Roxyann Allee

Status:

Open

Jurisdiction:

Harris County Sheriffs Office (TX)

Offense Location:

Houston, Texas

Summary:

Roxyann Allee was a 34-year-old Harris County Sheriff's Deputy who worked at the Harris County Jail. On September 30, 1991, she was abducted at gunpoint from Greenspoint Mall parking lot while shopping for a dress. Her van was found burned, and her body was discovered nearby with multiple gunshot wounds. Despite extensive investigations and task forces, no suspect has ever been charged and the case remains unsolved.

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Circumstances of Offense:

On September 30, 1991, at approximately 7:30 p.m., Roxyann Allee was shopping at Greenspoint Mall (located at North Freeway and Texas 8 Beltway) for a dress. As she walked to her Ford Aerostar van in the parking lot, witnesses observed two Black men approach her and force her into her vehicle at gunpoint. The men drove away with Allee in the van. Approximately 90 minutes later, at 9:03 p.m., her van was discovered burning in the 1500 block of Laurel Creek Drive (now called Laurel Creek), about three miles from the mall. The Little York Fire Department extinguished the flames. Investigators found Allee's badge and identification card inside the burned vehicle, along with blood, but her service weapon and purse were missing. Shortly before 3 a.m. on October 1, 1991, a deputy searching the area discovered Allee's body in a field off River Laurel Drive, less than a mile from where the van burned. She had been shot multiple times, including three shots to the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Additional Details:

Allee was married to Sgt. Kent Allee, who was also a Harris County Sheriff's Deputy. At the time of her death, the couple had two teenage children, aged 14 and 12. Her husband was on duty when he received the dispatch call reporting that his own family's van was ablaze. Allee's murder was heavily investigated throughout the 1990s. In the early 2000s, investigators formed a dedicated task force. Despite following numerous tips and leads, investigators were able to exclude people from suspicion but never identified a suspect. Grainy surveillance footage from a convenience store near the mall showed two men purchasing gasoline, and a clerk reported seeing a distraught woman matching Allee's description. Investigators theorized the crime began as an opportunistic carjacking that escalated to murder when the perpetrators discovered or realized Allee was a sheriff's deputy. Composite drawings of the wanted suspects were created. Allee was the second sheriff's deputy to be slain in three weeks in 1991 and the fifth law enforcement officer killed in the Houston area that year. In recent years, Harris County Sheriff's Office cold case detectives have reprocessed evidence using modern forensic technology. A documentary video was released on the 35th anniversary of her death. Kent Allee remarried a decade after his wife's death. A granddaughter was named after Roxyann to honor her memory.

Case Last Updated:

Oct 14, 2026