(La Porte, IN) - Opening arguments have been scheduled this morning for the trial of a LaPorte woman accused of murdering her husband.
Thessalonica Allen, 36, has been charged in LaPorte Circuit Court with Murder, two Level 5 felony counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor, Abuse of a Corpse and Alteration of Scene of Death, both Level 6 felonies.
Allen stands accused of fatally shooting Randy Allen inside the couple’s home at 1405 W. 18th Street on July 27th, 2021.
According to court documents, her two children told investigators they heard a “loud bang,” and then ran over to their mother’s bedroom only to find Allen on the floor, who was asking them to call 911.
The children said their mother told them not to call 911 and go to their room instead. Later they were awakened by their mother asking for help in dragging the body out of the house and loading it into his vehicle. However, due to the weight of the body, they were unable to move it
The children also testified seeing their mother come home the following day with cleaning supplies and an ax. She later allegedly asked them for help in placing the body, now missing its legs, into a tote. Regardless, it was still too heavy for them to lift. The children purportedly told police their mother had plans to transport the body to South Bend and set it on fire.
According to the investigation, police were called two days after the killing, by a man claiming Allen just asked him for help in moving the body into the vehicle.
After an extensive search, authorities located her inside of a vehicle outside a hardware store on LaPorte’s west side. She immediately began crying and told the approaching officers “You guys don’t understand. He beats me."
The tote containing the dismembered body was located inside a closet in the children’s bedroom.
Per further evidence in the case, the children said the victim was on a computer helping them with their homework, when he spotted a website their mother had visited. He allegedly confronted her about it, and that led to an argument taken into the bedroom where the gun was fired.
The children also told police their mother had them help clean up the blood and boil water to use on the carpet in her bedroom.
