Garland Andrew Atkinson & Cheryl Henry - Enclave Parkway - August 23, 1990

[Chris]

Houston, Texas. August 23, 1990, Garland Andrew Atkinson and Cheryl Henry were found dead on Enclave Parkway. Cheryl had been raped.
On March of 2001, Houston Police Homicide detectives received a handwritten letter that asked for $100,000 in exchange for the identity of the killer. However, still today, the case remains free and some maniac got away with a double murder.

[RCHOUTX]

I USED TO LIVE IN KATY TEXAS AT THE TIME THAT THESE KILLINGS OCCURED. I KNOW TWO CRIMINALS WHO LIVED IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA AND WERE CAPABLE OF THIS SORT OF CRIME. BOTH WERE ADDICTED TO COKE AND KNOWN TO CARRY WEAPONS AND TO HAVE COMMITED ROBERIES. MABY THE POLICE CAN CHECK THEM OUT. ONE OF THEM IS NOW DEAD. THE OTHER IS STILL ALIVE. HE LIVED AT HWY 6 AND CLAY RD AREA. THE DEAD ONE WAS KINDA OF A COUCH SERFER AND ALSO SOMETIMES LIVED AT DAIRY ASHFORD AND KIRK WOOD AREA.  I REMEMBER ONE OF THEM SAYING SOMETHING KINDOF STRANGE AT THE TIME TO ME ABOUT HAVING THEIR WAY WITH A GIRL OUTDOORS. THE INSINUATION WAS THEY WERE TOGETHER WHEN THEY DID IT.

[Chris]

Wow, have you contacted the police about that? I think there is a reward.

Even if you are not 100% certain they would like to hear what you know and who you think. Sometimes the smallest detail is all it takes. WOuld you like me to forward you some contact info?

Remember, if a person did this once, they are more then capable of doing it again, so you could be saving someone else's life.

[mocity]

Yes, PLEASE report anything like this to the Houston Police.  Cheryl was my step-sister and my family needs the closure.  The Houston Police are still in close contact with my family and will aggressively follow up any lead.

[Chris]

Hi mocity,

Very sorry about your step sister. I really hope that more tips about this case come in and the police can bring that person to justice. Someone has to know something out there and I hope they have the courage to call the police.

[Chris]

Police Release Sketch of Cold Case Murder Suspect
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6576258&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1

HOUSTON  --  Houston police homicide investigators have released a composite sketch of a suspect wanted in the murders of a man and a woman found in a wooded area near Enclave Parkway in August 1990.   

Cheryl Lynn Henry, 22 and Garland Andrew (Andy) Atkinson, 21, were found by officers Aug. 22, 1990, in a wooded area near Enclave Parkway, according to an official Houston Police Department statement.  Both had died at the scene from stab wounds to the throat, and autopsy results confirmed Henry had been sexually assaulted.

Investigators were able to match DNA at the Enclave Parkway scene with DNA from a sexual assault incident that occurred in the 7800 block of Terra Cotta June 20, 1990, according to the statement.

Henry and her sister met Atkinson at Bayou Mama's nightclub on Westheimer at South Gessner on the night they died, according to the statement. Neither Henry nor Atkinson was seen the next day, and a missing person’s report was filed for both of them with the Houston Police Department. 

Later that day, the two were found by a security guard conducting random patrols, according to the statement. Atkinson was found tied to and sitting next to a tree, about 100 yards away from Henry.

The suspect's actions in the Terra Cotta attack and what is known from Enclave Parkway are similar, according to the statement; however, the victim in the Terra Cotta incident robbed and sexually assaulted, but in Enclave Parkway neither victim was robbed. 

The suspect is described only as a white male in his mid-30's, 6 feet tall and weighs 180 pounds, according to the statement.  He has brown hair, a possible mustache and was wearing a dark shirt and pants similar to a work uniform.

Anyone with information on either attack or related incidents is urged to contact Officer Michael Miller of the HPD Homicide Division Cold Case Squad at 713-308-3600.

[Chris]

This is quite a breakthru. A serial rapist or even a serial killer!

[AMOM]

Can someone please put a good Internet address for the SKETCH that was made of the suspect? I think I read that they may have been wearing a dark shirt, maybe one of a service person?

I remember reading about this horrible crime near the duck pond (at the time) near Eldridge. Occasionally, I see an article about the crime, but no suspect has been apprehended. With DNA taken and matched, how is it that no one has been caught? This is a very good reason for everyone going into jail or prison to have to submit a DNA sample. With a crime of this magnitude, surely the person is or has been in jail or prison.

Thank You.

[baba]

WHY HAVEN'T THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK CHERYL AND ANDY FROM US BEEN FOUND???

NO ONE ELSE SHOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PAIN OUR FAMILIES HAVE.

PLEASE HELP FIND CHERYL HENRY AND ANDY ATKINSON'S MURDERERS.

GENEROUS REWARD AVAILABLE  (VERY GENEROUS)

[Hank]

Question? Was the guard that found the body ever cleared in the case. What did he look like? Has the DNA of the guard ever been tested? Things are not always what they seem. Need to look inside the box every once and awhile. 

[Chris]

I'm sure that is the case as the person who discovers bodies are put through routine scrutiny.