A paroled sex offender cut off his ankle monitor before going on a killing spree, Houston police allege

There was a wedding to plan. Allie Barrow, a dark-haired 28-year-old Texan with a tiny ring looping through her nostril, was the bride-to-be. Like her future husband, she punched the clock at a Mattress Firm, a gig she'd settled into after skipping around some - history degree from Sam Houston State University; hair stylist license from the Aveda Institute. Barrow had worked for the company about a year when she arrived at the store around 11 a.m. last Saturday, a hot morning boiling up into the 90s.