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A Texas cheerleading coach and mom-of-three has been found dead in her apartment as her boyfriend is charged with her murder just weeks after their one year anniversary.
Rosalin Lewis, 24, suffered 'blunt force trauma' before her body was discovered last week, Jasper Police Department confirmed.
Police arrested Lewis' boyfriend, 23-year-old William Christian Thomas, in connection with the murder that rocked the community.
The beloved cheerleading coach left behind three children - Alakai, 2, Aria, 3, and Kaelum 5, according to a GoFundMe campaign set up by her mother, Schwanda Scott.
The tragedy came just weeks after the couple's one-year anniversary, when Thomas posted a celebratory video showing the loved-up couple embracing one another with the caption 'my world.'
Rosalin Lewis, 24, suffered 'blunt force trauma' before her body was discovered last week, according to the Jasper Police Department
Her boyfriend William Christian Thomas, 23, has been arrested and charged with murder
The tragedy came just weeks after the couple's one-year anniversary, when the 23-year-old suspect posted a celebratory video with the caption reading 'my world'
'Rosalin was a beloved daughter, niece, sister, granddaughter, goddaughter, cousin, best friend, Cheer Coach, and a mother of 3 beautiful children,' wrote Lewis' mother.
DailyMail.com has reached out Lewis' mother Scott for comments.
Jasper Police officers were called to the Myrtis Village Apartments in Jasper, Texas, at around 4 am last Saturday and found Lewis' body, local station 12News reported.
The devastating death occurred only days after she had promoted a fundraising event on social media for Stunning Stars Cheer & Dance, a local dance group she co-founded with her mother when she was in high school.
Police said the beloved cheerleading coach died of 'blunt force trauma'.
Jasper Police swiftly arrested her 23-year-old Thomas and charged him of murder.
He is being held in the Jasper County jail on a $1million murder charge bond, according to local outlets.
Before she was brutally murdered, Thomas shared a number of pictures of them together on social media.
A collage of the pair on a football field holding one another posted by Thomas read: 'Couldn’t get her out my mind if I tried, My obsession.'
'Rosalin was a beloved daughter, niece, sister, granddaughter, goddaughter, cousin, best friend, Cheer Coach, and a mother of 3 beautiful children,' wrote Lewis' mother
The devastating death occurred only days after she had promoted a fundraising event on social media for Stunning Stars Cheer & Dance, a local dance group she co-founded with her mother when she was in high school
Before she was bluntly killed, her boyfriend shared numerous pictures of them together on social media and wrote captions reading: 'Couldn’t get her out my mind if I tried, My obsession'
Jasper Police have arrested her 23-year-old boyfriend, Thomas, and charged him of murder
He is being held in the Jasper County jail on a $1million murder charge bond, according to local outlets
Lewis was best known as 'RoRo' or 'Coach Ro' and trained multiple cheerleading groups.
Her mother said she 'was taken away for her family from a malicious act of someone she trusted and once loved.'
'Her lifetime dream was to become a Veterinary Tech and to continue leading and Coaching Stunning Stars to the State Championship,' the description on the GoFundMe revealed.
'Aside from being the Head Cheer Coach of Stunning Stars she also Coached Jasper Youth Cheer while providing private cheer lessons.
'Rosalin's impact was so amazing that every young girl she trained became a Cheerleader for Jasper High School.'
As of Friday evening, the GoFundMe campaign had raised more than $2,000.
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