Hudgins Gets 99 Years for Murder

LONGVIEW – A Gregg County jury has handed Coby Ray Hudgins, 23, of Kilgore, a lengthy prison sentence for murder. After being found guilty Wednesday of the death of Kayla Elizabeth Williams, 17, of Hallsville, Hudgins was sentenced Thursday afternoon to 99 years in prison. On Sunday, October 6, 2013, Kilgore police arrested Hudgins for Williams’ murder. 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.