MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man has been convicted and sentenced to more than six decades in prison in the death of a West Memphis woman.
On Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, a Crittenden County jury convicted Lorenzo Lamont Allen of Memphis for first-degree murder. He was sentenced to 65 years in prison.
Just before 11 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022, officers responded to shots being fired near a residence in the 500 block of Wilson Road, according to West Memphis Police. When officers arrived on that scene, they found Donna Christley, 55, shot underneath a carport. EMS was called in, but Christley did not survive her injuries.
Investigators announced Allen's capture on Nov, 21, 2022.
