Overview
- Kevin Faux, 24, was arrested without incident in Jefferson Parish by the U.S. Marshals on Monday and is expected to be extradited to Harris County to face a capital murder charge.
- Charging documents identify Faux as the father of Ashanti Allen’s unborn child and cite a witness FaceTime call, phone data, and nearby surveillance video as evidence linking him to the crime.
- Investigators say the video from 3:21 a.m. on April 10 showed a man in Faux’s clothing dragging what looked like Allen’s body, and court records say a cord was tied around her neck in a knot.
- Allen, 23, was reported missing on April 10, and her body was found on April 16 near Chimney Rock Park in southwest Houston.
- Prosecutors have moved to deny bail under Proposition 3, a 2025 Texas measure that lets judges hold people without bond for certain violent crimes, as court records also note Faux’s prior assaults and an early release using a “two-for-one” jail credit.