JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Hinds County District Attorney Jody E. Owens II announced that Ron Allen, 54, pleaded guilty to murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife, Maleah Bess, 25.
Allen was sentenced to life in prison in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
Jackson police responded around noon on July 31, 2025, to the Westwood Apartments after reports of a shooting inside the leasing office, where Bess worked as the property manager…