Kaufman County murders
| Date | January 31 and March 30, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Location | Kaufman and Talty, Texas |
| Type | Shooting, assassination |
| Motive | Revenge |
| Target | Kaufman County District Attorney’s office employees |
| Perpetrator | Eric Lyle Williams |
| Deaths | 3 |
| Convicted | Kim Williams |
| Convictions | Capital murder (2 counts) (Eric) Murder (1 count) (Kim) |
| Sentence | Death (Eric) 40 years (Kim) |
In 2013, two prosecutors and a prosecutor's wife were murdered in Kaufman County, Texas. The case gained national attention in the United States due to speculation that the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang was responsible, but this was later found to be untrue. Eric Lyle Williams (born April 7, 1967), a former lawyer and justice of the peace whose theft case was prosecuted by two of the victims, was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death for two of the murders. He was also charged with the murder of prosecutor Mark Hasse, but a decision was made not to prosecute him as he had already received a death sentence for the other murders. His wife, Kimberly Irene "Kim" Williams, was tried separately, and sentenced to 40 years in prison.