NEW EVIDENCE IN LOVERS’ LANE MURDERS OPENS UP ONE OF HOUSTON’S MOST NOTORIOUS DOUBLE-MURDER CASES ON ‘IMPACT X NIGHTLINE,’ STREAMING THURSDAY, MAY 14, ON DISNEY+ AND HULU

THURSDAY, MAY 14
IMPACT x Nightline: “Evil Found Them: The Lovers Lane Murders” (429) — Streaming on Disney+ and Hulu
Logline: “IMPACT x Nightline” explores who killed Andy Atkinson and Cheryl Henry when what began as a date night at Houston’s Lovers’ Lane ended in a brutal, unsolved double murder. Now, more than 35 years later, have the police found the person who did it?

Extended Logline:
“IMPACT x Nightline” delves into one of Houston’s most notorious double homicides that went unsolved for nearly 36 years, looking inside the so-called Lovers’ Lane Murders that rattled the city after Cheryl Henry and Andy Atkinson were found brutally killed at a then-remote location after a night out. From clues of DNA matching a rape that occurred two months before the murders to investigators spending years searching for the person who did it, the case went cold. The latest episode of “IMPACT x Nightline: Evil Found Them: The Lovers Lane Murders” unravels how a tip helped an FBI team working with Houston police track down the suspect and carry out an arrest. Plus, the episode reveals the details of the shocking jailhouse suicide that will deny the victims’ families their day in court.

The Inside Scoop:

• “IMPACT x Nightline: Evil Found Them: The Lovers Lane Murders” begins streaming Thursday, May 14, on Disney+ and Hulu.
• Interviews include the following:
  • Billy Belk, the former lead investigator on the case in 1990, speaking out for the first time about the theory of the crime
  • Alan Brown, the former homicide detective who picked up clues on the notorious unsolved case that emerged in 2007
  • Mike Burrow and Samantha Knecht, the current detective sergeant for the Houston PD and current division chief of cold cases at the Harris County DA Office, explain how they cracked the case, and Knecht discusses the use of DNA from a decades-old rape kit
  • Sean Teare, Harris County district attorney
  • Tim Godwin, Andy’s cousin
  • Angela Godwin, Andy’s friend
  • Robert Henry, Cheryl’s father
  • Shane Craig, Cheryl’s sister
  • Dani Walker, Cheryl’s friend

Now in its fourth season, ABC News Studios’ award-winning streaming newsmagazine “IMPACT x Nightline” investigates the topics dominating American culture, stories in the zeitgeist, and conversations around the globe. Eman Varoqua is executive producer.

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