Justice A’Keria Ronchelle Hicks was 23 when she was found dead in an apartment on College Avenue in the Lone Oak neighborhood of Paducah, Kentucky on August 22, 2020. A Westcreek High School graduate who had been studying Social Work at Tennessee State University, she and 31-year-old Victor Moore were both killed in a shooting.

Investigators tied the double homicide to an alleged drug debt and arrested two people from Texas, Mykweze Cox and Alexis Graham. Court proceedings in the case led to convictions: Cox pleaded guilty to two counts of murder plus robbery and burglary and received life without parole; Graham was convicted of complicity to murder, burglary and robbery and was sentenced to 25 years.

The community continues to mourn Hicks, a young woman described as dedicated to family and friends. If anyone knew Justice Hicks or has information that could add to the record of what happened, please share it.