06-12-2011, 11:56 AM
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June 11, 2011 at
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A Hawthorne man found dead inside his home Thursday morning was murdered by his adult daughter who was assisted by her mother, according to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office. The likely motive was money, deputies said, and the weapon used to kill the man while he slept was a pickax.
William Arnold Hudnall, 51, was found dead inside the home he had been renovating at 22118 SE 71st Ave. in Hawthorne.
Investigators said the death was reported by the women charged with killing him, his estranged wife Stephanie Lynn Hudnall, 41, and the couple's adult daughter, Guenevere Lynn Hudnall, 19. Both women had been living at 6787 Gilda Court in Keystone Heights with another family member, William and Stephanie's 12-year-old daughter. Deputies said William and Stephanie's adult son has been serving with the U.S. military overseas and is on his way back to the Florida.
Sheriff's Detective Sandra Myers said Stephanie and Guenevere were unemployed and their mobile home was being foreclosed on. In interviews with the women, Myers said investigators determined they had previously discussed receiving Social Security benefits if William died and that Guenevere was willing to kill William if Stephanie would drive her to his home.
The women told investigators they arrived at William's home at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. After talking to William, Stephanie left at about 8:15 p.m. to return to Keystone Heights while Guenevere remained at William's home.
According to Myers' report, once William had gone to sleep, Guenevere went into the back enclosed porch of his home, picked up a pickax and carried it to William's bedroom. Myers said Guenevere used to the pickax to hit her father in the head and chest several times.
“The victim (William) continued to make noise so she (Guenevere) struck him with the axe until he was quiet to make sure he was dead,” Myers wrote in an arrest report.
To make the murder appear to be a part of a break-in, Guenevere threw mail on the living room floor, investigators said. Then she took a truck key from William's key ring, walked out the front door of his home, and drove back to her mother's home in Keystone Heights. The two women worked together to destroy some of the evidence from the crime scene, according to investigators.
Myers said Stephanie and Guenevere drove back to William's home on Thursday morning and called the Sheriff's Office to report finding him dead in his bed.
Following interviews with detectives, Guenevere and Stephanie were arrested late Friday and each charged with one count of premeditated murder. The women were being held at the Alachua County jail on Saturday.
The two women made their first court appearance Saturday morning via video. A judge set their bail at $1 million each with the conditions that they have no contact with each other and possess no weapons.
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June 11, 2011 at
florida
A Hawthorne man found dead inside his home Thursday morning was murdered by his adult daughter who was assisted by her mother, according to the Alachua County Sheriff's Office. The likely motive was money, deputies said, and the weapon used to kill the man while he slept was a pickax.
William Arnold Hudnall, 51, was found dead inside the home he had been renovating at 22118 SE 71st Ave. in Hawthorne.
Investigators said the death was reported by the women charged with killing him, his estranged wife Stephanie Lynn Hudnall, 41, and the couple's adult daughter, Guenevere Lynn Hudnall, 19. Both women had been living at 6787 Gilda Court in Keystone Heights with another family member, William and Stephanie's 12-year-old daughter. Deputies said William and Stephanie's adult son has been serving with the U.S. military overseas and is on his way back to the Florida.
Sheriff's Detective Sandra Myers said Stephanie and Guenevere were unemployed and their mobile home was being foreclosed on. In interviews with the women, Myers said investigators determined they had previously discussed receiving Social Security benefits if William died and that Guenevere was willing to kill William if Stephanie would drive her to his home.
The women told investigators they arrived at William's home at about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. After talking to William, Stephanie left at about 8:15 p.m. to return to Keystone Heights while Guenevere remained at William's home.
According to Myers' report, once William had gone to sleep, Guenevere went into the back enclosed porch of his home, picked up a pickax and carried it to William's bedroom. Myers said Guenevere used to the pickax to hit her father in the head and chest several times.
“The victim (William) continued to make noise so she (Guenevere) struck him with the axe until he was quiet to make sure he was dead,” Myers wrote in an arrest report.
To make the murder appear to be a part of a break-in, Guenevere threw mail on the living room floor, investigators said. Then she took a truck key from William's key ring, walked out the front door of his home, and drove back to her mother's home in Keystone Heights. The two women worked together to destroy some of the evidence from the crime scene, according to investigators.
Myers said Stephanie and Guenevere drove back to William's home on Thursday morning and called the Sheriff's Office to report finding him dead in his bed.
Following interviews with detectives, Guenevere and Stephanie were arrested late Friday and each charged with one count of premeditated murder. The women were being held at the Alachua County jail on Saturday.
The two women made their first court appearance Saturday morning via video. A judge set their bail at $1 million each with the conditions that they have no contact with each other and possess no weapons.