A Texas man, previously released early despite his criminal record, has been apprehended following accusations of murdering a pregnant woman, authorities have confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Kevin Faux, 24, was sought by law enforcement on charges of capital murder in connection with the death of 23-year-old Ashanti Allen. Allen, who was reported missing on April 10, was eight months pregnant at the time of her disappearance.
The U.S. Marshals Service in New Orleans successfully detained Faux without any resistance, as stated by the police.
The arrest, which occurred in Louisiana, was carried out smoothly by the U.S. Marshals Service’s New Orleans branch, according to officials from the Houston Police Department.
Ashanti Allen was last observed departing from her residence in Houston on April 10, FOX 26 reports.
Authorities noted that Allen was experiencing a high-risk pregnancy, which heightened concerns following her disappearance.
The Houston Police Department said that Faux was the father of Allen’s unborn child.
The 23-year-old woman was found dead on April 16 and police identified Faux as the suspect in her death.
According to the Houston Police Department, Ashanti Allen was last seen on April 8 and was reported missing by her mother on April 10. (GoFundMe)
Court records obtained by KHOU-TV show Faux had multiple prior assault-related cases, including a 2019 aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a 2021 misdemeanor assault involving another woman, and two 2025 assault charges involving Allen.
Faux was jailed in September 2025 in connection with the assaults against Allen. In February, he was sentenced to 280 days behind bars.
However, the local outlet reported that he received a “two-for-one” credit, a practice commonly used to manage the jail population, which cut his sentence in half.
Houston Police Department reveals the new image for future HPD patrol vehicles outside Houston Police Department Headquarters in Downtown on Monday, July 2, 2012, in Houston. (Mayra Beltran/Houston Chronicle)
Allen’s mother said she never knew about Faux’s history of violence.
“I didn’t know anything about the incidents until she went missing, because if I had known that, he would have never been around my daughter,” she told KHOU-TV.
Allen’s cause of death is not known at this time.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the U.S. Marshals Service for additional information.
Anyone with information about the case is urged to contact HPD Homicide at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
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