'About to go buy a car seat and stroller': Pregnant woman and unborn child found murdered by baby's father as manhunt continues, police say

Law enforcement successful Texas is connected the lookout for a antheral who authorities accidental killed a 23-year-old pistillate who was large with his baby.

Kevin Faux, 24, is wanted successful narration to the homicide and presently charged with superior murder, according to a press release issued by the Houston Police Department earlier this week.

The underlying incidental occurred connected April 8, erstwhile Ashanti Allen went missing. The pistillate was reportedly past seen live leaving the 8700 artifact of Main Street successful the South Main vicinity of Houston.

On April 16, precocious successful the morning, Allen's assemblage was recovered on Willow Waterhole Bayou adjacent Chimney Rock Park – astir six miles southwest of her location connected Main Street. Details were scarce astir the circumstances, but the woman's household confirmed that she and her unborn kid were dead, according to Houston-based CBS affiliate KHOU.

The unfortunate was 8 months large erstwhile she was killed.

"Hearing this atrocious quality of my daughter, I cried but my assemblage is present conscionable numb. I don't cognize what to deliberation anymore. How tin you fto radical bash what they bash and locomotion escaped amongst us," the woman's begetter told the TV station. "Being large astatine 8 months with my archetypal grandson, I can't adjacent archer you however I feel. My assemblage is numb. I don't deliberation I tin process the information that my girl is gone."

The past clip Allen's household saw her alive, she was successful her mother's vehicle, which instrumentality enforcement has since recovered.

The time aft she went missing, her parent received a substance connection from the victim's telephone containing an out-of-character message, the household told KHOU. In the message, Allen seemed to beryllium saying she was leaving and not coming back. The household knew that connection spelled occupation due to the fact that each of the woman's belongings – including a postulation of items for her babe – were near down successful her apartment.

The suspect was initially charged with murder. The complaint was aboriginal upgraded to superior murder, according to authorities.

As of this writing, Faux is inactive the taxable of a manhunt.

And, helium reportedly has a past of home unit against Allen.

In September 2025, Faux was charged with assault-continuous household unit implicit 2 incidents, according to tribunal records obtained by Houston-based Fox affiliate KRIV. In February, the suspect took a plea woody connected a misdemeanor number of battle of a household member.

Faux was sentenced to 280 days successful region jail, but helium was fixed recognition for 143 days served and aboriginal someway obtained aboriginal release.

Police accidental Allen was experiencing a high-risk gestation astatine the clip of her disappearance. The woman's origin of decease is inactive unknown.

"I was astir to spell bargain a car spot and stroller," Allen's begetter added. "Normal girl, beauteous girl, moving and trying to unrecorded life."

Lone Star State officials are asking for anyone with accusation astir Faux's whereabouts to interaction Houston Police Department Homicide astatine 713-308-3600 oregon Houston Crime Stoppers astatine 713-222-TIPS.