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Sarasota News Leader June 7, 2013 Page 60 WIFE ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH DEATH OF HER HUSBAND The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested Leslie Williams, 45, in connection with the death of her husband in the driveway of their home on Oakford Road in Sarasota on March 17, the office has reported. pher walked towards the gate at the end of the driveway, according to the report. Investigators learned that Leslie put the Yukon in drive and struck the victim with the front of the vehicle, knocking him into the gate, according to the report. "Leslie continued driving, running over Christopher as she fled the scene. Deputies found Leslie and the vehicle at her mother's home shortly after the crime," the report notes. Just after midnight that day, the couple's son called 911, requesting an ambulance for his father, who was lying in the driveway and not breathing, the report says. Deputies who responded along with EMS personnel found 48-year-old Christopher Williams dead at the Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Lesscene, the report adds. lie Williams, and she turned herself in on the According to witnesses, Leslie and Christo- morning of June 5. She is charged with Vepher Williams were arguing inside the home hicular Homicide and Leaving the Scene of a and then went outside, the report continues. Crash with Death. Williams was booked into During the confrontation Leslie climbed into the Sarasota County Jail, where she is being her 2006 GMC Yukon Denali, and Christo- held without bond. Leslie Williams/Contributed photo A map shows the location of Oakford Road, east of Fruitville Road. Image from Google Maps