Nicha Jolene Young Cox, a 34-year-old woman from Gatesville, Texas, tragically passed away on February 27, 2010. Nicha Jolene Cox was born on January 14, 1976, in Dublin, Texas, to Larry Joe and Ann Penland Young. She was married to Ralph Cox and was a mother to her daughter, Charleigh, and step-son, Tyler. Nicha was a member of Sweethome Baptist Church in Gatesville and worked at the Walmart Photo Center.
She had resided in Gatesville for the past ten years and was raised in Stephenville and Hico.
On the day of her death, Nicha Jolene Young Cox was found deceased in Coryell County, Texas. The circumstances surrounding her death led to an investigation, and it was determined that she had been murdered. Curtis Tyler Lunsford, a 19-year-old male who was identified as her boyfriend, was taken into custody at the scene. He was later charged with murder and remained in the Coryell County Jail at the time of the report.
The investigation into Nicha Jolene Young Cox's death revealed that she had suffered from a violent attack. The details of the case were closely followed by the local community, and her funeral services were held at the Stephenville Funeral Home Chapel, with burial following at Duffau Cemetery in Erath County. The case against Curtis Tyler Lunsford proceeded through the legal system, with the community seeking justice for the tragic loss of Nicha Jolene Young Cox.
