HOUSTON (Court TV) — More than three decades after a young couple was found dead in their car, a man has been arrested and charged with their murders. Now, police are asking for help because they believe there could be more victims.
Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson were found killed in a car on Dec. 23, 1990. (Court TV)
A security guard on patrol on Dec. 23, 1990, found a vehicle parked for a long time along a cul-de-sac. Inside the car were two bodies, later identified as Cheryl Henry, 22, and Andy Atkinson, 21. Their deaths, known as the “Lover’s Lane Murders,” would go unsolved for nearly 40 years.
“The car was in the cul-de-sac. It had cigarette butts, so we knew they had been hanging out, they had spent some time there,” Cheryl Henry’s sister, Shane Henry, told KTRK in a 2025 documentary on the case. “The windows were rolled down, there was blood on the door.”…