Allison Holker, the widow of Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, told police they did not fight before he left home “unexpectedly” on Monday morning.
A housekeeper discovered Stephen dead in a pool of blood after he failed to check out on time on Tuesday. The 40-year-old died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
The popular dancer was best known as Ellen DeGeneres‘ longtime DJ and for his gig as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance.
Allison, 34, insisted they did not fight or argue before he left home Monday morning, just three days after celebrating their wedding anniversary.
Allison told cops he didn’t return her phone calls which was extremely out of character.
Police accompanied Allison back to the couple’s $4 million mansion to search for any clues about his disappearance. Then they received a 911 call from a nearby motel, where a housekeeper had discovered Stephen’s body.
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The couple seemed happy. They were parents to daughter Zaia, 3, son Maddox, 6, and Allison’s daughter Weslie Fowler, 14, from a prior relationship. But they had “constant” discussions about having another baby.
In a sit-down interview with Jennifer Hudson last month, the couple discussed having more children. Stephen seemed open to the idea, but his body language said differently.
Allison told Hudson: “I think we would love to start trying for another one.”
“Listen, we, I, I,” Stephen stuttered, before breaking into laughter with Allison and Hudson. “We really do. I mean, I love the little babies, I love ’em,” he said, while leaning away from Allison.
“Yeah, it’s a constant conversation,” he added.
Stephen and Allison, both professional dancers, met on the set of “So You Think You Can Dance.” The two began dating and eventually married. He adopted Allison’s daughter Weslie, center, as his own.
The couple celebrated their ninth wedding anniversary just three days before he took his own life in a $107-a-night room at the Oak Tree Inn, a motel less than a mile from his home.
Stephen packed a small bag and left home Monday morning on foot. Police would later say he called ahead to inquire about room availability at the motel before leaving. When he failed to return home on Tuesday, a frantic Allison drove to a nearby police station and ran inside to file a missing person’s report.
She told police he didn’t answer his phone all day Monday or Tuesday morning. Police were called to the motel in Encino, Calif. A maid found his dead body in a pool of blood in the bathroom.
The motel manager, who asked to be identified by his first name, Rakesh, told DailyMail.com: “He went into his room, and he never came out. At 11.15 a.m. on Tuesday, the maid opened the door to check on the room. There was his stuff in there but no one there. She checked the bathroom, and there was blood everywhere.”
He added:
“She was very scared. This is the first time anything like that has happened here. We called 911, they told us to check his pulse but there was nothing. The paramedics and the police came, and they said he was dead. Maybe he did it during the day on Monday. It’s a busy, loud road outside here, it’s possible nobody heard it because of that.”
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