{"id":253977,"date":"2026-04-17T09:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/253977\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T09:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:04:16","slug":"missing-pregnant-houston-woman-ashanti-allen-found-dead-suspect-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/253977\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing pregnant Houston woman Ashanti Allen found dead, suspect charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/w3x8vncwese6423l.jpg\" alt=\"Man wanted for pregnant woman's murder in Houston\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; A suspect has been charged in connection with the death of a missing pregnant woman who was last seen nearly a week ago.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Officials said 24-year-old Kevin Faux is charged with murder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/kevin-faux.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Kevin Faux (Source: Houston Police Department) <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Police were investigating near Chimney Rock Park in southwest Houston for several hours on Thursday after 23-year-old Ashanti Allen&#8217;s body was found.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Allen was last seen on Friday leaving her home near McNee Road and Main Street.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Allen was eight months pregnant and experiencing a high-risk pregnancy at the time of her disappearance, police say.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776416655_514_image-from-ios.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Charges filed:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to Houston police, detectives developed Faux as the suspect in Allen&#8217;s death. Investigators learned Faux is the father of Allen&#8217;s unborn child.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Officials said Faux is not currently in custody.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">If you have any information on where Faux is, contact Houston Police Department Homicide at 713-308-3600 or Houston Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jxon69gw1rmplvin.jpg\" alt=\"Missing pregnant Houston woman found dead near park\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Kevin Faux Criminal History:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">FOX 26 is learning more about Faux criminal history, according to court records.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Court records state he has a history dating back to 2019 where he was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">His most recent charge was in 2025 and he was charged with assault on a family member.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The circumstances surrounding her death are not known at this time.<\/p>\n<p> Ashanti remembered  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ekqlgwky7vcwvzam.jpg\" alt=\"FULL: Ashanti Allen's dad speaks after pregnant daughter found dead\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KRIV\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Allen&#8217;s loved ones described her as introverted and extremely sweet.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Her father says she was expecting his first grandson.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;I can&#8217;t even tell you how I feel. My body is just completely numb,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I even processed the fact that my daughter is gone. But I know it&#8217;s going to hit me. It&#8217;s going to hit me hard. Because I love my baby girl. She&#8217;s my only girl, my baby girl. And then she had my only baby grandson. So right now I can&#8217;t even, I can&#8217;t put it in words how I feel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this article comes from family at the scene and previous background from police.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/houston\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; A suspect has been charged in connection with the death of a missing pregnant woman who&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1046,56,58,57,223,2053,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-253977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-crime-publicsafety","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-headlines","11":"tag-houston-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-top-stories","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}