Cheryl Henry & Andy Atkinson: The Houston Lover’s Lane Murders Part 3

Gone Cold - Texas True Crime

Vincent Strange

True Crime

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🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Part 3 of 3. The initial investigation into the slayings of 22-year-old Cheryl Henry and 21-year-old Andy Atkinson was meticulous, with no stones left unturned, but it resulted in virtually no breaks. Though DNA obtained as the result of the attacker raping Cheryl produced a strong profile, no one Detective Billy Belk and company could find was a match. Then, almost 20 years later, the biggest break in the case occurred when the DNA got a hit in CODIS. But there was a problem – the matched DNA also belonged to an unknown assailant. Underlying this story is another one: the story of advancements in DNA technology. Will new technology, i.e. forensic genealogy, finally give this story an ending?

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.

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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 begin this episode of Gone Cold, we'd like to play a trailer from one of our
0:06.3	favorite podcasts, Southern Fried True Crime.
0:10.5	On part one of this series, you heard the voice of Southern Fried True Crime's host,
0:15.2	Erica Kelly.
0:16.7	Here she is again.
0:18.2	How do you take your true crime?
0:20.9	Do you like to sit back and sit on a cold drink while someone tells you a story in a soothing
0:25.4	voice?
0:26.4	No better way to explore the dark underbelly of the deep south.
0:30.0	My name is Erica Kelly and my podcast Southern Fried True Crime is like sitting on a front
0:34.9	porch listening to a friend tell you a story, with a slow pull of a slide guitar drawing
0:40.0	you in closer.
0:41.5	Every week I spend a new Southern tale with a history of the area, community, and victims
0:45.8	before delving into the crime.
0:47.8	Explore historic cases with me like the saga of Colin and Priscilla Davis in Fort Worth,
0:52.9	Texas.
0:53.9	A perfect example of money and power trumping justice in the south.
0:58.0	And there's contemporary cases like the death of Andrew Lewis, a young man shot in the
1:02.0	back of the head and the shooter claimed self-defense.
1:05.1	Montgomery Alabama officials refused to charge him or conduct a proper investigation.
1:10.4	Apple no punches breaking down the good ol' boy system and ushute straight about how racism,
1:15.4	elitism, and political connections affect justice in the south.
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