An Ocala woman who made national headlines last year when she smiled in her mugshot after a drunk driving crash was sentenced to prison on Thursday. Angenette Welk-Missett was sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday after she pleaded no contest to a charge of driving under the influence manslaughter and two counts of DUI with property damage. The judge said Welk-Missett must serve at least four years before she is eligible for release. Welk-Missett was driving down U.S. Highway 27 in Marion County on May 10, 2018, Florida Highway Patrol troopers said, when she rear-ended a Hyundai Elantra that then slammed into a semi-truck. Sandra Clarkston, 60, of Sarasota died four days later from injuries suffered in the crash. Welk-Missett spoke during sentencing Thursday and said she is a changed person. "I am very very sorry for your loss, your mother is woven into my DNA-- I think about her every single day and I dream about her every single night, and I am truly sorry and if I could change spots with your mother, I would in a heartbeat," she said. The family of the victim was very clear about letting the woman heading to prison know how they felt. "All because of her choice, I will never see my mom again," Clarkston's daughter Keonna Sciacca said.

An Ocala woman who made national headlines last year when she smiled in her mugshot after a drunk driving crash was sentenced to prison on Thursday.

Angenette Welk-Missett was sentenced to 11 years in prison Thursday after she pleaded no contest to a charge of driving under the influence manslaughter and two counts of DUI with property damage. The judge said Welk-Missett must serve at least four years before she is eligible for release.


Welk-Missett was driving down U.S. Highway 27 in Marion County on May 10, 2018, Florida Highway Patrol troopers said, when she rear-ended a Hyundai Elantra that then slammed into a semi-truck.

Sandra Clarkston, 60, of Sarasota died four days later from injuries suffered in the crash.

Welk-Missett spoke during sentencing Thursday and said she is a changed person.

"I am very very sorry for your loss, your mother is woven into my DNA-- I think about her every single day and I dream about her every single night, and I am truly sorry and if I could change spots with your mother, I would in a heartbeat," she said.

The family of the victim was very clear about letting the woman heading to prison know how they felt.

"All because of her choice, I will never see my mom again," Clarkston's daughter Keonna Sciacca said.