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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Cavallier

Suspect in ‘Lovers Lane’ cold-case murders dies in jail weeks after his arrest

More than three decades after a young couple was found slain in a cold case known as the “Lovers Lane murders,” the man who was finally arrested just last month has died before he could face trial, authorities said.

Floyd William Parrott, 64, was taken into custody on March 25 and charged with capital murder in the 1990 deaths of Garland “Andy” Atkinson, 21, and Cheryl Henry, 22, according to the Harris County District Attorney's Office.

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