{"id":7360,"date":"2026-04-29T11:55:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7360"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:55:57","slug":"suspect-in-notorious-lovers-lane-cold-case-murders-dies-weeks-after-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=7360","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in notorious &#8216;Lovers&#8217; Lane\u2019 cold case murders dies weeks after arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The suspect in Houston\u2019s notorious \u201cLovers\u2019 Lane murders\u201d has died in custody weeks after he was finally arrested for the 36-year-old double slayings.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd William Parrott, 64, was found unresponsive in his Nebraska prison cell on Tuesday while awaiting extradition back to Texas for allegedly slitting the throats of young lovebirds Cheryl Henry, 22, and Andy Atkinson, 21, in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>Parrot\u2019s cause of death is under review but he appears to have killed himself, Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare told KHOU.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A suspect has been charged with a 36-year-old double slaying in Houston known as the \u201cLovers\u2019 Lane Murders.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">KHOU 11<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Parrott was busted in Lincoln, Nebraska, on March 25 and charged with the murders, finally breaking open a horrific cold case that scarred the Houston area for decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors in Texas regret not being able to present their evidence in court but said they are still working the case \u2014 while probing another cold case linked to the Parrot.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cWe ache for Andy\u2019s and Cheryl\u2019s families who were denied their day in court. Our anger for what Parrott took from them is matched only by our determination to keep going,\u201d Samantha Knecht, division chief prosecutor of the Harris County District Attorney\u2019s Office\u2019s cold case division, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, we are still working. Parrott\u2019s death does not erase his crimes or end our motivation. It does not bring comfort to the people he hurt. Which is why we are in Louisiana right now seeking to close a cold case linked to Parrott. His survivors deserve accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Floyd William Parrott, a now-64-year-old convict with a lengthy record, is charged with slitting the throats of young lovebirds Cheryl Henry, 22, and Andy Atkinson, 21, in 1990. <span class=\"credit\">Jam Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Henry and Atkinson had driven to a then-remote road known as \u201cLovers\u2019 Lane\u201d in West Houston after a night out in a club on Aug. 22, 1990. Their bodies were found near their car by a security guard the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Cheryl had been sexually assaulted and her throat had been sliced open, according to investigators. Atkinson was found nearby tied to a tree, and his neck had been cut so deeply that he was nearly decapitated, officials said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Henry and Atkinson had driven to a then-remote road known as \u201cLovers\u2019 Lane\u201d in West Houston after a night out in a club on Aug. 22, 1990, according to KHOU. <span class=\"credit\">Jam Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Their bodies were found the next day when a security guard checked on their car, suspicious as to why it had not moved, the docs said. <span class=\"credit\">Jam Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It became \u201cone of Houston\u2019s most haunting and infamous cold cases,\u201d Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare said after announcing Parrot\u2019s arrest last month.<\/p>\n<p>Parrot was arrested after detectives managed to get a hit on DNA from the slayings matching a sample Parrott once submitted when accused of a sex assault that he insisted was consensual, according to court records obtained by KHOU.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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