A Florida woman who appeared smiling in her mug shot is now facing manslaughter charges.
Welk was driving her car when she rear-ended another one, smashing that one between her sedan and a tractor-trailer.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was unharmed in the accident.
Shiyanne Kroll, the driver of the other car, suffered minor injuries, while her mother, 60-year-old Sandra Clarkson, died days later.
Welk’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit at the time of the crash, according to police. She was initially released on a $10,000 bond, but was arrested again on Saturday after Clarkson died from her injuries.
Sciacca and Kroll said they were disturbed by Welk’s mugshot.
“That disgusts me and that means she has no remorse for what she did at all and I hope that judge sees that picture and says the same thing,” Kroll told CBS.
Welk’s lawyer tried to clear up any misconceptions about Welk after she took the smiling mugshot photo, which she said was taken after her initial booking.
“We didn’t get to spend any time with my mother. We have to mourn her death. She has no remorse. If she did, she would never get behind the wheel. She deserves no mercy,” according to Ocala.com
At the scene of the accident, Welk reportedly told police that she had gotten distracted after dropping her cell phone and trying to pick it up from the floor.
