County Judge Bruce Wood said his courthouse employees have a sense of relief that the case is moving forward.



"Even though this charge of capital murder has occurred with perhaps another charge coming later on, sometime with Mr. Williams, we're still in a state of shock and disbelief," Wood said.



Wood worked with Mark Hasse and Mike McLelland and said Kim Williams's arrest is the"beginning stage of the justice process."



"Quite honestly, this is a troubling, this is a tragic series of events that none of would have ever expected to occur in our county," Wood said. "There is a sense of relief that perhaps this case is moving forward with the arrest and charge of Mrs. Williams."



Wood said today that Mike McLelland told him the day of Mark Hasse's murder that Eric Williams was the person police should be investigating.



"My belief was certainly he would be investigated and was investigated, and the other discussions I had with Mr. McLelland was, there was very little evidence at the crime scene and that hurt as far as the investigation was concerned," Wood said.



"I don't think anybody could have written a novel, maybe, that would have played out this story like it has done," he added.



Carol Altom lives on the same block as the Williams and was good friends with Cynthia McLelland.



"I don't know why she had to die over this. I really don't," she said. "I can understand the DA and the assistant, but not her. She had nothing to do with it."



Altom says she was shocked to hear the news of Kim and Eric Williams's arrests.



"I can't believe they did it, if he did do it. I'm not sure he did yet. But I'm amazed if it is the truth," she said.