SUNFLOWER MOTHER SHOT TO DEATH 07-06-08

ANDRINETTA WILLIAMS LIFE CAME TO AN END AROUND 1:32 SUNDAY MORNING.  AUTHORITIES SAY THE 28 YEAR OLD'S EX-BOYFRIEND, DANIEL HAWTHORNE, SHOT HER IN THE HEAD, INSIDE HER PINE LANE APARTMENT IN SUNFLOWER WHILE HER TWO SMALL CHILDREN WERE SLEEPING.  AUTHORITIES SAY HAWTHORNE FLED THE SCENE AND TOOK A 2005 NISSAN SENTRA FROM A WOMAN AND HER CHILD WHO WERE VISITING RELATIVES NOT FAR FROM THE SHOOTING SCENE. THEY WERE NOT INJURED IN THE AUTO THEFT.  HAWTHORNE SPED SOUTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 49 TO INVERNESS. HE WAS TRYING TO HIDE FROM AUTHORITIES AT HIS RELATIVES APARTMENT.  SHERIFF INVESTIGATORS AND INVERNESS POLICE WERE ABLE TO GET HAWTHORNE TO SURRENDER WITHOUT INCIDENT. HAWTHORNE IS EXPECTED TO BE ARRAIGNED ON MURDER CHARGES SOMETIME ON MONDAY.