Five years ago, I covered the murders of Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson, the case often referred to as the Lovers Lane Murders.

At the time, the case remained unsolved and was widely considered one of Houston's most notorious cold murder cases.

But this week, more than thirty years later, investigators announced something that many people thought might never happen: an arrest.

This is a Forensic Tales Bonus Episode on the Lovers Lane Murders.

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Thank you for listening. And I’ll see you next week.

Until then… remember: not all stories have happy endings.

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