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Hi, crime junkies. I'm your host, Ashley Flowers. And I'm Britt. And the story I have for you today is one of Houston's most brutal cold cases, one that still haunts the city to this day. But as we

crime junkies know, cold doesn't mean unsolvable.

And hopefully, that's where you all come in.

This is the story of Andy Atkinson and Cheryl Henry.

Music I'm When 19-year-old Shane Henry pulls up to give her older sister Cheryl a ride to work on the morning of August 23, 1990, she does what most teenagers do in the pre-cell dark ages. She lays on the horn and waits. Shane's got to get to work herself, so she's like a little peeped when she has to go inside.

More peeved when she realizes that Cheryl isn't even there. If she was going to like catch a ride or

not go or not be there, like a heads up would have

been nice. But now Shane is running late. So she kind of just like scoots without giving it much more

thought. At least not until she gets a call at work that morning at around 10 a.m. And it's a friend

and a coworker of Cheryl's and she wants to know where Cheryl is because she just hasn't shown. And that's a friend and a co-worker of Cheryl's, and she wants to know where Cheryl is because she just hasn't shown.

And that's when Shane's stomach drops, although she's not quite sure why, because she knows that Cheryl was out the night before with her new boyfriend, Andy Atkinson.

Like Shane had actually been out with them too. She dipped around 11 to give the lovebirds some

time alone, some space. So in her mind, the most likely scenario is that her sister just

overslept or something. But still, Shane can't kick this uneasy feeling. So she actually asks for

permission to leave work early. She's told no, though, which I feel like is pretty messed up, like if you think your sister

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