SNOOK MAN INDICTED FOR MURDER

  

A Snook man has been indicted on two counts of murder in connection with a March 2, 2022 double fatality traffic crash that killed two Burleson County teenagers.

19-year-old Frederick Lamont Hawkins was indicted on two counts of murder in the deaths 16-year-old Fraylan Hawkins and 17-year-old Keelee Wilson.

He was also indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection to injuries sustained by 17-year-old Ashauntie Lister, and one count of evading arrest/detention with a vehicle.

According to DPS reports, Frederick Hawkins was the driver of a 2007 BMW with Lister as a front seat passenger, and Wilson and Fraylan Hawkins as back seat passengers. 

Their vehicle was pulled over on FM 2155 in Snook for failure to signal a turn and a registration violation.  After initially stopping, Hawkins fled the scene, and a high-speed pursuit ensued.

The pursuit ended when the BMW crashed sideways into a tree on County Road 269 between County Road 270 and Park Street.

Wilson and Fraylan Hawkins were pronounced dead at the scene by Burleson County Precinct Two Justice of the Peace Bill Orsak.

Frederick Hawkins and Lister were seriously injured and taken to the St. Joseph Regional Health Center in Bryan.

Hawkins turned himself in on March 6, and was released on $200,000 in bonds. 

His initial court appearance is scheduled for April 14.