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EAST ROCHESTER, Pa. -- A New Sewickley man was arrested Thursday after police said he shot and wounded his wife -- who filed for divorce three days ago -- and killed her friend at a small shopping center in East Rochester.
"Tell my children I love them," said Gregory Baker, 55, after he surrendered to police and was taken to the Beaver County Jail on charges of homicide and attempted homicide.
Gregory Baker
Witnesses said the two victims -- identified as Baker's wife, Linda, and Thomas Dougherty -- were targeted after leaving Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe on Route 65 at about 3:40 p.m.
"He pulled out this big gun. I mean, it was, it looked like a .357. He walked over and he shot both them both. I mean, dead, point-blank. They were lying on the ground. He shot the man and he shot the woman again," said witness Tony Prest.
WTAE Channel 4's Jon Greiner reported that Gregory Baker had a license for the gun that was used, and that he told police the shooting was not planned.
"That he had been driving through the parking lot on his way to another relative's house and happened to come along them in the parking lot," said Rochester Police Sgt. Charles Zarillo.
Dougherty, 48, of Monaca, died at The Medical Center in Beaver, while Linda Baker was flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, police said.
Linda Baker, 48, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the stomach and back and remains in critical condition, according to her divorce attorney, Dennis Blackwell.
Blackwell said he filed a divorce complaint on Linda Baker's behalf on Monday, but he doesn't think Gregory Baker had seen a copy of it before the shooting. He said the woman moved out of her home just weeks ago.
"Mrs. Baker and Mr. Dougherty were just friends. There was no romantic relationship between them at all," Blackwell said. "Unfortunately, Mr. Dougherty had met Mrs. Baker for a cup of coffee at the hot dog shop and just became a victim."
Witness Ric Johnston, of Rochester, said the Thursday afternoon shootings in the parking lot of the small strip mall were like an assassination.
"(Gregory Baker) came out of his vehicle, went over, grabbed the lady by the right arm. You could see the gun in his hand," Johnston said. "You heard 'crack, crack.' She went down. He turned around, shot the guy behind him who was with the lady. He started to get back into his car, turned back around, walked over, shot them again, got in his car and just politely drove away."
While Gregory Baker maintains the shooting was not premeditated, Johnston said the man deliberately went back to the victims and shot them a second time.
"(He) started to get back in his car. He walked around back by the front of his car to get back into it, came back around, walked over, shot them again, got back in his car and just politely drove off, drove away. He was not rushed, he wasn't hurried. He was very calm and collected," said Johnston.
Gregory Baker may have been calm and collected, but that's not the way the townspeople of East Rochester felt after the shooting.
"We're a small town and things like this don't normally happen. I mean, it can happen anywhere, but not normally here. It's very shocking," said Bobbie Signorelli, of Rochester.
Police have yet to establish a motive for the shootings.
I never worked directly with this guy, but I knew him...
Man drove around for 2 days with wife's body in pickup
Maureen Allaben was set decorator for 'The Mo’Nique Show,' a local food stylist
By Bill Rankin ([email protected])
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Maureen Allaben, the spunky set decorator for “The Mo’Nique Show” and a local food stylist, was killed Sunday by her husband, who drove for two days with her body in the bed of his pickup truck before turning himself in, authorities said Wednesday.
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DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Dennis Allaben is accused of killing his wife, Maureen Allaben, who was the spunky set decorator for "The Mo'Nique Show" and a local food stylist. Authorities say he drove for two days with her body in the bed of his pickup truck before turning himself in. Wednesday.
After killing his wife, Dennis Allaben drove from the couple’s home in Tucker to Virginia and told his relatives there on Monday about the murder, acting DeKalb County (http://g.ajc.com/r/Cj/) Police Chief William O’Brien said. Allaben then fled his relatives’ home, returned to the Atlanta area and early Tuesday morning walked into Clayton County (http://g.ajc.com/r/Cd/) Police Headquarters. “He just showed up at [Clayton County (http://g.ajc.com/r/Cd/)] police headquarters and said he’d killed his wife,” O’Brien said.
Police then recovered 43-year-old Maureen Allaben’s body, which had been wrapped up, from her husband’s blue Ford pickup. Dennis Allaben, 46, who tested underground storage tanks, is now in custody at the DeKalb jail and charged with murder.
O’Brien said he did not know why Allaben killed his wife. DeKalb detectives, after searching the couple’s three-story brick home in Tucker, found no evidence of foul play. O’Brien also did not disclose how Maureen Allaben was killed.
A DeKalb police report said that on Monday, Dennis Allaben drove to his relatives’ home in Chesterfield, Va., and dropped off his two children. The report did not say if the children knew their slain mother was in the back of the pickup.
Allaben told his relatives that he had killed his wife and was leaving the children with them, the report said. A woman who answered the phone Wednesday at the Allaben home in Chesterfield said the family had no comment.
On Wednesday afternoon, two of Maureen Allaben’s friends and their children showed up at the Allabens’ Tucker home and laid flowers on the doorstep.
“It’s shocking,” said Jennifer Boyanton, whose children went to school with the Allabens’ young boy and girl. “They were a wonderful family. ... She could light up a room.”
Tara Gilmore, also a family friend, said her thoughts are with the Allabens’ children. “I just hope they’re safe,” she said. “It’s a terrible loss.”
Maureen Allaben was a “food stylist” who arranged and shot photos of food through a company called Creative Avenues. Among her clients were Atlanta Bread Company, Home Depot (http://g.ajc.com/r/Cq/), Olive Garden and Turner Broadcasting (http://g.ajc.com/r/Cq/). She was working as a decorator for the Mo’Nique comedy show on BET.
Close friend Tami Hardeman, who talked on the phone with Allaben late Sunday afternoon, said she gave no indication that anything was wrong.
“It’s so sad,” Hardeman said. “She was at the height of her career, the top of her game.”
Allaben was “an extremely hard worker who was vivacious and full of life,” said Shirlene Brooks of Crews Inc., Allaben’s agent. “She was very giving of her time and her knowledge of the industry.”
Brooks said the Allabens just got a new dog from the pound. “It makes no sense,” she said.
Crazy.:screwy:
EAST ROCHESTER, Pa. -- A New Sewickley man was arrested Thursday after police said he shot and wounded his wife -- who filed for divorce three days ago -- and killed her friend at a small shopping center in East Rochester.
"Tell my children I love them," said Gregory Baker, 55, after he surrendered to police and was taken to the Beaver County Jail on charges of homicide and attempted homicide.
Gregory Baker
Witnesses said the two victims -- identified as Baker's wife, Linda, and Thomas Dougherty -- were targeted after leaving Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe on Route 65 at about 3:40 p.m.
"He pulled out this big gun. I mean, it was, it looked like a .357. He walked over and he shot both them both. I mean, dead, point-blank. They were lying on the ground. He shot the man and he shot the woman again," said witness Tony Prest.
WTAE Channel 4's Jon Greiner reported that Gregory Baker had a license for the gun that was used, and that he told police the shooting was not planned.
"That he had been driving through the parking lot on his way to another relative's house and happened to come along them in the parking lot," said Rochester Police Sgt. Charles Zarillo.
Dougherty, 48, of Monaca, died at The Medical Center in Beaver, while Linda Baker was flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, police said.
Linda Baker, 48, suffered multiple gunshot wounds to the stomach and back and remains in critical condition, according to her divorce attorney, Dennis Blackwell.
Blackwell said he filed a divorce complaint on Linda Baker's behalf on Monday, but he doesn't think Gregory Baker had seen a copy of it before the shooting. He said the woman moved out of her home just weeks ago.
"Mrs. Baker and Mr. Dougherty were just friends. There was no romantic relationship between them at all," Blackwell said. "Unfortunately, Mr. Dougherty had met Mrs. Baker for a cup of coffee at the hot dog shop and just became a victim."
Witness Ric Johnston, of Rochester, said the Thursday afternoon shootings in the parking lot of the small strip mall were like an assassination.
"(Gregory Baker) came out of his vehicle, went over, grabbed the lady by the right arm. You could see the gun in his hand," Johnston said. "You heard 'crack, crack.' She went down. He turned around, shot the guy behind him who was with the lady. He started to get back into his car, turned back around, walked over, shot them again, got in his car and just politely drove away."
While Gregory Baker maintains the shooting was not premeditated, Johnston said the man deliberately went back to the victims and shot them a second time.
"(He) started to get back in his car. He walked around back by the front of his car to get back into it, came back around, walked over, shot them again, got back in his car and just politely drove off, drove away. He was not rushed, he wasn't hurried. He was very calm and collected," said Johnston.
Gregory Baker may have been calm and collected, but that's not the way the townspeople of East Rochester felt after the shooting.
"We're a small town and things like this don't normally happen. I mean, it can happen anywhere, but not normally here. It's very shocking," said Bobbie Signorelli, of Rochester.
Police have yet to establish a motive for the shootings.
I never worked directly with this guy, but I knew him...
Man drove around for 2 days with wife's body in pickup
Maureen Allaben was set decorator for 'The Mo’Nique Show,' a local food stylist
By Bill Rankin ([email protected])
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Maureen Allaben, the spunky set decorator for “The Mo’Nique Show” and a local food stylist, was killed Sunday by her husband, who drove for two days with her body in the bed of his pickup truck before turning himself in, authorities said Wednesday.
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DeKalb County Sheriff's Office Dennis Allaben is accused of killing his wife, Maureen Allaben, who was the spunky set decorator for "The Mo'Nique Show" and a local food stylist. Authorities say he drove for two days with her body in the bed of his pickup truck before turning himself in. Wednesday.
After killing his wife, Dennis Allaben drove from the couple’s home in Tucker to Virginia and told his relatives there on Monday about the murder, acting DeKalb County (http://g.ajc.com/r/Cj/) Police Chief William O’Brien said. Allaben then fled his relatives’ home, returned to the Atlanta area and early Tuesday morning walked into Clayton County (http://g.ajc.com/r/Cd/) Police Headquarters. “He just showed up at [Clayton County (http://g.ajc.com/r/Cd/)] police headquarters and said he’d killed his wife,” O’Brien said.
Police then recovered 43-year-old Maureen Allaben’s body, which had been wrapped up, from her husband’s blue Ford pickup. Dennis Allaben, 46, who tested underground storage tanks, is now in custody at the DeKalb jail and charged with murder.
O’Brien said he did not know why Allaben killed his wife. DeKalb detectives, after searching the couple’s three-story brick home in Tucker, found no evidence of foul play. O’Brien also did not disclose how Maureen Allaben was killed.
A DeKalb police report said that on Monday, Dennis Allaben drove to his relatives’ home in Chesterfield, Va., and dropped off his two children. The report did not say if the children knew their slain mother was in the back of the pickup.
Allaben told his relatives that he had killed his wife and was leaving the children with them, the report said. A woman who answered the phone Wednesday at the Allaben home in Chesterfield said the family had no comment.
On Wednesday afternoon, two of Maureen Allaben’s friends and their children showed up at the Allabens’ Tucker home and laid flowers on the doorstep.
“It’s shocking,” said Jennifer Boyanton, whose children went to school with the Allabens’ young boy and girl. “They were a wonderful family. ... She could light up a room.”
Tara Gilmore, also a family friend, said her thoughts are with the Allabens’ children. “I just hope they’re safe,” she said. “It’s a terrible loss.”
Maureen Allaben was a “food stylist” who arranged and shot photos of food through a company called Creative Avenues. Among her clients were Atlanta Bread Company, Home Depot (http://g.ajc.com/r/Cq/), Olive Garden and Turner Broadcasting (http://g.ajc.com/r/Cq/). She was working as a decorator for the Mo’Nique comedy show on BET.
Close friend Tami Hardeman, who talked on the phone with Allaben late Sunday afternoon, said she gave no indication that anything was wrong.
“It’s so sad,” Hardeman said. “She was at the height of her career, the top of her game.”
Allaben was “an extremely hard worker who was vivacious and full of life,” said Shirlene Brooks of Crews Inc., Allaben’s agent. “She was very giving of her time and her knowledge of the industry.”
Brooks said the Allabens just got a new dog from the pound. “It makes no sense,” she said.
Crazy.:screwy: