The Assassination of Clarence Ray Hudgins Part 3: The Devil You Know

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 15 November 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Part 3 of 3. The October 1981 slaying of 27-year-old Clarence Ray Hudgins at his home near Kilgore, Texas is still unsolved, but it’s not for the lack of effort on his mother’s part. For 40 years now, Kathryn Hudgins has collected documents and evidence concerning her son’s case. This evidence makes one thing strikingly clear: that Ray’s business partner, who he cut ties with not long before his assassination, had plenty to gain by Ray’s demise, in the form of dollar signs. Even though the Kilgore, Texas Police and the Gregg County Sheriff’s Office were stumped, Kathryn Hudgins seems to have put the pieces together just fine on her own. Only, she can’t get folks to listen.

If you have any information about the assassination of Clarence Ray Hudgins, please contact Gregg County Crime Stoppers at 903-236-7867.

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Sources for this episode, largely, were the documents supplied to us by Ray Hudgins’s Mother Kathryn. Additional sources include The Kilgore News-Herald, The Tyler Morning-Telegraph, and the Longview News-Journal.

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0:00.0	If you're a regular Gone Cold listener, you likely already know about the important
0:06.4	and immensely successful work All-Term Incorporated does.
0:10.8	And as always, we'll provide a link in this episode's show notes to DNASOLVES.com where
0:16.5	you can donate to crowdfunding cases or upload your DNA data to the database there so you
0:22.9	can help identify Jane and John Does, or maybe even help catch a bad guy.
0:29.5	But there's another great way to help.
0:32.1	Recently, Fort Worth Cold Case Detectives launched the Fort Worth Cold Case Support Group.
0:37.9	Unfortunately, funds available for the investigative efforts and DNA testing on cold cases is
0:44.0	severely lacking, and the Fort Worth Cold Case Support Group is the best way to help
0:48.9	this incredibly dedicated cold case unit.
0:52.0	A small group of detectives whose efforts have proven successful, most notably, of course,
0:58.0	with the resolution of the 1974 case of Carla Walker.
1:02.7	We will provide information and a link in all our episodes' show notes for the Fort Worth
1:07.8	Cold Case Support Group from this point forward.
1:11.6	Along with Gone Cold's regular contributions to crowdfunding cases at DNASOLVES.com will
1:17.3	also be making regular donations to the Fort Worth Cold Case Support Group.
1:22.1	And if you are able to join us and do the same, we'd appreciate it more than words can
1:26.8	express.
1:28.6	The Fort Worth Cold Case Unit has already brought justice and peace to the Walker family,
1:33.5	Rodney McCoy, and countless locals, and with your donation, you can be a part of the
1:38.7	justice that is sure to come.
1:41.6	Thanks y'all, now onto the episode.
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