Coby Hudgins Found Guilty of Murder

LONGVIEW – A Gregg County jury has found Coby Ray Hudgins, 23, of Kilgore, guilty of murder. The trial continued Thursday with the punishment phase in the 124th District Court of Judge Alfonso Charles. Hudgins could get up to life in prison. On Sunday, October 6, 2013, Kilgore police arrested Hudgins for the murder of Kayla Elizabeth Williams, 17, of Hallsville. The incident took place at a home in the 3000 block of Mustang Drive in Kilgore. Hudgins was reportedly last seen leaving the residence where police found Williams’ body. Gregg County Judge Arthur Fort, who pronounced Williams dead the following morning, said Williams died instantly from an apparent gunshot wound to the head.