DECATUR, Ga. — Officials have arrested a Tucker man who they say drove to police headquarters with his wife's body in the bed of his pickup truck and told them he killed her.
DeKalb County Police Chief William O'Brien said 46-year-old Dennis Ronald Allaben visited relatives in Virginia and told them about the killing before driving two days to Clayton County and turning himself in.
O'Brien said Wednesday that police recovered the body of 43-year-old Maureen Allaben from the truck bed. He said no signs of struggle or other evidence of a killing was found at the couple's home.
Channel 2's Ryan Young talked to shocked neighbors.
"There are no words for it. It's a terrible tragedy", said one neighbor.
Allaben was booked into the DeKalb County Jail on felony murder charges Tuesday.
O'Brien could not say why Allaben killed his wife, who had worked as a commercial photographer and a food stylist for many cable television networks.
WSBTV
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