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Athens man charged with murder in death of estranged girlfriend

Dameon Tarrel Williams was charged with the murder of his estranged girlfriend, Ashley Nicole Koonce.
Credit: Henderson County Jail Records

ATHENS, Texas — An Athens man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of his estranged girlfriend.

Ashley Nicole Koonce, 27, of Athens, was found dead Saturday with multiple gun shot wounds in the front yard of a residence in the 1600 block of County Road 3722 in Athens. Koonce is a mother of three children, according to the Athens Police Department.

Her estranged boyfriend, Dameon Tarrel Williams, 29, turned himself to authorities and he was charged with Koonce’s murder.

Read more from CBS19's newspaper partner, the Tyler Morning Telegraph.

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