The Powell County man who police say shot and killed his girlfriend in 2012 and then called 911 confessing the crime has changed his plea in the case.
66-year-old Ralph Allyn pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter in court Wednesday. He was originally charged with murder in the shooting death of his then girlfriend, 64-year-old Barbara Martin, in a home on Lower Cane Creek Road in Stanton. He had pleaded not guilty in September 2012.
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Police say Martin was shot twice with a large-caliber handgun inside the home she owned and lived in. Neighbors said the two had been dating for at least a year before the incident.
Allyn was the one who called 911 that Sunday morning on Sept. 23, 2012, after shooting Martin.
Police say Allyn confessed to dispatchers that he had just killed his girlfriend. LEX 18 exclusively obtained a copy of that chilling phone call.
Dispatcher: “Hey, what’s going on over there?”
Caller: “I don’t know.”
Dispatcher: “What…?”
Caller: “…shot my girlfriend.”
Dispatcher: “You what?”
Caller: “I shot my girlfriend.”
Dispatcher: “You shot your girlfriend?”
Caller: “Yes.”
The dispatcher convinced Allyn to go to the door and police say the suspect soon surrendered. He was arrested on scene. It’s unclear why Allyn shot Martin.
The commonwealth recommended that he spend 13 and a half years in prison. Allyn is scheduled to be sentenced June 4.
