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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — After a young couple’s murder went unsolved for nearly four decades, authorities are set to give an update on the case.
A press conference held by the Houston Police Department, the FBI, and the District Attorney’s Office is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. on Friday. You can stream it live in the video player above.
Floyd Parrott was just recently charged in the 1990 killings of Andy Atkinson and Cheryl Henry– often referred to as the “Lover’s Lane Murders.”
Parrott appeared in court in Nebraska, where he was arrested this week.
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On August 23, 1990, Atkinson and Henry, 21 and 22 at the time, went on a date night in west Houston and never returned home.
That night, a security guard on routine patrol noticed a vehicle parked in a cul-de-sac that hadn’t moved for some time. When the guard approached, he discovered an unresponsive woman inside. A man was also found unresponsive nearby. Both victims were later identified as Henry and Atkinson. Authorities said they had suffered fatal injuries to their necks.
Now, nearly 36 years later, the Harris County District Attorney’s Office announced Parrott’s arrest.
Records show Parrott was 28 years old at the time of the murders. He is accused of slashing the throats of the young couple after they had spent time parked in the secluded area following a night out dancing.
In 2008, investigators linked DNA from the crime scene to a separate rape case, but still could not identify a suspect.
Court documents show the break finally came in 2025, when investigators, revisiting the case, received a tip naming Parrott. According to records, that tip — combined with renewed DNA analysis and additional police work — led to the charges.
“This case has weighed on the Henry and Atkinson families, as well as our community, for more than three decades,” Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said. “Our prosecutors, working with HPD and the FBI, have worked hundreds of leads, but they never gave up.”
Parrott is now awaiting extradition from Nebraska to Harris County.
WATCH: Texas True Crime: Lovers’ Lane Murders
It’s been 35 years since one of Houston’s most notorious cold case murders. In August of 1990, a date night out ended in terror for a young couple, in an area of Houston then known as “Lovers’ Lane”. In our latest Texas True Crime episode, 13’s Miya Shay talks with their families about their hopes for a breakthrough after all these years.
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