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Suspect in Houston "Lovers' Lane" Cold Case Murders Arrested 36 Years Later
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 Charged in 'Infamous' 1990 Lovers Lane Killings
An arrest has finally been made in what a prosecutor calls "one of Houston's most haunting and infamous cold cases." Authorities have charged 64-year-old Floyd William Parrott with capital murder in the 1990 killings of Cheryl Henry, 22, and Andy Atkinson, 21, a young couple who parked at a "lovers...
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