofs and signs from businesses along Highway 80, nearly destroyed the Forney Food Pantry, and then ripped houses from their foundation in the Diamond Creek subdivision. Unbelievably, despite the destruction, no lives were lost.
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Interim Kaufman County D.A. named, Governor Perry urges officials to take precautions
**Updated at bottom of article on 4/1 at 5:30 p.m.**According to a WFAA report, an interim District Attorney has been named to take over the D.A. job in Kaufman County until Governor Rick Perry can appoint a new D.A. to replace Mike McLelland. Assistant District Attorney Brandi Fernandez has been serving as a prosecutor in the 86th District Court, but will fill in as the Kaufman D.A. for at least the next three weeks.
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Sheriff Byrnes and Forney residents unnerved by McLelland murders
Kaufman County Sheriff David Byrnes stood somber in front of reporters at the Kaufman County Law Enforcement Center on Easter Sunday, as he gave updated information on the double murders of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia McLelland. The couple were found shot to death inside their Forney home in the Shamrock Ridge addition near FM 1641 and Helms Trail.
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