Former Kaufman County Justice of the Peace Eric Williams will be returned to death row to await execution in connection with three murders committed in 2013.

Visiting Judge Webb Biard denied Williams' request for a new trial March 2. The former law enforcement official and attorney claimed diabetes so damaged his brain he should not be found guilty for murder.

A jury in Rockwall County, where his trial was moved on a change of venue, found Williams guilty in December of the murder of Cynthia McLelland, wife of former District Attorney Mike McLelland who was also shot to death in their Forney home March 30, 2013, on Easter Eve.

Former District Attorney Mark Hasse was killed Jan 31, 2013.

Prosecutors alleged Williams killed the trio out of revenge for his prosecution and conviction in 2012 for stealing county property. Williams was tried only in connection with Mrs. McLelland's murder.

Williams' wife, Kim, testified against him in the trial. She received 40 years in prison for her role in the killings

The Kaufman County murders were the subject of an NBC Dateline episode Feb. 27. Other national broadcastig networks also filmed in Kaufman recently, and those shows will be aired sometime this year.