US EditionSuspect Arrested in Houston ‘Lovers' Lane’ Cold Case After Decades
Floyd William Parrott, 64, charged in the 1990 cold case after decades of investigation and renewed public interest, including a 2025 True Crime profile.
- On Thursday, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare announced that 64-year-old Floyd William Parrott has been charged with capital murder for the 1990 deaths of Cheryl Henry, 22, and Andy Atkinson, 21.
- Henry and Atkinson were last seen August 22, 1990, after meeting at Bayou Mama's nightclub; their bodies were discovered the next day in a wooded area near Enclave Parkway, where both had been stabbed.
- DNA collected in a separate 1990 sexual assault matched evidence from the Lovers' Lane killings, leading authorities to identify Parrott as a suspect after investigators compared samples from at least two dozen potential suspects.
- Houston Police Department officers and the FBI arrested Parrott in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Wednesday; he is now awaiting extradition to Harris County to face the capital murder charges.
- District Attorney Teare described the case as one of Houston's "most haunting and infamous" cold cases, noting the arrest delivers progress for families who waited nearly 36 years for justice.
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Man arrested in 1990 'Lovers' Lane' cold case murders: Houston police
Undated photos of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson who were killed in 1990. (Harris County District Attorney’s Office) (HOUSTON) — A man has been arrested in a 1990 cold case double murder known as the “Lovers’ Lane” killings, Houston police said. Floyd William Parrott, 64, is charged with capital murder for the killings of Cheryl Henry, 22, and Garland “Andy” Atkinson, 21, police said. The victims were found in a car parked in a cul-de-sac on Aug…
Three decades after ‘Lovers Lane’ murders in Houston, police say a man has been arrested and charged
Floyd William Parrott, 64, was arrested Wednesday in Nebraska and has been charged with capital murder in the 1990 deaths of Garland “Andy” Atkinson, 21, and Cheryl Henry, 22, according to Houston police.
Capital murder charge filed in 1990 ‘Lovers’ Lane’ cold case nearly 36 years later
A 64-year-old man has been charged with capital murder in connection to the 1990 killings of 22-year-old Cheryl Henry, and Andy Atkinson, 21, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare announced.
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