The man accused of killing a pregnant Houston woman in a case that has drawn widespread attention and criticism has been arrested out of state, authorities confirmed Monday.
Authorities confirmed to KPRC 2’s Bryce Newberry that Kevin Faux, 24, was arrested without incident in Louisiana by the U.S. Marshals Service New Orleans Office.
Faux had been wanted on a capital murder charge in the death of 23-year-old Ashanti Allen, who was eight months pregnant when she was reported missing on April 10.
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Her body was found on April 16.
Faux’s arrest marks a significant development in a case that has drawn scrutiny over Faux’s criminal history and prior release from jail.
The suspect is expected to be extradited back to Texas, where he will face capital murder charges.
Authorities have not yet released details on the timeline for his transfer. Court records confirmed that prosecutors have filed a motion to deny Faux bail under a 2025 voter-approved Proposition 3 measure to deny bail under certain violent offenses.
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The investigation remains ongoing.
Disappearance and discovery
According to the Houston Police Department, Allen was last seen on April 8 and was reported missing by her mother on April 10.
Her mother told investigators she received a text message from Allen’s phone at 3:50 a.m. that morning stating, “I’m leaving I’m not coming back,” but said the message was out of character and raised immediate concern.
When she went to check on her daughter, Allen’s vehicle was missing, and her purse had been emptied, with her wallet, ID, and credit cards gone.
Six days later, on April 16, Allen’s body was found in southwest Houston near Chimney Rock.
Investigators later determined she had been strangled with a cord that was found wrapped around her neck and tied into two knots.
Surveillance video and timeline
Court documents outline a detailed timeline of events based on surveillance footage, phone data, and witness statements.
Video from Allen’s apartment complex reportedly captured Allen and Faux walking to her car at around 2:20 a.m. on April 10. License plate readers captured the vehicle minutes later on the South Loop West service road.
A witness told investigators she met Faux on the night of April 9, and he left at around midnight, saying she was returning to his mother’s house.
She said he later called her on FaceTime at around 3:17 a.m.
She described him as sweating and frantic in a wooded area, where he allegedly told her he had “killed a motherf-----r” and showed her what appeared to be a lifeless body on the ground.
Text messages recovered by investigators show Faux later saying he “had to fight for [his] life” and “Imma felon then I killed a [expletive].”
The messages stopped at 3:46 a.m., just minutes before Allen’s mother received the “I’m leaving” text from her daughter’s phone.
Evidence tied to suspect
Allen’s brother later tracked her phone to a home connected to Faux’s mother.
While Allen’s brother was present, Faux’s mother called Faux and put the phone on speaker, and he allegedly denied seeing Allen and claimed he had not been in contact with her.
Detectives later recovered Allen’s vehicle parked near that home and tracked her phone to a nearby park. On April 15, a city employee found her phone at Edgewood Park.
Doorbell camera footage from the residence showed Faux arriving and leaving his mother’s residence multiple times on April 10. Allen’s vehicle was seen parked at the home, and later footage showed Faux returning with a backpack and large container.
Investigators said Allen’s phone location data aligns with Faux’s movements captured on surveillance video.
Additional video from a nearby business reportedly showed a man wearing clothing consistent with Faux dragging what appeared to be a body to the location where Allen was later found.
Out-of-state movements
According to court records, Faux reached out to a woman in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on April 10, saying he had purchased a bus ticket to come visit her. He had previously connected with the woman online, but they had never met in person.
The woman told investigators he arrived at around 5 a.m. on April 12 and mentioned being involved in a missing persons investigation in Houston.
Authorities say Faux denied involvement when questioned and told her not to look up the case online.
She still decided to look up the case online and was concerned by the news reports. She became more suspicious after she noticed Faux using Allen’s debit card, records showed.
A short time later, an anonymous tipster alerted investigators that Faux had been seen recently leaving a residence in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. He was ultimately arrested shortly afterward.
Faux’s history of violence and early release
Court records show Faux had multiple prior assault-related cases, including:
- A 2019 aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
- A 2021 misdemeanor assault involving another woman
- Two assault charges involving Allen in 2025
In Sept. 2025, Faux was jailed in connection with assaults against Allen and later sentenced in February to 280 days behind bars.
However, records indicate he received a “two-for-one” credit—commonly used to manage jail populations—which cut his sentence in half.
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He was released months earlier than expected.
Family demands accountability
Speaking with KPRC 2 last week, Allen’s family said they were unaware of the full extent of the danger she may have been facing before her death.
“We need to know what’s happening behind closed doors with our kids,” her father previously said. “If we only knew what was going on, we would not be standing here talking to you.”