The suspect in the brutal murders of a young couple that became known as the “Lover’s Lane Murders,” and remained unsolved for decades, has died, ABC13 has learned.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office confirmed on Tuesday that Floyd William Parrott died while in a Nebraska jail. Preliminary reports indicate that Parrott likely committed suicide in his cell, though the investigation is just beginning.
Parrott was accused of killing Andy Atkinson and Cheryl Henry after the two went out one night back in 1990. The couple had parked in a west Houston area that was known as Lovers Lane. Their bodies were found the next day. Cheryl had been sexually assaulted…