Woman Replaces Slain Texas Prosecutor A new acting district attorney, a woman, was appointed today in the Texas district where two prosecutors have been murdered in three months while police admit they have few clues to indicate who is behind the shooting deaths. Brandi Fernandez, currently Kaufman County's chief assistant district attorney, was named acting D.A. to replace Mike McLelland who was shot to death at his home this weekend along his wife Cynthia. Already, sheriffs deputies are providing security to the new district attorney. A black SUV and a police patrol car were parked outside her home, just blocks from the courthouse. Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood said today he believed the slayings were not "random" but connected to each other. As of now investigators have found "no physical evidence" linking Hasse's death with the McLellands, the judge said. Texas Gov. Rick Perry said dangerous groups, including white supremacists, present a real threat to those people charged with bringing them to justice. "A clear concern to individuals who are in public life, particularly those that deal with some very mean and vicious individuals whether they are white supremacy groups or whether the drug cartels that we have," Perry said.