Maureen Allaben, a 43-year-old “food stylist” and set decorator for BET’s hit late-night talk show, “The Mo’Nique Show,” was found dead on Wednesday, Jan. 6.
Allaben’s body was found in the back of her husband, Dennis Allaben’s pickup truck.
Reportedly, Dennis Allaben killed his wife on Sunday, Jan. 3, at their Tucker, Ga., home, and then drove the couple’s two children to relatives in Chesterfield, Va., where he told them of the murder. Allaben then drove back to Georgia and turned himself in to the Clayton County Police who retrieved the victim’s body from the bed of Allaben’s pickup truck.
“He just showed up at [Clayton County] police headquarters and said he’d just killed his wife,” said acting Dekalb County Police Chief William O’Brien in a Wednesday interview.
“It’s so sad … she was at the height of her career, the top of her game,” said close friend Tami Hardeman in a phone interview.
Relatives are not commenting on the crime or specifics of the case. “Maureen was one of the angels on the set of ‘The Mo’Nique Show.’ She always had a kind word,” tweeted show comedian Rodney Perry. –condia perry
