Cheryl Henry & Andy Atkinson: The Houston Lover’s Lane Murders Part 2

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

After the bodies of 22-year-old Cheryl Henry and 21-year-old Andy Atkinson were found, on August 23rd and 24th 1990 respectively, Houston Homicide Detective Billy Belk was called to the scene to begin the investigation into their murders. Alongside other homicide detectives, Belk scoured the city for leads – first questioning and taking blood samples from all Andy and Cheryl’s known friends and patrons of the bars they frequented. Nothing turned up, even after examining robberies and sexual assaults that, like these Lover’s Lane Murders, took place in West Houston. Though the initial investigation was painstaking and thorough, it brought with it nothing but dead ends.

If you have any information about the Lover’s Lane murders of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson, please contact Houston area crime stoppers at 713-222-8477.

Be sure to look for the podcast Mind Over Murder from Kristin Dilley and Bill Thomas, which you can also find on your preferred podcatcher or at mindovermurderpodcast.com

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The Wilmington Morning Star, The Fayetteville Observer, The Houston Chronicle, KHOU 11, The Insight Network, The Transparency Project, The New York Times, The Charlotte News, EndTheBackLog.org, The October 2010 Citizens Against Homicide newsletter, and the book Survivors: The Forgotten Victims of Murder and Suspicious Deaths by Dennis Griffin were used as sources for this series.

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0:00.0	Before we start this episode of Gone Cold, we'd like to suggest y'all check out the
0:06.4	amazing podcast Mind Over Murder brought to you by Kristen Dilly and Bill Thomas, who
0:12.4	was a consulting producer on Oxygen's series The Lever's Lane Murders and Brother of
0:18.0	Kathy Thomas, one of the first victims of the series of crimes known as the Colonial
0:23.3	Parkway Murders.
0:25.5	Bill and Kristen dive deep into the Colonial Parkway Murders and other cases, often
0:30.8	with guests ranging from law enforcement to forensic DNA texts.
0:36.3	Mind Over Murder is always a fascinating listen, and we can't recommend the podcast enough.
0:41.8	Here's a trailer.
0:43.6	Announcing Mind Over Murder, a new true crime podcast.
0:50.6	You're listening to the Mind Over Murder podcast.
0:54.2	My name is Bill Thomas.
0:55.2	I'm a writer, consulting producer, and now a podcaster.
0:58.7	I am now trying to use my experience as the brother of a murder victim to help other victims
1:03.8	of violent crime.
1:04.9	I'm working on a book on the unsolved Colonial Parkway Murders and on the co-administrator
1:09.4	of Colonial Parkway Murders Facebook group together with Kristen Dilly.
1:13.1	My name is Kristen Dilly.
1:14.3	I'm a writer, a researcher, a teacher, and a victim's advocate, as well as the social media
1:19.6	manager and co-administrator for the Colonial Parkway Murders Facebook page with my partner
1:24.5	in crime, Bill Thomas.
1:26.3	Join us each week as we explore new true crime cases, as well as introduce you to experts
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