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Police said the woman accused of beating her elderly mother with a hammer has turned herself into authorities. Sandy Mathis was booked on aggravated assault and simple battery charges. According to an Atlanta Police Department report, officers responded to the home of Willie Monroe, 94, and her daughter, Sandy Mathis, 56, after Monroe called 911 Dec. 3 to report Mathis had hit her repeatedly with the tool. The attack reportedly came after the two women got into an argument about Mathis’s boyfriend being at the house late.